Claris International Inc

About the manufacturer

Claris International Inc. is the American company that develops Claris FileMaker, a low-code database and custom business application platform. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Claris is a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple Inc. and was formed in 1987 to run the application software business separately Apple's hardware and operating systems.

The company bought FileMaker Nashoba Systems in 1988 and released FileMaker Pro 1.0 in 1990. In 1998 it was renamed FileMaker Inc., focusing on what had become its flagship product, and in August 2019 it restored the Claris International Inc. name — in the same announcement that disclosed the acquisition of Italian company Stamplay, the integration platform behind Claris Connect. According to Claris, FileMaker has been the foundation of business solutions for more than 40 years. The CEO role is held by Ryan McCann.

Claris technology starts a single solution file carrying the relational schema, interface, scripts and permissions: the app built in FileMaker Pro is hosted by FileMaker Server or FileMaker Cloud and consumed in the browser, on the desktop and on mobile devices with no reimplementation. Integration with external systems runs through the Data API and OData, both REST, plus ODBC/JDBC and external SQL sources such as MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL.

Claris product lines:

• Claris FileMaker — low-code database and custom business application platform, licensed per named user or per simultaneous connection. Current release: FileMaker 2026.
• Claris FileMaker Pro — desktop development and usage client for macOS and Windows, with visual editors for schema, layouts and scripts.
• Claris FileMaker Server — self-hosted server certified on macOS, Windows Server and Ubuntu Linux, with the Web Publishing Engine, script engine and platform APIs.
• Claris FileMaker Cloud — Claris-managed hosting on AWS infrastructure, with automated version updates and backups.
• Claris FileMaker Go — iPhone and iPad client with camera, barcode scanning, geolocation and on-screen signature capture.
• Claris FileMaker WebDirect — publishes the app to the browser the existing layout, with no install on the user's device.
• Claris Connect — workflow automation between the app and cloud services, by trigger and schedule, included in the platform license.

On compliance, Claris states that FileMaker Cloud is audited under SOC 2 Type 2 and certified to ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27018, and the platform provides AES 256-bit encryption, SSL, OAuth 2.0 authentication and integration with Active Directory and Open Directory. From FileMaker 2026 onward, the platform also connects AI models OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere and Google Gemini for semantic search and natural language queries over the solution's data.

OSB Software is an official Claris International Inc. partner in Brazil and supplies 100% genuine Claris FileMaker licenses to companies, with Brazilian invoicing, local contracting in Portuguese and consultative support in Portuguese — licensing sizing through license delivery and renewal.