FileMaker pros and cons

Vendor: Apple

3.8 out of 5

5 reviews
66% willing to recommend

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reviewer1540227

Computer Manager at a university with 10,001+ employees

Mar 27, 2021

The cross-platform Mac and Windows feature is most valuable. I can do all sorts of stuff with this tool. It has got all sorts of automation capabilities. I have used some of them, but I have barely scratched the surface of what it can do on automation. It is user-friendly, and it integrates well with other products. There are other third-party options that you can buy or in some cases, download for free to even extend it further. I use one or two of those.

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reviewer1668102

Director, Service Training at a construction company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Sep 13, 2021

It's a pretty good tool and there's a lot of support and there's a lot of people out there that know how to use it.

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HeikoWitte

Account manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Feb 2, 2020

It's a good application that's easy to use.

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RAFAŁ WYSZEWSKI

IT Director at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

May 28, 2021

I have found its resilience to attack most valuable. It's really difficult to attack the software.

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reviewer1540227

Computer Manager at a university with 10,001+ employees

Mar 27, 2021

They're always improving it, and I have been quite pleased with their improvements. There is some organizational stuff that I'd like to see done differently. They should make a structure so that you can have the data in one file and the app, the scripts, and the program in another file. I would like to be able to easily share scripts between different databases. I write stuff, and some of the functions are shared across different databases. So, I have to copy them from one database to another. I wouldn't mind an infrastructure where I had a file, and on loading the program, this file is loaded with the functions that I had written. I can then call them from any database that I happen to be using. Currently, you have a database open that has all of its data pieces and program pieces, and then you open another database that has got all of its data pieces and program pieces. Nothing is shared between them. When I write a complex function and I want to use it in two or three different databases, I have to copy it to each one of them and also remember where all it is used. It would be good if it has a little bit different organizational structure so that you could put your shared stuff in one place, and it loads the stuff. It is just an architectural difference. I've sent this requirement to them, but I doubt if that's going to happen. It is a huge system, and making changes for a single individual doesn't happen that quickly.

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reviewer1668102

Director, Service Training at a construction company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Sep 13, 2021

FileMaker has some convoluted pricing.

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HeikoWitte

Account manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Feb 2, 2020

The UE is not very up-to-date. It looks like something that was created in the 90s. In that sense, the user experience is lacking.

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