FileMaker - Build Custom Apps for your business
Overall Satisfaction with FileMaker Pro
We use FileMaker Pro in 2 ways in our company.
1) Our IT Support business runs on FileMaker Pro. It's our PSA. We use it for CRM, asset management, tracking support requests, scheduling appointments, managing contracts, creating invoices and receiving payments. Our FileMaker solution is also integrated other 3rd party services like Slack (for internal communications), Xero (for accounting), CalDAV (for calendaring) and email (for customer notifications and issue management).
2) Our staff of full-time FileMaker developers work with a wide variety of clients building custom app solutions to effectively run their businesses.
If your business is still running on Excel or paper or there isn't an off-the-shelf software solution that allows you to effectively run your business, FileMaker is a great option. With cross platform mobile, desktop and web apps and the ability to cloud host, FileMaker can integrate into just about any work environment.
1) Our IT Support business runs on FileMaker Pro. It's our PSA. We use it for CRM, asset management, tracking support requests, scheduling appointments, managing contracts, creating invoices and receiving payments. Our FileMaker solution is also integrated other 3rd party services like Slack (for internal communications), Xero (for accounting), CalDAV (for calendaring) and email (for customer notifications and issue management).
2) Our staff of full-time FileMaker developers work with a wide variety of clients building custom app solutions to effectively run their businesses.
If your business is still running on Excel or paper or there isn't an off-the-shelf software solution that allows you to effectively run your business, FileMaker is a great option. With cross platform mobile, desktop and web apps and the ability to cloud host, FileMaker can integrate into just about any work environment.
- Allows for automation of tedious or complex business workflows, allowing employees to focus on more productive tasks.
- Allows for mobile and desktop solutions to be built side by side. No need to build and maintain separate solutions for mobile and desktop use.
- Allows for rapid development of custom solutions for small to medium sized businesses.
- The licensing model can be tricky and difficult for users to understand.
- Performance over WAN can be slow in certain circumstances. Special care has to be given to development or large data sets can become unwieldy when accessing them over the internet.
- From a development standpoint, it would be nice if the code were more modular. It's difficult to copy code between projects.
- FileMaker allows me to grow my business. The software is easy to update and change as our business practices have changed without having to scrap all our previous work and start over.
- Small changes to the software are easy. Need to change a layout, track additional data points, modify or add a report. Done within hours not weeks.
- Allows our mobile work force to stay connected. Users can use the device (phone, tablet, laptop, desktop) that works best for their needs while maintaining access to the data they need to do their jobs.
Access is similar to Filemaker but has several disadvantages.
- no mobile app access
- not cross platform (only supports windows)
- does not support 3rd party plugins.
- interface design is not a polished.
In short Access hasn't really changed in the last 20 years and FileMaker has improved and taken advantage of mobile and internet based computing.
- no mobile app access
- not cross platform (only supports windows)
- does not support 3rd party plugins.
- interface design is not a polished.
In short Access hasn't really changed in the last 20 years and FileMaker has improved and taken advantage of mobile and internet based computing.