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"I chose Alpha Five 8 Pro because 1) a tech-minded friend where I worked highly recommended it; 2) reviews speak of how user-friendly it is; 3) it has the capacity to be used as a web application if I later go in that direction for our non-profit community."
"Ease of use and Quickbooks connectivity."
"Ease of use, reviews."
"Easy use and very good price."
"Alpha Five's ease of use and learning time...Alpha Five makes it affordable to create web apps."
"Alpha worked perfect on first try."
"I thought it would be easier to use and offer me more options."
"I was using Access but to me Alpha was much easier to develop and get applications to use sooner."
"I found Access difficult to learn. I needed to upgrade from Aproach and found Alpha Five more powerful but still easy."
"Alpha Five's Ease of use compared to Access is the reason I switched."
"Less complex and easier to use compared to MS Access."
"Learned of Alpha Five while self teaching SQL. Ran trial and was impressed. Needed a solution faster than I can learn SQL, ASP, etc."
"Recommended by my friend for ease of use."
"Seemed easier to use."
"AlphaFive is much more efficient and easier to customize (than Access)."
Power, Flexibility, and Extensibility
"Alpha Five is more powerful."
"Alpha Five continues to be more user friendly and powerful for tailoring custom applications."
"Combination of Alpha Five's power and ease of use."
"Power and flexibility of A5 V8 for both desktop and web solutions."
"The comprehensive Web & Desktop application capability, among other things."
"Alpha Five will let me build both web and desktop apps. Much faster to complete apps in Alpha Five."
"I am an Access developer, but want to start web applications."
Speed
"Alpha is much faster for application development (than MS Access)."
"I was using Access but to me Alpha was much easier to develop and get applications to use sooner."
"Reviews and research with customers indicated that Alpha Five would cut development times a lot."
"Alpha Five 8 is in my sense the fastest development tool in connection with databases."
"Alpha Five is a complete Rapid Application Development Software, which speeds up the business software development."
"Chose Alpha Five for the rapid-application-development capabilities."
"Chose Alpha Five because of ease of use, speed of development, power plus the ability to full web apps with reporting."
Cost
"I wanted a data base easy to use which can create
applications on my computer and Internet. Finally I wanted a
data base which will not ruin my budget. I studied of Alpha
Five and it seems to me that this software answers all my
requirements."
"Alpha Five V8 chosen due to all round features (Desktop/Web) and cost of deployment."
Support
"I decided that Alpha five had better customer support and I also liked its report writer."
"I chose Alpha 5 V8 because of it's great features and because of its support available via the message board."
Other
"I was looking for an integrated database/development environment that would continue to be available, supported and upgraded. I am converting a huge dbase application with hundreds of reports - I wanted an environment with a future." "Web security and reporting built right into Alpha Five web apps."
"I chose Alpha, because I needed simple reliable, and flexible. MySQL/PHP
option is very difficult, to consistently apply from server to
server without tweaking and firewall fussing. Plus I needed the
features of runtime and desktop options."
"Past experience with Alpha Five and its powerful reporting."
"Alpha Five met our requirements. A big plus is your documentation especially the examples. Keep THAT up!"
"I hired a programmer to evaluate Alpha Five, he said it was what I needed and should use."
"Rejected: MS Access (because of poor screen designer and report writer), Filemaker (not scalable and runs out of steam), Oracle (expensive, big footprint, too much coding), PostgreSQL and MySQL (not enough development tools). Alpha 5 selected on price, features."
"Recommended by lecturer at a seminar."
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