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What is InterSystems IRIS?

InterSystems IRIS is a cloud-centric data platform that functions as a versatile database management system, an application development environment, an interoperability framework, and an open analytics solution. It provides a range of APIs enabling users to handle transactional persistent data across various formats, including key-value pairs, relational and object structures, documents, and multidimensional data. Users can manage this data using several programming languages, such as SQL, Java, Node.js, .NET, C++, Python, as well as the native ObjectScript language for server-side applications. With an integrated interoperability engine and modules specifically designed for developing AI applications, InterSystems IRIS enhances functionality and integration capabilities. Additionally, it supports horizontal scalability through methods like sharding and ECP, alongside High Availability options that encompass business intelligence, robust transaction support, and comprehensive backup solutions. This multifaceted approach positions InterSystems IRIS as a leading choice for organizations seeking to optimize their data management and application development processes.

Pricing

Free Version:
Free Version available.
Free Trial Offered?:
Yes

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Company Facts

Company Name:
InterSystems
Date Founded:
1978
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
www.intersystems.com/products/intersystems-iris/
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Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Windows
Mac
Linux
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Online Training
Webinars
On-Site Training
Support
Standard Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
Czech
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Russian
Spanish
Ukrainian

InterSystems IRIS Categories and Features

Database Software

Backup and Recovery
Creation / Development
Data Migration
Data Replication
Data Search
Data Security
Database Conversion
Mobile Access
Monitoring
NOSQL
Performance Analysis
Queries
Relational Interface
Virtualization
  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Developer
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    IRIS Aplications

    Date: Mar 11 2021
    Summary

    I really like the InterSystem technology and i am starting to use them, Actually we use only caché and zen.

    Positive

    I really like the IRIS REST applications and extensions in Visual Studio Code and DBeaver CE, are very useful.

    Negative

    I have no cons about IRIS, because I am new to InterSystem technology, but REST applications are very interesting.

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  • Reviewer Name: Andy C.
    Position: Trainee programmer
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    Fast and scalable

    Date: Mar 02 2021
    Summary

    Until now I've had good experience and support since I work in a friendly and helpful company, had a few struggles in the beginning to get all the singularities of the language but now I'm used to it and works great and I can see multiples uses for it.

    Positive

    Very fast and scalable database, good management for huge data flow with safe paths providing full resources to build a complete application without needing anything else.

    Negative

    Lack of information on the open web for some particularities and the Studio editor is kind of outdated.

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  • Reviewer Name: Andre L.
    Position: System Analist
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    The real view of a database

    Date: Feb 16 2021
    Summary

    Evaluating the tool as a whole, natural evolution has occurred and is occurring, InterSystems is acting in the best possible way, making this database even better.

    Positive

    I believe that the stability and security that the bank transmits to us, inherit this from Caché, making it the ideal choice. The possibility of working together with Ensemble only illustrates the correct choice.

    Negative

    Lover of the old databases, I still miss native IDE platforms to work with the data, however, this does not affect the performance of IRIS, it is another natural change.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Developer
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    The great software and amazing community

    Updated: Feb 26 2021
    Summary

    The product is very awesome and have a lot of tools include them. The community are the most active I've ever see in my life. The support and the usability is amazing.

    Positive

    The community has very active users in helping other users. Customer support is very good. The administration portal is easy to handle and has a great view. The support with the most current technologies is fantastic.

    Negative

    The software is kind of difficult if you're a beginner, then you need a lot of time to hang of it. And the expert or someone with a good qualification is very hard to find.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Integration Team Lead
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Powerful tool

    Date: Feb 16 2021
    Summary

    Very good product. Useful built-in features make it very easy to use and configure. Good reporting functionalities. Good support.

    Positive

    It is a very powerful integration product. Very easy to use. product support is excellent. WRC (product support team) is very good and also the online documentation and Community is very good source of information when you want to do something new and quick.
    UI are very self-explanatory. Data transformation and monitoring are very easy with built-in features.

    Overall a very good and powerful product with very good support.

    Negative

    Object Script could cause a learning curve if you are new to the product.

