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FileMaker for prototyping and as a Student Information System (SIS)
October 09, 2017

FileMaker for prototyping and as a Student Information System (SIS)

Pax Whitfield | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with FileMaker Pro

FileMaker is our primary data store serving as our homebrewed student information system (SIS). We track demographic data, confident test reports, attendance, and so on. It's our primary source of data, that feeds many other systems.
  • FileMaker is particularly easy to set up and configure.
  • FileMaker deploys easily to Mac users.
  • FileMaker makes rapid prototyping and proof of concept ideas pretty painless.
  • FileMaker does not run on Android.
  • FileMaker doesn't provide any analytical tools.
  • FileMaker web access is limited and resource hungry.
  • FileMaker Server cannot be hosted on Linux machines.
  • It's affordable!
  • We see good value in development costs and it's starting to integrate nicely with other players.
We were already using FileMaker. When we get to the point of needing to scale or rebuild, we are likely to move to AWS but keep FileMaker for prototyping.
It's really great for fast development, prototyping, and general database needs for a relatively small population. It doesn't scale particularly well, so large enterprises might be content to prototype in FileMaker, but would want to deliver at scale on another platform.