Claris International Inc. - Sunnyvale, California

Benjamin F.

I have been a FileMaker user for over 17 years - it is an immensely useful platform. Modern FileMaker is a great way to build custom database apps for SMEs on the desktop (Mac/Win), Mobile (iOS) and Web.
There is an intuitive graphical layout toolkit, built-in database engine and a simple scripting engine so that you can get going with a solution quickly. Large corporations can still find it a great rapid application development and prototyping tool as you can also use it as a front end for SQL database systems (i.e. MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle or PostgreSQL).

Jeroen A.

I have been using and developing FileMaker custom apps for more than 10 years, and must say FileMaker is an incredible platform. You can easily connect to it on desktop, mobile and web without having to maintain different code bases. Awesome!

chris G.

FileMaker is an excellent database program for businesses large and small.

I've using FileMaker for over 25 years, FileMaker is constantly improving their program as technology changes.

Easy set up with excellent "starter" solutions that can be customized by users beginner to advanced.

William M.

FileMaker is awesome!
I have been using FileMaker for many years now, and it is by far the easiest to use, the most flexible, and the visually most pleasing of all the various database options out there.
Anyone can pick it up and start using it.
No computer science degree needed.

David S.

I have been a FileMaker developer since 1986, and highly recommend FileMaker for database development. I tend to think of FileMaker as much more than a database development tool, in fact more like a Workflow Automation tool. There are frequently times when I am able to take an 8 hour manual process and turn it into a simple 2 minute "Click a button" type of process for a customer.

I have also found it advantageous to use FmPro Migrator Platinum Edition to convert old Microsoft Access solutions into FileMaker to improve reliability, scalability and ease of use for customers.

Martin C.

Our company discovered FileMaker a few years ago as a way to augment our legacy system with mobile capability for our sales department. As we build more apps and increase complexity, FileMaker continues to prove a very worthy platform to grow with. FileMaker is robust enough to accomplish just about anything we can think of without requiring a large number of developers.

James H.

As a FileMaker Developer I've also had the opportunity to work with financial and educational institutions and government departments as well as small businesses and non-profit organizations. Why do they select FileMaker from all the choices available? There are two primary reasons: 1. They can develop their business application to meet their specific needs far more quickly than most other development environments and 2. They can develop their apps far less expensively than other environments.

I've been working with FileMaker since 1992 and it keeps evolving to work with all modern technologies. Write once and deploy on web, iPad, iPhone, Mac and Windows. How cool is that!

I've also had the pleasure to work with many IT departments. The FileMaker Platform meets the stringent requirements of IT for security, robustness, and reliability. And requires minimum maintenance!

Definitely a platform to be investigated.

James Hea
Senior FileMaker Developer
Direct Impact Inc.

BCReason D.

If you heard about FileMaker many years ago you may have the impression it's not an application for serious business. That's not true anymore. Modern FileMaker has almost unlimited potential in what it can do. It can interface to your websites and legacy systems to tie all these disparate systems together in a way that's quick and easy to do.

FileMaker can automate the data flow through your organization and replace your manually entered forms and spreadsheets. This will save you time and reduce the amount of errors in your data.

I've used Salesforce, Access, Oracle and a few others. Out of them all FileMaker provides you the fastest development time.