Agreed if FileMaker would do what you needed. 1990s FileMaker was not really relational, right? To be painfully fair to Microsoft, Access was more powerful and did a nice job of balancing capability and UX.
For many contemporary use cases where one might have used FileMaker in the nineties, there’s SharePoint lists and PowerBI.
It has created a how complex layer under the simplicity to better compete with databases. It’s a great environment but they seem to cater to experts more than people need to Crete a database for their own use.
It is great deployment platform for offices based on FileMaker/database workflows.
For many contemporary use cases where one might have used FileMaker in the nineties, there’s SharePoint lists and PowerBI.