NOT ON THE LIST IN 2018

Access, the database software is part of the MS Office suite.

Website: microsoft.com/access
Cost: Commercial. Free Trial
Availability: Download

Past Overall Rankings
2017:     2016: –    2015: –    2014: –    2013: –    2012: –    2011: –    2010: –    2009: –    2008: –    2007: 72

Comments from some of those who selected it as one of their Top 10 Tools

“back-end application of our interactive web course catalogue”  Doris Edwards

“I use Access more often for short-term sorting or rearranging tasks than for long-term storage of facts or other information. Furthermore, Access serves me as transitional medium for importing keyword lists from text to powerpoint.” Matthias Melcher