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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Claris FileMaker

    Score6.7 out of 10
    N/AClaris' FileMaker is presented as a Workplace Innovation Platform, and is used to create a custom app. Manual processes can be automated with Claris FileMaker Pro, and apps can be created to manage contacts, track inventory, organize projects, etc.

    $21

    per month per user

    D3.js

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AD3.js is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data.N/A

    Progress Kendo UI

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AKendo UI is a JavaScript UI toolkit that allows users to build responsive web-based apps integrated into their framework of choice (jQuery, Angular, React, or Vue). The vendor’s value proposition is that Kendo UI offers a large library of popular and configurable components ranging from sophisticated grids and charts to basic buttons, so users don’t have to waste development time building their UI. The vendor also says the large library of customizable themes means users can easily deploy a…

    $999

    per developer, royalty-free

    Pricing
    Claris FileMakerD3.jsProgress Kendo UI
    Editions & Modules
    Platform Subscription
    $21
    per month per user
    Individual desktop license
    $594
    one-time fee
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    Kendo UI with Priority Support
    $999
    per developer, royalty-free
    DevCraft UI
    $1,299
    per developer, royalty-free
    DevCraft Complete
    $1,499
    per developer, royalty-free
    DevCraft Ultimate
    $2,199
    per developer, royalty-free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Claris FileMakerD3.jsProgress Kendo UI
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Claris FileMakerD3.jsProgress Kendo UI
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    Chose Progress Kendo UI
    We selected Kendo UI based on the look and feel of the modules. The final selling point was the level of documentation and examples. It is incredible.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    86%
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
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    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
    Features
    Claris FileMakerD3.jsProgress Kendo UI
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Claris FileMaker and D3.js and Progress Kendo UI
    Feature
    Claris FileMaker
    7.9
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    D3.js
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    Visual Modeling8.54 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces3.73 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security9.83 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management7.54 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability8.64 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability9.64 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Claris FileMakerD3.jsProgress Kendo UI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (51 ratings)
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (177 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (21 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (8 ratings)
    -
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    9.0
    (38 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (38 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    -
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    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    -
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
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    9.1
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    5.0
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    Claris FileMakerD3.jsProgress Kendo UI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Claris
    If your company is really small, I can understand the need for a product like this. However, I would go for MS Access... FileMaker Pro can not be integrated with other systems (like MS Access can at least be handled by C# for instance, and can be integrated with MS Excel or even SQL server). I'm really not sure in what scenario one would choose for FileMaker Pro. If your application or company grows bigger, you're going to have a problem to move to another environment. Also, the fact that only one person can work with the backend at any given time is a problem in a somewhat larger company.
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    Open Source
    It's well suited for dynamic data, especially when multiple users are using the application and generating data, it helps us to get analytics of the data for users.
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    Progress Software
    It allows us to extend the components or create new components in an easy way. The control suite is complete and powerful enough that you do not need to consider other competing packages. The controls are relatively easy to implement and when we ran into problems the documentation and online support were very reliable.
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    Pros
    Claris
    • The relational database management system makes the program highly customizable to fit the needs of any product. You can add a ton of information to each record and update your inventory on a regular basis with an Excel import or manually inside of the record. It has the capability to incorporate barcoding, which can manage your available inventory with ease.
    • The scripting language allows FileMaker to automatically calculate complex algorithms automatically or generate report outs with the click of a button. This allows for greater UI, especially with active users who are not familiar with writing code. Almost all of our internal data is linked to the FileMaker database
    • The server license allows many users to update the database in real time, which is handy if your inventory is constantly changing. We have users with Macs, PCs, iPhones and handheld tablets linked to our FileMaker database and they are updating the information constantly throughout the day.
    • If you invest some time into formatting and scripting the database, there is a high ease of use for users without knowledge of any programming or FileMaker itself.
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    Open Source
    • It provides multiple ways of visualizing data easily.
    • It is fast and light on system resources. It is built with JavaScript and visualizations can be easily hosted on the web across browsers.
    • It has a huge community backing it so it is easy to find people to help with whatever you're doing.
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    Progress Software
    • Kendo UI controls provides rich set of features and capability that is required for enterprise products.
    • Performance of controls are satisfactory overall though few other vendors provides extraordinary performance for specific controls and for specific purpose. Kendo UI provides most of the required controls and with rich feature that made us to select Kendo UI controls for our development.
    • Kendo UI controls quality, in terms of performance, robustness and well defined interfaces are very positive notes.
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    Cons
    Claris
    • Developer features need to be beefed up - namely adding the ability to search code for a phrase or keyword and the ability to do the same in the "relationship graph" in the database.
    • Add ability for users to edit the same table record at the same time by version control.
    • Allow Filemaker Server to use more than 1 core; currently multi-processing is not supported and it can be tricky to find just the right server to support the application you've built to the fullest capacity.
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    Open Source
    • Hard to code, not a kids play toy.
    • No tutorial from official documentation.
    • Requires web development experience.
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    Progress Software
    • Kendo UI is always moving forward and staying current with latest development trends. While that is beneficial, that can cause some issues when supporting customers (particularly government) that don't move their IT infrastructure along nearly as fast. A prime example is web font icons. Great and easy to use, but where Kendo UI utilizes web font icons as the sole means of displaying an icon, not all organizations (again, especially government) allow the use of these. There have been times where Kendo UI became unusable and we had to downgrade to a version a few years old. Makes continued payment for licenses sometimes feel wasted as we may not be able to always use the new releases
    • Kendo UI has a wonderful feedback system and they do indeed listen to the community. However, there do seem to be some instances where there is large support for a new feature/component and it never gets addressed. It is easy to understand that not all ideas are easy or even prudent to implement, but would be nice to see a better follow-up on ideas with a current status
