#Filemaker pro cloud software mac os x#

Layout design is fairly static and dated (this is improving with the Filemaker 12 and above).

Requires the mouse to access functionality.

Unable to copy and paste/import or export some items from solutions.

Pretty much only drag and drop programming, you can only use predefined script steps, relationships are made by making a graph.

The plugins required to extend functionality can be expensive as well.

In addition the server part of the software is about $300-$800 a year

Expensive compared to the free alternative: It costs about $100 per year for a local user, $150 per developer, if you are using it as a website you need specialized hosting, which tends to cost more.

Inflexible: it does what it does well, but if you need more your out of luck for the most part.

Built in support for importing exporting excel, cvs, tab-formatted.

Has some neat built in tricks like built in graphs, tab controls, web viewers.Changing field/database/script names after the fact is free.For the most part, drag and drop programming.Anyone with access can edit the program.There are many plugins available to extend functionality.Cross-platform (Mac OS X, Windows, iOS).Easy to deploy locally, turn on sharing and connect from another client.Here are the pros and cons of using Filemaker Pro vs PHP/MySQL/HTML in my experience. Comparing the two, they both have pros an cons. It's like you have MySQL, PHP, HTML and your editor put together in a GUI. They're both in the same category of software, they're integrated programming environments.

#Filemaker pro cloud software mac os x#

Calling Filemaker Pro, Access for the Mac is kind of like saying, Mac OS X is Windows for the Mac.