# Beezwax Datatools, Inc.
> Custom software development and consulting firm founded in 1996. Beezwax builds AI integration, web, mobile, and FileMaker systems for organizations that depend on operational software to do their work. 600+ clients. 2,500+ projects.

## Services
- [AI Integration](https://www.beezwax.net/services/ai): AI that learns your workflow, instead of a workflow that bends to the AI. The practice of embedding artificial intelligence tools into an organization's existing systems and workflows. It involves analyzing business processes, selecting appropriate models or platforms, and connecting them to data, applications, and decision logic, producing operational systems with built-in intelligence. Work...
- [FileMaker AI](https://www.beezwax.net/services/filemaker-ai): FileMaker meets AI: Smart databases just got smarter, blending logic with machine learning. Bring Artificial Intelligence to the FileMaker platform to enhance database automation and data-driven decision-making. By incorporating AI, you can achieve advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and intelligent automation, transforming traditional database workflows into dynamic, smart solutions....
- [Web Development](https://www.beezwax.net/services/web): Lean into our experience to build or extend your web app. Leverage the full breadth of web technologies to build custom sites and applications. Using proven technologies and industry best practices to develop robust, responsive web applications that integrate with a wide range of data sources, web services, APIs and backend technologies.
- [Build APIs](https://www.beezwax.net/services/build-apis): Extend your data beyond your application with a custom API. You can connect to other systems, but how do you publish your own APIs? Building robust, secure endpoints for your website or online service is a way to integrate, safely and productively. Website and online services provide endpoints to send and receive data, in a standard format. Integrate your software application with external...
- [FileMaker License Fulfillment](https://www.beezwax.net/services/filemaker-license-fulfillment): Choose the optimal Claris FileMaker license for your organization. Support in purchasing the most appropriate FileMaker License. FileMaker licensing options provide flexibility for businesses and individuals, ensuring you find the right fit at the right price. Whether you’re buying a license for a single user or considering volume licensing for your organization, FileMaker offers models to suit...
- [FileMaker-Web Integration](https://www.beezwax.net/services/web-filemaker-integration): This text that you are reading is stored in FileMaker. It's not magic, it's experience. Extend FileMaker’s reach with seamlessly integrated Web-based solutions. We began as a FileMaker shop, and as the web grew, so did we. Our global customers have always been a driving force: in such a competitive arena, no one can thrive on a single platform. Modern, native web technologies deliver at a...
- [Integration](https://www.beezwax.net/services/integration): The Beezwax team loves to find and build software integrations that make your team more productive. Integrating systems involves connecting various services, technologies, software, and systems to increase efficiency, accuracy, and other harmonious benefits. Integration engineering can turn multiple disconnected systems into a single optimized solution with blended functionality. Imagine a...
- [Mobile Development](https://www.beezwax.net/services/mobile): We have been building and optimizing mobile apps since before they were called apps. Your idea could be a swipe or tap away from users. Mobile apps can improve loyalty, build your brand and increase engagement by allowing you to literally be at your user's fingertips. There is not always an app for that. Despite the existence of millions of apps, there is still plenty of room for innovation and...
- [Product Development](https://www.beezwax.net/services/product-development): Take your new product idea from concept to market with our talented designers and developers. Bring your product to market -- for mobile, web, on-premise, or in the cloud. Software product development combines software engineering principles with agile methodologies to enable iterative development, frequent testing, and continuous deployment. The process involves several key phases, including...
- [Unstructured Data AI Design](https://www.beezwax.net/services/unstructured-data-ai-design): Making sense of the 80% of your data that doesn't fit in a spreadsheet. The practice of designing AI systems that process unstructured information, including text, documents, images, and audio. It involves selecting models, building extraction and classification pipelines, and integrating outputs into structured workflows where the data becomes actionable. Designing AI for unstructured data...

## Products
- [InspectorPro 9](https://www.beezwax.net/products/inspectorpro9): Collaboration, Performance, Intelligence — advanced diagnostics and analysis for FileMaker development teams.
- [LOgiCATOR](https://www.beezwax.net/products/logicator): As an add-on module, LOgiCATOR supplements FileMaker’s native Find mode with an intuitive, rule-based search interface.
- [Tableau Connector for FileMaker](https://www.beezwax.net/products/tableau-connector-for-filemaker): The Tableau Connector extracts your data from FileMaker in a fast and secure manner, so that you can build and publish dashboards using Tableau.
- [bBox](https://www.beezwax.net/products/bbox): The bBox plugin extends the reach of your macOS- or Linux-based FileMaker solutions to programs, code libraries, or native functions that are normally outside your reach. Now you can plug Python,...
- [SyncServer Pro](https://www.beezwax.net/products/syncserver-pro): Data is the lifeblood of every business, across all industries, worldwide… …so protect your data through synchronization and replication to ensure availability.
- [Publish To Apple News](https://www.beezwax.net/products/publish-to-apple-news): A WordPress plugin that enables your WordPress blog content to be published to your Apple News channel.

