FileMaker interface engineering

Your FileMaker solution is probably fine. Its interface isn’t. We build the fast, modern layer your team stares at all day.

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Runs on the FileMaker / Claris platform you already own
FileMaker Pro FileMaker Server WebDirect WebViewer Data API FileMaker Go Claris Pro Custom Apps
faster on navigation-heavy screens
100%
of your data & logic kept in place
15
years of FileMaker, full-time
3 weeks
to your first live screen
The problem

Your system works. That’s exactly why nobody fixed the interface.

The engine is fine. The data is fine. What’s not fine is the layer your team stares at eight hours a day. Most FileMaker solutions still look and feel like the year they were built.

It looks like 2009

Grey gradients, beveled buttons, cramped system fonts. Your team notices, even if nobody says it out loud.

Every click waits

Layout switches and full refreshes, dozens of times an hour. That waiting quietly adds up to real hours.

New people get lost

If a screen needs training to find, the interface is doing the training’s job — and doing it badly.

Everything on one screen

Forms and portals crammed into one dense view, because adding screens used to be painful.

Nothing works like the web

Your team lives in modern apps all day. Then they open FileMaker and travel back a decade.

Friction compounds

One extra click is nothing. A thousand a week, per person, is a hiring decision.

What we do

Keep the engine. Replace the cockpit.

We build a fast, modern interface layer on top of the FileMaker solution you already run. Your tables, scripts, and business logic stay exactly where they are.

A modern UI on your existing solution

A web-grade interface, layered over the FileMaker you already own.

Up to 4× faster in daily use

Fewer reloads, no layout roulette, navigation that keeps up with your team.

Native WebViewer technology

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript running inside FileMaker, not beside it.

The screens that matter, rebuilt

The dashboards, portals, and forms your team actually touches every day.

Your data stays your data

We connect to your current tables, fields, and scripts. No copies, no migration.

No rebuild, no rip-out

Your investment stands. I modernise the one layer holding it back.

Before · After

One screen, rebuilt.

Drag the handle. On the left, a FileMaker layout of the kind I get sent most weeks. On the right, the same job done as an interface layer. Both panes are demonstrations built for this page, not a client file.

Before After

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Performance

Speed is the whole point.

Most “FileMaker is slow” complaints aren’t about the database. They’re about layout switching and full-screen redraws. Remove those, and the whole system feels new.

1 × faster in everyday use than the layouts it replaces

This is the top of the range, not the average. Navigation-heavy solutions gain the most. I measure yours before I put a number in a quote.

Typical FileMaker layout
FMHyper interfaceup to 4×
Navigation that doesn’t blink No full-screen redraws Fewer layout switches Shorter everyday workflows Modern front-end techniques Fewer clicks per task Calmer screens, faster teams Almost zero training
Old vs new

The difference, side by side.

The FileMaker you know
  • Grey, dated, something you apologise for
  • Layout switch on every action
  • Full-screen refreshes
  • Training required to find things
With FMHyper
  • Clean, web-grade interface
  • Instant, in-place navigation
  • Smooth, partial updates
  • Obvious from the first click
Services

What I take on.

All of it on the layer your team actually touches, from one stubborn screen to the entire interface.

FileMaker UI Modernization

Dated layouts rebuilt as clean, fast, web-grade interfaces, screen by screen.

LayoutsPortalsFormsReports

WebViewer Interface Development

Rich HTML/JS interfaces running natively inside your FileMaker windows.

Dashboard Design

Live KPIs, charts, and overviews your team reads without being asked to.

Performance Improvements

We hunt down the redraws and round-trips that make a solid solution feel slow.

Workflow Optimization

Fewer clicks, fewer screens, faster paths through the work that repeats every day.

Custom Business App Interfaces

Bespoke front-ends built around the data and rules you already trust.

Pricing

What it costs, before you ask.

Fixed prices per scope, so you know where you stand before we start. All amounts exclude VAT.

One screen

To see what this actually does on your own solution.

from €2.950
2 to 3 weeks
  • Your most-used screen, rebuilt
  • Runs on your live data structure
  • Old layout stays as a fallback
  • One revision round included
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Core screens

The screens your team lives in all day.

from €9.500
4 to 8 weeks
  • 4 to 6 screens plus navigation
  • Dashboard with live figures
  • Workflow shortened per screen
  • Handover and team walkthrough
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Full interface

The whole cockpit, phased so work never stops.

from €24.000
In phases, quoted per phase
  • Every screen your team touches
  • Consistent interface system
  • Fixed price per phase, agreed before the phase starts
  • Aftercare in the first months
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Smaller jobs and ad-hoc work: €110 per hour, €880 per day. Rates are elapsed-time independent: the week counts given above are lead times, not billed days. The free preview costs nothing and commits you to nothing.

How it works

Four steps. No drama.

A clear path from the interface you have to one your team stops complaining about.

Analyze

We go through your solution screen by screen and find where the time actually goes.

Design

You get a working concept for your most-used screen, not a mood board.

Build

We build the new layer on your live data structure, behind your existing security.

Launch

Your team switches over. The old layouts stay as a safety net until you delete them yourself.

Who you get

You work with me, not with an account manager.

I am Duncan Muller and FMHyper is my one-man consultancy in Amersfoort. I have been building in FileMaker for 15 years, and the last years almost entirely on the interface layer: WebViewer, HTML, CSS and JavaScript on top of solutions that were already running fine.

That means the person who looks at your screenshot is the person who designs it, builds it and answers your email afterwards. No handovers, no juniors learning on your project.

15 yrs in FileMaker Amersfoort on site in NL NL / EN working languages
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Questions

What people ask me first.

The things teams ask us before getting started. Short answers, no sales voice.

Do we have to rebuild our whole solution?
No. I add a modern interface layer on top of the FileMaker solution you already run. Tables, relationships, scripts and business logic stay in place. I modernise what your team sees and clicks.
Will it work with our FileMaker Server?
Yes. The interfaces run inside the FileMaker platform you already host: your own server, on-premise or with your hosting provider. They sit alongside your existing files and use your existing access privileges.
Is our data safe? Does anything leave FileMaker?
The interface reads and writes through your existing FileMaker layer, so your data stays governed by the same accounts and privilege sets you have today. We design within your security model, not around it.
Does the 4× speed claim apply to every solution?
No, and I won’t pretend it does. The biggest gains come from cutting layout switching and heavy redraws, so navigation-heavy solutions improve the most. I measure yours first and give you a realistic number.
Does it work on mobile and WebDirect?
Yes. The interfaces are built responsively, so they adapt to FileMaker Go and WebDirect as well as the desktop client, for one consistent experience across devices.
Client portal

Watch your project happen.

Every client gets a private portal: live progress, milestones, and a screenshot with every update. No “where are we?” emails. You already know.

Live progress bar Milestones & status Screenshots per update Secure, private login
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See it on your own layout.

Send one screenshot of a screen your team uses every day. Within two working days you get back a preview of that same screen, rebuilt from your own layout, with what it would cost and how long it would take. Free, and nothing is expected of you afterwards.

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