
LCFM Native Pricing
Deploy your FileMaker solution to Android.
Choose from having an app that shares data from FileMaker Server
or Cloud or a runtime app that requires no FileMaker connection.
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Does your solution connect to FileMaker Cloud or FileMaker Server?
My solution connects to FileMaker Cloud or FileMaker Server
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Lower pricing is available for longer subscription lengths
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Take a look at our Pricing FAQ’s
Pricing Tiers for LCFM Native Runtime (Offline)
Pricing tiers shown in USD
Pricing Tiers for LCFM Native Connected
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Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the most commonly asked pricing questions
Yes, we do. Please contact us for Educational or Non-profit pricing. You will need to provide proof of educational or non-profit status within 7 days of completing your purchase. We define “educational” as anyone using LCFM Native in an educational setting either teaching or learning, where it is not used to generate any commercial income. Acceptable proof would be a teacher ID, a student ID, or a website link listing the purchaser in an appropriate role in an educational establishment. Non-profit is defined as a registered charity in whatever country you are purchasing from, and you will need to provide proof of charitable status. Please note that in most circumstances we would not regard a governmental organisation as a charity or non-profit.
Yes. Please contact us for a customized quote on concurrent licensing.
Concurrent use means two users or more are online and accessing the FM server at the same time. A concurrent license is required when you do not have names for these users or they change frequently. For example if your app is distributed to the general public via an app store, you are likely to need concurrent licensing. We define “at the same time” as within a 6 hour period.
Yes we do. To qualify for offline licensing your app must never connect to a FileMaker server at any point in its lifecycle, even to log in a user for the first time. Simply select this option on our pricing page.
A user is anyone who uses either LCFM Native the tool – eg your developers – or anyone who accesses the built app – your end users
Our pricing is around 1/3rd of the equivalent FileMaker license cost. However, because we use the Data API, you are likely to need fewer licenses from FileMaker to deploy via LCFM Native, which can represent a substantial saving. Each user license from FileMaker comes with 2GB/month of data use, excluding container data. Your FileMaker purchase will be metered by data rather than users. If you do find the included data in your FM license is not enough, you can buy additional data packs from FileMaker at a modest price ($60/24gb/year at time of writing)
Yes, you do. You need the appropriate number of licenses from FileMaker to cover the amount of data you expect your LCFM Native app to use. See “How does your pricing compare to FileMaker’s”.
We define “online” as ever connecting back to a FileMaker server. Your app can call urls, connect to eg mySQL databases or show browser pages and still count as offline for our licensing purposes. It becomes online when it touches a FileMaker server.
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LCFM Native Connected
The LCFM Native connected plan is designed for any solution requires a connection to and from FileMaker Server of FileMaker cloud.
The connected plan is a named user plan that will allow you to sync data between FileMaker Server or Cloud.
LCFM Native Runtime (offline)
The LCFM Native runtime plan is designed for any solution that does not ever require a connection to and from FileMaker Server or FileMaker cloud.
Android Build Service
Both of the plans listed above are available with our Android Build Service. LCFM Native currently supports 86% of the FileMaker Feature set. There is a good chance we will cover all the features your app uses but if we don’t you can get them added with our Android Build Service at no extra cost. See our Android Build Service page for more info.