Development time and data accessibility. Everyone you might need to send data to has Excel, fewer have Access, and far fewer have a typical database software.

Development time and data accessibility. Everyone you might need to send data to has Excel, fewer have Access, and far fewer have a typical database software. That's not saying Excel is the best way to store data, but it gets a lot of jobs done without multiple month delays that come with an IT project. Often times, waiting 2 weeks because they're already busy then spending another 2 weeks outlining requirements is categorically unacceptable to accomplish the business goals.