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Security and privacy

Security, compliance, and governance are our top priorities. We adhere to Apple’s rigorous policies and procedures to ensure your data is safe and remains private.

SOC 2: Audited SOC 2® Type 2 report for security, availability, and confidentiality of Claris cloud services.

ISO certifications: ISO certifications for information security management (ISO/IEC 27001) and personal data in the cloud (ISO/IEC 27018).

AES-256: Encrypt data at rest and database passwords with AES-256 encryption.

SSL/TLS 1.2: Encrypt data in transit using SSL or TLS 1.2 and above.

AWS key management: Cloud services use AWS key management for encrypted passwords.

Authentication: Authenticate via Active Directory, Open Directory or OAuth 2.0 identity providers. Supports multi-factor authentication (MFA) and passwordless authentication.

User access: Supports user access management and external identity providers.

Role-based access: Separate roles and privileges for IT, administrators, and developers.

Privacy: Customer data is treated in accordance with the Claris Privacy Policy.

GDPR: Claris complies with GDPR, however customers are responsible for compliance within their respective apps. Learn more about GDPR.

Integration and automation

Connect with your existing systems and data stores with Claris. You’ll never have to say “No” to a new project — use the development skills you already have to extend your apps.

Automated workflows: Integrate your apps together and create automated workflows with Claris Connect.

Advanced workflow tools: Use conditional if-then statements, loops, auto-replay, and variables for advanced workflow automations in Claris Connect.

Standard coding tools: Extend Claris with JavaScript, REST APIs, JSON, cURL, and other familiar development tools.

SQL: Create two-way SQL connections with Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and Oracle data.

FileMaker Data API: Use the FileMaker Data API, a REST API, to integrate FileMaker data into your web services.

OData: Allow OData-capable client applications to query and update Claris data.

Easy import: Import existing data including CSV, XML, and Microsoft Excel files.

Prebuilt code: Use prebuilt add-ons and plug-ins or create your own for additional functionality.

Custom code: Leverage predefined scripts and calculations to quickly put together custom code.

Administration and monitoring

Get 24/7 availability and reliability, remotely manage apps with ease, and save time by automating administrative tasks.

Automated admin tasks: Intuitive Admin Console provides tools to manage, monitor, and maintain your system.

FileMaker Admin API and CLI: Use the Admin API or the command line interface to help manage the server by utilizing your own custom tools or third-party tools and web services.

Data migration: Use the data migration tool to save time when importing large data sets.

Server-side scripts: Run server-side scripts to automate database and system tasks.

24/7 monitoring: Expert teams monitor cloud services 24/7 for peak performance and threat protection.

Zabbix support: Monitor on-premise server resources and metrics with Zabbix, an open-source tool.

Audit trails: For cloud services, create audit trails with operating system, app, and user activity log files.

Backups: Schedule automated backups that can be easily preserved and restored. Only back up data that has changed with progressive backups.

Deployment and scalability

Choose from flexible deployment options. Users on different environments and operating systems can all access the same apps and share data in real time.

Mixed environments: Deploy in any environment — cloud, on-premise, hybrid, mobile, or even offline.

Multi-platform: Share information with others on different platforms — Windows, macOS, Ubuntu Linux, iOS, iPadOS, and web.

Instant propagation: Changes made to the data or database schema are immediately available to all users on all devices.

Web browsers: Deploy apps automatically on web browsers, including Chrome, and Safari (for desktop and mobile) and Microsoft Edge.

iOS: Rapidly build mobile apps for iOS and deploy using mobile device management (MDM) in just hours or days.

Test environment: Deploy apps in both staging and live environments.

Docker support: Run on-premise FileMaker Server within a Docker container for faster testing and deployment. Learn more about running FileMaker Server in a Docker container

Scalability: Tested to support up to 500 simultaneous clients when hosted on premise. Learn more about capacities