FileMaker Pro and Pro Advanced Comparison

What You Can Do

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Create a FileMaker Pro database in minutes even if you've never used a database before. Details

Gather All Your Information
Information comes in many forms, from business cards to Microsoft® Excel files, images to SQL Server data – FileMaker helps you bring all your information together.
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Make your layouts more informative and intuitive by adding text-based or calculated Tooltips to fields or layout objects. Tooltips can include static text or calculated results to provide more insights into your data or to temporarily provide information that you don't want permanently displayed on your layout. close

Instant Access to the Information You Need
Quickly organise, sort and find information from individual contacts to large data sets. Details

Use the file maintenance tools to maximise performance while recovering and compacting unused space. close

Report and Communicate with Ease
Step-by-step tools help you build reports and email them to your colleagues as Adobe PDF or Excel Files. Details

Powerful Development Tools
Design complete scalable solutions for your organisation and automate repetitive tasks. Details

Built-in Network Security and Sharing
Access the same information with others
at the same time. It's safe and easy with FileMaker. Details

Connect with the Web
Extend your database to publish basic Web forms, status and lists. Get live Web data delivered directly to FileMaker based on your information Details

Design and Develop Databases More Efficiently
Includes a suite of advanced development and customisation tools, so you can design and develop more powerful, more customised database solutions – faster and easier than ever before! Details

Debug and Troubleshoot More Efficiently
Includes essential debugging and reporting tools that help you build stable, reliable solutions more efficiently. Details

Create Adobe® PDF files using the new PDF Maker for easy viewing of FileMaker information by others. Even add passwords for more secure sharing! close

Modify and Maintain Databases With Ease
Reporting and optimisation features will help you update solutions more easily and keep them running at peak performance. Details

Create Microsoft Excel files using the new Excel Maker for easy sharing and analysis of FileMaker information by Excel users. Plus, you can attach Excel files to e-mails with a single click – right from within FileMaker Pro. close