FileMaker Server
FileMaker Server
Database server; Advanced version also available.
$900.00
Subscription
FileMaker Server overview
FileMaker Server is fast, reliable server software to securely share information with groups of FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Go users and to extend your solutions to the web.
Connect to data hosted on FileMaker Server using any combination of FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Go and FileMaker WebDirect clients.
Use concurrent connections to provide centralized access for FileMaker WebDirect or FileMaker Go users. FileMaker Server includes one built-in concurrent connection. Additional connections are available for purchase.
- Start quickly - Choose from a variety of professionally designed Starter Solutions to manage contacts, inventory, projects, invoices, assets, and more.
- Import existing data - Bring your existing data into FileMaker Pro, including .CSV, Tab, XML, ODBC, and Microsoft Excel files.
- Customize with ease - Use flexible design tools to make your layouts look and work just the way you want, all without programming -- even add your company logo.
- Get built-in reporting tools - Easy-to-use reporting and charting tools make it easy to make summary reports, colorful charts, and executive dashboards with a few clicks. Save your information in popular Excel and PDF formats.
- Share with your team - Create and share solutions across iPad, iPhone, Windows and Mac. Connect up to 5 other people on a network. Or use FileMaker Server to securely share with larger groups and extend solutions to the web.
- Integrate with other programs - Exchange and interact with data from other applications. Plus, create live, 2-way connections with Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL data sources.
The published price is that for five users, billed annually. Full pricing information can be found here.
What’s new in version 18.0.4
Updated on Jun 25 2020
Version 18.0.4:
Full list of changes available here
FileMaker Server Admin Console:
- Windows: An Admin Console failure occurred in cloned virtual machine (VM) instances when Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) notifications were enabled
- macOS Catalina 10.15: The Dashboard page showed inconsistent volume status values
SSL certificate:
- macOS: Certificates imported using the CLI failed during worker machine setup
Server-side scripts:
- Email messages and mail attachments could not be sent via SMTP
Third-party components:
- macOS: The Web Publishing Engine (WPE) failed after OpenJDK was installed on a worker machine
ODBC and JDBC:
- After an ODBC driver failure, client connections were not released and the connections remained open
Documentation errata:
- macOS Catalina: FileMaker Server Network Install Setup Guide includes information about silent assisted installations. Silent assisted installations are not supported in macOS Catalina
Information
License
Shareware
Size
301.9 MB
Developer’s website
https://www.claris.com/filemaker/?nav=products-serverDownloads
37795
App requirements
- Intel 64
- OS X 10.12 or later
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User Ratings
Jun 11 2022
Version: 18.0.4
Filemaker is like one of those abusive partners you can't seem to live without but know in your heart of hearts you should have left a decade ago.
It's supremely easy to rapidly develop small and medium scale database applications with a fully fledged (if rather unique) relational database back end... Problem is, presentation, logic and data pretty much all get mashed into a single monolithic block, so anything larger soon becomes an absolute nightmare to maintain.
The thing is, there is nothing else quite like it on the market and Apple (Claris) know this, which is why they are basically gouging their customers for all they are worth.
Great product with possibly the least attractive pricing model this side of Oracle.
Dec 26 2018
Version: 17.0.2.252
Filemaker Server v17 is a good product. More importantly, Filemaker Inc., the company, is committed to moving the product forward. That includes integrating with new technologies, such as javascript, and fostering a collegial, informed developer community.
Feb 12 2018
Version: 16.0.3
MU: Please actualize the entries for FileMaker. 16.0.4 is our for a week now.
Feb 7 2018
Version: 16.0.3
FM Server 16.0.4 doesn't support Mac OS 10.11 anymore...16.0.3 does. Come on FileMaker! A bug fix within a main version shouldn't change the supported platform. It seems you're on behalf of apple to push the users to unintended upgrades so they have to buy new hardware. For me it's time to switch to a Windows machine as server. Bye bye.
May 10 2017
Version: 15.0.3
@MacUpdate Admins: please note, that version 16 came out today - you are wrongly announcing version 15.0.3...
Jan 16 2016
Version: 14.0.4a
A great product with horrible marketing that cannot stabilize on product names, and practices price gouging. -3.5 for marketing, +4 for product
Sep 19 2015
Version: 14.0.2
In the current business world, modern databases have to be able to cope with large data, and be online. FileMaker's appeal to small business has always been its ease of use, but its underlying technology and licensing scheme have now seriously lagged behind the times, offering very little that is compelling. The Filemaker licensing scheme - specially for FileMaker Server - is totally outdated and unrealistic.
If you want to put your database online, you will need a FileMaker Server license with a number of concurrent connections. If you plan on having 10 concurrent connections, it will cost you over $5,000 for the full license. If you plan on having a successful site, and need, let's say, 100 connections, it will cost you in excess of $25,000. Really? And that's whitout factoring in any development costs.
For that amount of money we can hire a full-time developer for about 6 months. I can write an infinitely flexible interface using HTML+CSS+JS, and set up my backend database using an open-source product like Mongo, Orient or ArangoDB - or any number of NoSQL large-data databases - and have it be scalable to thousands of concurrent connections without having to shell out any license money.
Filemaker's only appeal is its ease of use, but that alone is certainly not enough - specially not for small businesses.
Apr 4 2013
Version: 12.0.4.405
12.0v5 is lastest, MU is wrong...
http://www.filemaker.com/support/downloads/
Aug 4 2012
Version: 11.0.3
If you have Mac OS X Lion Server and are thinking that you should try the FileMaker Server 12: DON'T!
It doesn't even run after the installation.
Aug 6 2011
Version: 11.0.3
very stable - never crashed in years i am running it! LAN performance good - WAN performance too slow.
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