Panorama combines the best elements of database and spreadsheet technology into a single package, making it an unparalleled tool for working with and analyzing any kind of information. Like a spreadsheet, Panorama is RAM based for speed and flexibility, but with all of the data processing power of a full blown database application. Although many features are similar, Panorama's RAM based database engine is fundamentally different from FileMaker's disk based system. In fact, the difference is so large that MacWorld magazine stated that "Panorama may be the ultimate relational database for your desktop… interfaces, features, and performance blow FileMaker Pro out of the water," while TidBITS.com stated that "Panorama is the best general database program I've ever used."