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  • Reviewer Name: Felipe Eduardo W.
    Position: Developer
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    Intersystems IRIS is amazing

    Date: Feb 18 2021
    Summary

    The system is very stable, so I never had problems with this gear. I appreciate Intersystems IRIS and I use this one every day.

    Positive

    Intersystems IRIS is a perfect solution, principally for the health area. The database is very security and is easy to use.

    Negative

    This is a paid technology, but isn't expensive. For me this is the only con until moment.

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  • Reviewer Name: Mathew L.
    Position: Software Development Architect
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 10,000 - 19,999
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    Complex but yet very powerful

    Date: Feb 25 2021
    Summary

    Working with intersystems IRIS is getting easier and easier as they are now moving to containerized releases, even though the great flexibility that the platform gives to the user has a little price to pay regarding complexity.

    Positive

    Intersystems IRIS inherits the great flexibility from caché and this comes in superb configurability and customization.

    Negative

    Complexity is the price to pay for having so much great features on the balance.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Professor
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    Lifesaver alert!

    Updated: Feb 17 2021
    Summary

    It has reduced our timeframes drastically and enhanced productivity. Our database is cleaner and better organised than ever before.

    Positive

    InterSystems IRIS has been our goto software for database management. It is the most secure and guaranteed platform we have come across.

    Negative

    It is an intense software and it takes time to properly implement and learn to use.

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  • Reviewer Name: Larissa P.
    Position: UX Designer
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    IRIS: agility and security

    Date: Mar 12 2021
    Summary

    In general, it is a great database, its speed keeps you ahead of your competitors.
    I hope that IRIS will grow in popularity to facilitate the search for information and questions about it.

    Positive

    I work with UX, and the company uses IRIS, I've worked with other databases, but IRIS surprised me with the speed of data access.

    Negative

    I realized that IRIS is still not widely used, which makes it difficult to solve small problems, which could be solved with a quick search on search engines.

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  • Reviewer Name: Henry P.
    Position: System Analyst
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    InterSystems IRIS the best Data Platform!

    Date: Feb 22 2021
    Summary

    InterSystems IRIS it's really very easy to install, configure and deploy.
    Reliable, high speed and easy, it's a perfect solution

    Positive

    InterSystems IRIS It offers high-performance database maintenance, interoperability, machine learning, and analytics features all built-in from the ground up to date, which simplifies the most complex data-intensive applications.
    High performance, as a database it's robust and very fast.

    Negative

    The COS language is too simple. Ok, it's a double-edged sword, it is easy to learn but to solve some kind of problems demands a lot of code.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Revenue Manager
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    Intersystems IRIS in hospitality

    Date: Feb 17 2021
    Summary

    We have been using IRIS for over a year now. Primarily we use it to manage our databases efficiently, but it is also helpful in creating APIs. It also has a good support towards open technologies which makes it our goto platform.

    Positive

    Intersystems IRIS has a very good mechanism for database management. It is secure and reliable. Special mentions to exceptional customer support!

    Negative

    It is an advanced software and requires training of staff. It takes a while before you can use IRIS efficiently.

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  • Reviewer Name: Mariana S.
    Position: CEO
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Stability and performance regardless of project size

    Date: Feb 17 2021
    Summary

    My view of IRIS, in general, is very good. I had barely met Caché and had the opportunity to work with IRIS and until then, the experience has been very good.

    Positive

    I recently got to know the tool, coming from other technologies, and with a certain fear of changing. I was enchanted from the first contact. An extremely secure and stable database, and with the possibility of working together with Ensemble, make IRIS an even more complete tool.

    Negative

    As I have been using the tool for a short time, I have not yet seen any problems that can hinder me, however, I miss an IDE platform to work with the data, but, I believe this is a legacy of the other databases I have worked with.

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  • Reviewer Name: Rodolfo P.
    Position: System Analyst
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 20,000 or More
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    Fast and reliable database with support to new technologies

    Date: Feb 16 2021
    Summary

    IRIS is simple to implement and very quickly in processing. Very easy do manage and easy do deploy.

