FileMaker Pro is the best database system in the world for small and medium businesses and corporate workgroups – bar none! It’s the ultimate workgroup software, because you can start as small as one computer, and grow to hundreds of users without any additional programming. Nothing else does that.It works on Macintosh or Windows – effortlessly and transparently.You do NOT have to be a programmer to use it or develop with it.
How Does It Help Me?
With FileMaker Pro you can track, manage and share any kind of information – from a simple contacts database to fully developed interactive scheduling, planning, time and billing, libraries, archiving and web publishing solutions.
You get to make your OWN solutions instead of settling for someone else’s partial solution – and you don’t need to be a programmer.
It is the most cost-effective networkable database because it is easy to design and develop, easy to share, and easy to grow.
FileMaker’s user friendly features, broad open source platform support, and easy-to-use interface let you easily gather, manage, and share all types of information in a timely manner.
It’s the perfect next step if you’re suffering from “Excel fatigue” (you know… where all your data sits in a spaghetti maze of excel templates and scripts).
Why Is It So Special?
- Ease of use – you can develop and deploy new databases with little or no programming experience.
- It works in Windows or Macintosh.
- You can store and display anything! Pictures, sound, video, and formatted text, as well as common data formats.
- You can easily import or export to just about any other program or data source spreadsheets databases, text files, even folders of photographs.
- Self contained web server for website data entry, presentation, or E-commerce.
- Easy maintenance – you do not need to retain full-time database administrators.
How Does It Work?
Your Filemaker Pro database is simply one or more files on your computer or server’s hard disk. You can copy it from drive to drive, back it up, and share it like any other file on your system.
Does Using FileMaker Pro Mean I’ll Never Have To Contract Out?
In-house or contracted development will depend on how complicated your database needs are and how much in-house expertise you want to invest in. Many organizations do a bit of both.
Even if you only contract out, basic knowledge of Filemaker Pro gives you an advantage in assessing a contactor’s qualifications and work, and in defining needs and specifications, and lets you ensure quality control.