So, professional developers of complex customized solutions that import/export data into and from other systems may find that FM is not quite robust enough.

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Whether enhancing a starter solution or experimenting with setting up a new database de novo, the enhanced features in 13 made this far easier than in 11.RecommendedA WORD ON FILEMAKER FOR

FM comes with enough simple starter solutions to get you going, or you can start with a custom database and tables.

FileMaker Pro 13 continues to be an outstanding database solution, but it might be a bit of a challenge if you are not used to doing this kind of thing

Perhaps the only downside, if you are not a business, is that there are other software solutions available that might be more appropriate for your use case

For now, I'd just say if you own a pizza parlor and want to track your customers, there are probably easier solutions, and if you're a database programmer you're probably going to want to stick to Access.

For those who like the flexibility of creating their own databases or don't have a readily available commercial solution, FileMaker Pro may fit the bill

The starter solutions have also been improved in this version