The long-running low-code database application platform.
How well Claris FileMaker supports the people who look after it
- Protect62
- Change74
- Observe57
- Governance81
- Documentation56
- Data71
- Integrate67
- Support76
- Agents69
- Security61
The synopsis
AI-generated draft- ProtectScaling62
Solid native support for backup and restore; the practice is repeatable on Claris FileMaker.
- ChangeOptimizing74
Claris FileMaker supports code management, staging and rollback well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- ObserveScaling57
Solid native support for schema monitoring and change visibility; the practice is repeatable on Claris FileMaker.
- GovernanceOptimizing81
Claris FileMaker supports users, authentication and access control well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- DocumentationScaling56
Solid native support for documentation in the platform and across teams; the practice is repeatable on Claris FileMaker.
- DataOptimizing71
Claris FileMaker supports data cleansing, hygiene and integrity well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- IntegrateScaling67
Solid native support for integrations and how they are secured; the practice is repeatable on Claris FileMaker.
- SupportOptimizing76
Claris FileMaker supports support from the platform and to end users well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- AgentsScaling69
Solid native support for using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform; the practice is repeatable on Claris FileMaker.
- SecurityScaling61
Solid native support for access, secrets, audit and compliance; the practice is repeatable on Claris FileMaker.
This is an estimate until the survey closes. After that, it is the score from everyone who answered for Claris FileMaker, labeled survey-generated and published with its report.
Three bodies, seats open.
The people who run Claris FileMaker’s part of the Alliance: a steering committee of five that makes the decisions, a certification working group that writes the exam, and an ops working group that looks after the community.
- Platform Steering Committee5 per platform
Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.
Seats open - Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform
The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.
Seats open - Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped
Content and moderation within the platform’s community.
Seats open
Claris FileMaker has not joined as a participating platform member. It is here because the people who use it registered for it.
Join for Claris FileMaker.
Every name on the join form counts toward the twenty Claris FileMaker needs to open, and toward seating its steering committee.
- Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join
Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.
- Q1 2027First survey opens
The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.
- Summer 2027The Alliance forms
Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.
- AfterCertification opens
The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.