## Notable Work
- [Fire, Weather & Avalanche Center](https://www.beezwax.net/clients/fire-weather-avalanche-center): Beezwax delivered FWAC’s iOS app using deep mobile expertise and rapid React Native prototyping, matching Android features while embracing iOS design. Our cross-platform skills, deployment...
- [Marx|Okubo](https://www.beezwax.net/clients/marx-okubo): Beezwax delivered a unified inspection system by combining cross-platform engineering, offline-ready design, iPad camera integration, and automated reporting. Our blend of FileMaker, web, and...
- [University Engineering Department](https://www.beezwax.net/clients/university-engineering-department): Beezwax built a mobile, QR-driven web app that integrates with campus booking and login systems, delivering real-time availability, nearby alternatives, and an elegant, low-cost rollout. Our modern...
- [Gap, Inc.](https://www.beezwax.net/clients/gap-inc): Beezwax modernized Gap’s marketing-briefs system by leveraging deep FileMaker expertise, custom templates, derivative briefs for localization, and a flexible report builder. Our workflow-first...
- [Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre](https://www.beezwax.net/clients/kaiser-north): Beezwax rebuilt Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre’s audition platform using deep FileMaker expertise, smart matching logic, automated PDF package creation, and workflow-first design. Our blend...
- [Oldcastle, Inc.](https://www.beezwax.net/clients/oldcastle-inc): Beezwax rebuilt Oldcastle’s guide with deep Rails expertise, smart geolocation, refined search, and a mobile-first redesign. Our integration skills, upgraded platform, and admin-friendly tools...
- [RentRX](https://www.beezwax.net/clients/rentrx): From vision to clickable prototype: Beezwax worked with The Q Foundation to define the right MVP features, map the user experience, and design interactive mockups - giving the mission-driven app...
- [UNICEF](https://www.beezwax.net/clients/unicef): Beezwax built custom Google Maps features and volunteer event tools in just three weeks, integrating seamlessly with UNICEF’s CMS and new servers. Our speed, mapping expertise, and ability to...
- [USASA](https://www.beezwax.net/clients/usasa): Beezwax combined deep FileMaker expertise with modern web engineering to stabilize USASA’s systems, streamline membership and event workflows, and cut technical debt. Our agile process, UX...

## Blog
- [Beezwax Blog](https://blog.beezwax.net): Engineering, design, and culture from the Beezwax team.
- [A fork in the road](https://blog.beezwax.net/prep-your-schema-for-ai-gettableddl-and-field-annotations-in-filemaker): FileMaker enhances database integration with AI using GetTableDDL and field annotations. These features clarify database schema in SQL DDL, enabling AI to understand data structures without needing...
- [What Happens in This Window, Stays in This Window](https://blog.beezwax.net/what-happens-in-this-window-stays-in-this-window): FileMaker 26 introduces Window UUIDs, enabling developers to create and manage window-specific variables using JSON. This innovation simplifies state management across multiple windows without the...
- [Claris MVPs](https://blog.beezwax.net/introducing-claris-mvps-plus-an-interview-with-beezwaxs-vincenzo-menanno): Claris launched the MVP program to recognize community contributors, honoring Beezwax's Vince Menanno as one of the first Claris MVPs. In this interview, Vince emphasizes the significance of active...
- [How We Use n8n to Build and Control AI Agents (So You Don't Have to Start from Scratch)](https://blog.beezwax.net/how-we-use-n8n-to-build-and-control-ai-agents-keeping-business-in-focus): A brilliant LLM that can't actually do anything in your business systems is just a chatbot. At Beezwax, we've been building AI agents on top of n8n, which handles orchestration and helps keep the...
- [Python with FileMaker®: Get Started with Analytics, Automation and AI + ML](https://blog.beezwax.net/python-with-filemaker-get-started-with-analytics-automation-and-ai-ml): Christos Savva from Beezwax presents at the Bay Area FileMaker Developer Meetup on integrating Python with FileMaker. He'll highlight use cases in data analytics, IT automation, and AI + ML....

## Company
- [About Beezwax](https://www.beezwax.net/who/meet-the-beez): The team behind Beezwax.
- [Brooklyn](https://www.beezwax.net/offices/brooklyn)
- [Cupertino](https://www.beezwax.net/offices/cupertino)
- [Oakland](https://www.beezwax.net/offices/oakland): Beezwax was founded in Oakland in the ‘90s, before Tech became hip around here.
- [Petaluma](https://www.beezwax.net/offices/petaluma)
- [Careers](https://www.beezwax.net/careers): 6 open roles across engineering, design, and operations.
- [Beezwax Blog](https://blog.beezwax.net): Engineering, design, and culture from the Beezwax team.
- [Contact](https://www.beezwax.net/forms/contact): Get in touch about a project.

## Key Facts
- Founded: 1996
- Offices: Brooklyn, Cupertino, Oakland, Petaluma (fully remote team across the Americas)
- Specializations: FileMaker / Claris, AI integration, web, mobile, custom software
- Clients: 600+ organizations served
- Projects: 2,500+ delivered
- Partners: Claris Platinum Partner