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Calculate Your FileMaker Exit Costs.

We do not publish prices, because a real figure needs an audit. This calculator uses only the numbers you enter, so you can test your own assumptions before talking to anyone.

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  • Nothing is stored or sent unless you share it
  • Compare 3, 5, or 10 years
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Cost of staying vs. cost of moving

Put Your Own Numbers Against the Next Decade.

Enter your FileMaker costs and a migration estimate. Every result is calculated from the values you provide, in your browser, and nothing is sent unless you choose to share it.

Starting values are placeholders for illustration. Replace every one with your own figures.

Display only. Amounts are not converted.

Per year. Take it from your invoices.

per year

Per year. Developer time and any plug-ins you pay for.

per year

Your own estimate or a range you want to test. Leave at 0 if unknown.

once

Per year, from go-live: hosting, maintenance, support.

per year

Months you keep paying for FileMaker before go-live (0 to 60).

months
Comparison period

Over 10 years, moving costs $44,500 less than staying, based on your figures.

Stay on FileMaker
$200,000
Move to web app
$155,500
Break-even
6 yr

An illustration of your own inputs, not a quote or a prediction of savings.

Cumulative cost by year

  • Y1
    Stay: $20,000
    Move: $74,500
  • Y2
    Stay: $40,000
    Move: $83,500
  • Y3
    Stay: $60,000
    Move: $92,500
  • Y4
    Stay: $80,000
    Move: $101,500
  • Y5
    Stay: $100,000
    Move: $110,500
  • Y6
    Stay: $120,000
    Move: $119,500
  • Y7
    Stay: $140,000
    Move: $128,500
  • Y8
    Stay: $160,000
    Move: $137,500
  • Y9
    Stay: $180,000
    Move: $146,500
  • Y10
    Stay: $200,000
    Move: $155,500

Test these figures against your real system

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How this is calculated
Stay on FileMaker, year n
(licenses and hosting + maintenance and support) x n
Move to a web app, year n
migration cost + FileMaker cost during the overlap months + web operating cost after go-live
Break-even
overlap + migration cost / (FileMaker cost per year - web cost per year). Only reached when the web application costs less per year.
  • The starting values are illustrative examples, not Claris pricing or a quote. Replace them with your own invoices and estimates.
  • Costs are held flat across the period. Inflation, price changes, and currency effects are not modeled, and no conversion is applied to the currency you pick.
  • Web operating costs begin at go-live. Before then you keep paying for FileMaker during the overlap months.
  • Excluded unless you add them to your figures: taxes, training, downtime, internal staff time, third-party plug-ins, and one-off data cleanup.
  • Migration cost depends on system size, workflows, reports, integrations, and data quality. We do not quote fixed prices without an audit, so use an estimate or a range you are comfortable testing.

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  • Your current application architecture
  • Operational challenges
  • Migration complexity
  • Complete vs. phased replacement
  • Modernization opportunities
  • Recommended next steps
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