    Positive

    IRIS Database is very easy to manage, has a good administration portal. Also supports the most current technologies, like REST APIs, Docker Containers, Cloud.

    Negative

    IRIS is not as popular as Oracle and SQL Server, so it has a small online community. The license price is also high.

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  • Reviewer Name: Guilherme Augusto D.
    Position: Analist
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    Iris, one of the best databases on the market

    Date: Feb 27 2021
    Summary

    It's the best multidimensional database, a spectacular tool for high end applications and even to apply new technologies.

    Positive

    It's a high performance database, the union of two products (Caché and Ensemble) with a lot of enhancements.

    Negative

    Until now, we don't have any, we upgraded applications from Caché to IRIS, it's all fine.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: FullStack Developer
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    My experience with InterSystems IRIS

    Date: Feb 22 2021
    Summary

    Solved the work with legacy code on a new environment.
    If you need stored data the fastest way - It is the right decision.

    Positive

    I use Caché since the older versions and I liked this one in particular because of the information from open communications without losing the best, its high performance and speed in small and large applications.
    Allowing connectivity with other open libraries opens up a world of possibilities and performance gains in the development of our software since we can use several frameworks to facilitate the writing of the code.

    Negative

    Administration portal. Isn't easy to understand.

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  • Reviewer Name: Nadyan P.
    Position: Programmer
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    A great way to manage the data

    Date: Feb 22 2021
    Summary

    InterSystems IRIS provides a large amount of possibilities and capabilities to manage large amounts of data with high performance. It comes with a bunch of analytics stuff and the InterSystems support for its products is great. The learning curve is a bit stiff, could be a little more friendly.

    Positive

    InterSystems IRIS provides a large amount of features, basically an all-in-one software, eliminating the need to other tools. Also, it provides a good analytics feature for you to monitor your data in lots of interesting ways. The InterSystems support service is great, there is no way to go wrong with that.

    Negative

    The software is a bit difficult to use, specially if you are a beginner. But once you get the hang of it, it's ok. Could be a little more noob friendly, tho.

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  • Reviewer Name: Eike Scudellari F.
    Position: Intern
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    IRIS created a lot of new possibilities

    Date: Mar 03 2021
    Summary

    The caché and ensemble have been integrated in only one tool which is IRIS. This tool created a lot of new possibilities such as working with machine learning and integrate it with python, node and AWS.

    Positive

    Created a lot of new possibilities such as working with machine learning, integration with python, node and AWS that creates a much faster environment.

    Negative

    The license is pricier than just buying ensemble. Also it's a new tool that it's not been used a lot and a training is highly required.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Senior Solution Designer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    Never say impossible

    Date: Feb 16 2021
    Summary

    It is a great product with a lot of excellent tools included.
    and there is a strong and ACTIVE community to exchange experience and experience combined with detailed web-based product training.

    Positive

    It is far more than just a database.
    With its scripting languages and its openness to other programming languages and solutions together with a wide area of intercommunication support. there is no situation that you can't cover.
    This doesn't mean you should do it, but there are no blocks that prevent it.

    Negative

    It requires some learning to make use of the full range of options. And it is not easy to find real experts and verify their qualifications.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Developer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1,000 - 4,999
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    Fast and powerful

    Updated: Mar 05 2021
    Summary

    Very very very satisfied. There is nothing so powerful and flexible on the market. It is ahead of it's time.

    Positive

    There is nothing on the market so fast and rapporteur.
    Very flexible and adaptable, information can be consumed natively in many ways. Global, queries, API test, odbc, orm's, etc ...

    Negative

    We still need more libraries to link with other services without having to depend on other languages such as java or .net

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Chief Specialist
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 10,000 - 19,999
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    I have been working with this technology for 23 years

    Date: Feb 16 2021
    Summary

    I am a full stack developer and have been working on Intersystems technologies for 23 years and any project I do satisfies the customer to the fullest.

    Positive

    Easy to install and create applications and integration solutions. The foundation of the programming language dates back to 1978. But despite this, it remains modern thanks to its development by the manufacturer.

    Negative

    License pricing does not correspond to the spirit of the market.

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