

Some users may balk at the fact that any existing databases are converted to FileMaker 12's new format, because any clients that need to connect to an updated database have to be updated as well. is an Apple subsidiary and lives up to the Apple design aesthetic with eye-popping charts, strong design control, and multimedia file embedding into FileMaker databases. FileMaker Pro 12 ($299 for full version, $179 for upgrade) still has all the ease of database creation for which previous versions were known, to which are added new features and capabilities that make it a tool for creating some truly visually stunning and interactive databases.

"Visually stunning" and "databases" are two words that you may not think of as going together, but FileMaker is changing that.