    • Refreshing Kendo UI grids is simple, yet the standard API method causes the grid to return to the default state. We have many use cases where we would love to update the grid data but need current grid state (such as expanded detail rows, sorts, filters, etc) preserved after the grid is updated so that users do not have to perform grid actions again to return to the desired state.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Claris
    It it not really up to me but my opinion does have some weight in the decision and the reason I would renew my use FileMaker Pro 8.5 is because I am finally getting used to it! Now that I have been working with the program, tasks have become quicker and projects are getting done faster. File Maker Pro 8.5 really is a versatile tool and I think we are just scratching the surface with it's abilities.
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    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Progress Software
    Nothing better has come along. I'm always on the lookout for new UI libraries and I have tried most of them. Kendo has done a good job of keeping my business. They aren't perfect, but no one has done it better as far as I can tell. I'll keep a look out and my rating may change in the future if they get complacent.
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    Usability
    Claris
    It's almost what it should be after so may years and with Apple's longevity and strength behind it. For people who earn their living based on efficiency I think there are too many developer obstacles that waste time and therefore money.
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    Open Source
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    Progress Software
    it's easy to implement in applications. The kendo widgets are able to be used in almost any type of business application which has a UI. For most part, once the developer has completed a project which uses Kendo, many time code can be copy/paste into a new application. Kendo UI documentation keeps improving so finding the answers to questions can be easy
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    Reliability and Availability
    Claris
    mostly never issues and if there are they are resolved fast
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    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Progress Software
    The errors that we have detected were not of great importance and the online support provided a temporary solution until the next release.
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    Performance
    Claris
    for the most part but lots of error messages if you type something h correctly
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    Open Source
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    Progress Software
    Reports sometimes take a bit of time to load
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    Support Rating
    Claris
    The forums are great with lots of helpful experts and the staff monitor them to provide help where needed. There have been a couple of unique technical issues I've had to deal with that I haven't been able to get resolved so I chose to score this a 9 instead of a 10.
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    Open Source
    Support can be improved by providing more educational videos.
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    Progress Software
    Overall, we are satisfied with the support offered by the Progress Kendo UI team. We had raised few helpline incidents in the past and they have been resolved timely by the team. Also, we were satisfied with the level of information and support provided by the team.
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    In-Person Training
    Claris
    easy to follow along and was able to jump in right away
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    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Progress Software
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    Implementation Rating
    Claris
    Suggest you use an iterative R.A.D. or AGILE development approach. (i.e. rather than writing a gigantic spec for a system, then building it). FileMaker facilitates quick prototypes. Developing an example, then allowing users to "try it out" is a snap.
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    Open Source
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    Progress Software
    it took me about one day to make the components available for all the team members, including a quick demo, parallel setup in everyone’s workstation and packages deployment into our nuget server after 3 days of one to one support, everyone was able to use the components or find help in the documentation or resuest support
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    Alternatives Considered
    Claris
    FileMaker is still the quickest way to go from zero to having a minimum viable working solution. Simple solutions can be built in as little as a afternoon of development. It is the only tool I am aware of which allows tech savy end users with domain knowledge to build bespoke apps for their businesses without undertaking professional software development training.
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    Open Source
    Protoviz does not require as much knowledge of programming to build visualizations as with D3.js or Google Charts. Highcharts or AnyChart are other alternatives that are more specific to building charts only
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    Progress Software
    At the time of our product selection we identified better cross-browser compatibility and we estimated that turnaround for support was superior. At the time, the vendor had a higher positive feedback footprint among their user community.
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    Scalability
    Claris
    it's most definitely does as we are a unique business to use this for scholarship awarding
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    Open Source
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    Progress Software
    Never faced a problem even when we threw a large amount of data at it
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    Return on Investment
    Claris
    • We are a more agile company because of FileMaker. A few of us who are tech-savvy enough to manage the database (but are not professional developers) can make needed adjustments to our database without having to employ an in-house developer or contract with a 3rd party. As our business processes evolve and change, it's easy to update the database to accommodate those changes.
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    Open Source
    • Rapid Development using templates helps faster delivery of the project.
    • Documentation requires a lot of time to study.
    • D3 creates high-quality visual effects which can be used over large screens.
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    Progress Software
    • Kendo UI has saved us a ton of time in development.
    • We were able to get certain things to market faster due to the fact that we didn't have to piece multiple libraries together like is so common with modern web development.
    • Because of the price of the library, however, we have not been able to purchase upgrades every year.
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    ScreenShots

    Progress Kendo UI Screenshots

    Screenshot of Our extensive library provides you with the tools you need to easily control your app and display data in whatever format you need. Our advanced Sass Themebuilder lets you take any of our stock library themes and modify it to precisely match your brand requirements. Enhance your customer’s user experience with seamlessly integrated Kendo UI components.Screenshot of Easily create eye-catching and full-featured user interfaces by selecting from our rich library of components. Use advanced features like our grid component to create tables that display data in a wide range of formats from both local and remote sources.  We support popular frameworks like jQuery, Angular, React, Vue, and others so you can integrate our Kendo UI components into whatever environment you choose.Screenshot of Create rich dashboard applications by taking advantage of the breadth of UI widgets available within the Kendo UI toolset. Easily wire up the UI widgets to any existing RESTful API and backend to display any and all kind of data that you need to surface in your applications.Screenshot of Combine existing HTML elements and styling alongside with the Kendo UI components to create the exact kind of user interface that your users are requesting. The Kendo UI widgets can be dropped in to any existing application and be added widget-by-widget to ensure that adding the rich Kendo UI components can be done in a timely manner without disrupting existing app dev workflows.