Microsoft Access Alternatives

Microsoft Office Access is described as 'Database management system with GUI and Jet Engine, seamlessly integrating into Windows for relational data handling and linking with external databases' and is a popular database management tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Microsoft Office Access for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best Microsoft Office Access alternative is DBeaver, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Microsoft Office Access are LibreOffice - Base, NocoDB, Claris FileMaker and Teable.

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Microsoft Office Access alternatives are mainly Database Management Tools, but if you're looking for Spreadsheet Apps or Form Builders you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Linux, Mac + Free, Android, Open Source, Android + Database Management Tool and Online + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Microsoft Office Access.
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    A TUI for viewing and editing database files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • SQLite
    • PostgreSQL
     
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    Create custom applications for your business using Airtable. Create things like portals, listings and marketplaces. No code required.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Development and service platform for HTML5 applications with process- and serviceengine. Quickly create processes,tables, forms, services, businessrules,documents

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    InnoList is the right software to manage data of various kinds. Creating solutions with tables and forms that perfectly match the requirements. Useable for many different tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    As its name suggests, it just does fancy lists. No easy calculated fields, no reporting, no query builder, no data views, etc. Just fancy lists. Data entry is one field at a time that it then has to save to the file one field at a time. this makes data entry slow and cumbersome.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • InnoList is Paid and ProprietaryMicrosoft Office Access is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Open Microsoft Access databases on your Mac – regardless if they are in the older MDB or the newer ACCDB format.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    MDB Explorer is designed for quick and easy viewing of MDB and MDE files without having an Access license. This application can be used to open tables from multiple Access databases, have your table structures shown and described in terms of column and relation.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Sheep icon
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    Data management (CRM) system with a focus on charities, membership organisations, outdoor activity centres and the arts. Sheep acts as the hub connecting all your favourite cloud apps together into reliable workflows.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Free data migration offered for contact data

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Sheep is Paid and ProprietaryMicrosoft Office Access is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Are you looking for an alternative to Microsoft Access, view ACCDB, MDB, ACCDE, MDE database files and have them exported into other file formats? There are a lot of tools out there but only a few that you can really count on, ACCDB MDB Explorer may just be what you need.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    A blazing-fast, lightweight, 100% client-side AI-enabled data exploration tool that helps you analyze local & remote data with zero setup. Powered by DuckDB-Wasm and integrated AI assistance.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
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    MDBLite is the fastest way to convert your Microsoft Access™ MDB databases to sqlite. Just drag an MDB database to MDBLite to start the conversion process.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    MDB Tool is the best resource for viewing Microsoft Access databases on a Mac. You can use it to export your data directly into SQL (for creating an SQLITE database) or directly to CSV and launch it into Excel.

    60 MDB Tool - For Microsoft Access alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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