Any customer can now add users in increments of one, before you had to add users in packs of five users.

FileMaker User Licensing requires a minimum of five users to purchase.

Here we provide you with what to expect with the new FileMaker User Licensing program. As FileMaker Growth Partner of the Year for the Americas we are one of the top FileMaker Partner Resellers in the world. FileMaker is no longer selling individual products instead they are selling the entire platform for users. ASLA’s are calculated on your entire workforce headcount (including part timers and contract staff), starting at a minimum of 25.As of FileMaker 17 a new and improved licensing program called FileMaker User Licensing is available.

This licensing model has become more and more popular, particularly when you have a larger user group, who use the full suite of FileMaker products. you purchase five concurrent connections, but twenty people can share these (but only five people can access at any given time). Concurrent connections can be shared across a larger user group i.e. A concurrent connection allows access to FileMaker via Go and FileMaker WebDirect, as long as these have been developed and setup for you. Concurrent Licensesįor those users who don’t need to access the solution via FileMaker Pro Advanced, particularly those who work remotely or are ‘part time’ users of FileMaker, there is the option of adding concurrent connections to your licensing model. Do note that user licenses start at minimum of five, and you then buy single licenses on top of this. It also includes a FileMaker Server license, so you really are setup to take full advantage of the FileMaker suite of products.

The good news about this is that each user license comes with a copy of FileMaker Pro Advanced, a concurrent connection that allows you to use FileMaker Go and FileMaker WebDirect. Essentially, for every user of a solution, you need to buy a user license. With the release of FileMaker 17, Claris moved to the user licensing model.

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