--- title: InterSystems IRIS Reviews meta\_title: 'InterSystems IRIS Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 68 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how InterSystems IRIS works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.6 review\_count: 68 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Database Software url: https://www.g2.com/categories/database-software --- # InterSystems IRIS Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by InterSystems IRIS but has limited features. Are you part of the InterSystems IRIS team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! InterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform that includes a multi-model transactional data management engine, an application development platform, and interoperability engine, and an open analytics platform. It is the next generation of our proven data management software.It includes the capabilities of InterSystems Cache and Ensemble, plus a wealth of exciting new capabilities to make it easy to build and deploy cloud based, analytics-intensive enterprise applications with even greater performance and scalability. InterSystems IRIS provides a set of APIs to operate with transactional persistent data simultaneously: key-value, relational, object, document, multidimensional. Data can be managed by SQL, Java, node.js, .NET, C++, Python, and native server-side ObjectScript language. InterSystems IRIS includes an Interoperability engine and modules to build AI solutions. InterSystems IRIS provides features for horizontal scalability (sharding, ECP) and provides High Availability features, Business intelligence, transaction support, and backup. * * * Seller [InterSystems](https://www.g2.com/sellers/intersystems) Discussions [InterSystems IRIS Community](https://www.g2.com/products/intersystems-iris/discuss) Languages Supported Czech, German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Lena L Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/intersystems-iris/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Microsoft SQL Server](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Microsoft SQL Server") Microsoft SQL Server 4.4/5(2,286) ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-sql-server/reviews) [ ![PostgreSQL](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "PostgreSQL") PostgreSQL 4.4/5(684) ](https://www.g2.com/products/postgresql/reviews) [ ![IBM Db2](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "IBM Db2") IBM Db2 4.1/5(683) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-db2/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/intersystems-iris/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 68 real user reviews. 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DS Daniel s. Estagiário Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/8/2026 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Unified Programming and Complete Documentation Facilitate Use" 4/5 What do you like best about InterSystems IRIS? I find it very useful because of the way it is programmed and the way SQL connections are made, as everything is integrated. The global variables part is also very good, and the documentation is quite complete, making it easy to find what I need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InterSystems IRIS? I'm not a big fan of the screen creation part, as I find the ZEN framework a bit complicated to use. Additionally, I miss native resources aimed at Brazil. Another point is that the community is mostly American or European, which makes it even more difficult for those seeking support or specific content for our country. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InterSystems IRIS solving and how is that benefiting you? The quick creation of tables makes everything much easier, and the ability to create components is also a great differentiator. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of sellerAI Translated ![Harshitha B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Harshitha B.") HB Harshitha B. Senior Executive Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/10/2025 "Bridging Systems with InterSystems IRIS" 4/5 What do you like best about InterSystems IRIS? What I really like about InterSystems IRIS is how fast and reliable it is. It can handle huge amounts of data and transactions without slowing down. I also love that it’s flexible; you can use SQL, NoSQL, object storage, or even work directly with its unique “globals” all in the same system. The built-in tools for connecting different systems (like HL7 and FHIR in healthcare) are a big win, and having analytics built right in means you can get insights from your data without a lot of extra work. As a developer, I appreciate that I can use different programming languages, ObjectScript, Python, or Java or even mix them depending on what the job needs. And above all, it’s dependable, which is essential for systems that can’t afford downtime. It is very simple to use and administratively friendly. The customer support is great often responded within a day. Based on my frequency of use, it is very reliable and developer-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InterSystems IRIS? The main challenge with IRIS is that it takes some time to learn, especially if you’ve never worked with ObjectScript or globals before. Some of the older tools for managing and developing on it feel a bit outdated compared to newer software environments. The licensing can be a bit complicated and may be pricey for smaller projects or startups. The community is helpful but smaller than big open-source platforms, so finding certain answers can take longer. And while the documentation covers a lot, some advanced features could use simpler, real-world examples to make them easier to pick up. The ease of implementation and Documentation for certain integration scenarios can be complex for beginners Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InterSystems IRIS solving and how is that benefiting you? It is solving the maintainance or building a complex database structure and also helping with its robust ability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller JL Jaime L. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/23/2023 "Fast, reliable and with great technical support" 4/5 What do you like best about InterSystems IRIS? It's fast, lets you work with many technologies, not just healthcare-related ones and integrates many cool features in your projects by default. Without doing any extra work, you will get a trace log that allows you to search and redo processes fixing errors. It includes a fast and flexible database with a tree structure that can also be used with regular SQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InterSystems IRIS? It's a healthcare solution with many cool features, so as you will expect unless you have enough with community licenses, pricing can be harsh for small projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InterSystems IRIS solving and how is that benefiting you? Healthcare integrations, backend CRUD services... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") CC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/16/2023 "Intersystems IRIS" 4/5 What do you like best about InterSystems IRIS? \* Fast. \* GUI based transformation, filtering and schema pages. \* Lots of premade classes to use, Adapters, inbound/outbound, XML, JSON etc. \* Large community of developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InterSystems IRIS? \* Documentation could be easier to navigate. \* Cache Object Script isn't the most elegent language. \* It can be difficult tp search for specific messages in the TIE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InterSystems IRIS solving and how is that benefiting you? Healthcare interoperability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Larissa P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Larissa P.") LP Larissa P. UX/UI Designer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/19/2021 "A fast and secure database" 3.5/5 What do you like best about InterSystems IRIS? The security and speed of the IRIS draws attention. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InterSystems IRIS? The IRIS is not yet well known, which makes it difficult to search for doubts on the internet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InterSystems IRIS solving and how is that benefiting you? Faster database access Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Lucas d.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Lucas d.") LD Lucas d. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/4/2020 "Good Plataform" 3.5/5 What do you like best about InterSystems IRIS? There are good new features and work with the legacy codes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InterSystems IRIS? The UX interface could be better, the administration portal is not easy to understand Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InterSystems IRIS solving and how is that benefiting you? Creating integration with another system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Guilherme C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Guilherme C.") GC Guilherme C. Programador Web | Duapi Sistemas Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/9/2020 "BEST" 4/5 What do you like best about InterSystems IRIS? support to the open technologies and multimodel data storage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InterSystems IRIS? No native support to OData and the IDE development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InterSystems IRIS solving and how is that benefiting you? I can develop full stack apps including IA, SQL, nosql, ESB, workflow, API dev and management with the same product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ML Mathew L. Dev Architech Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/14/2020 "A rebrand with new functionalities" 3.5/5 What do you like best about InterSystems IRIS? There are some nice features on top on the old monolyth that are really great, as docker support. Intersystems seems to be very proud about the product, they are doing a lot of pushing and promotion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InterSystems IRIS? A lot of Cache is still present, it's still COS with things on top. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering InterSystems IRIS: Take care to verify what are your needs before choosing a platform version, ensure deployment by tailoring the sollution. There is an important work package to migrate from COS to IRIS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InterSystems IRIS solving and how is that benefiting you? Upgrading from old version as it comes to end of support. Docker solutions, growing community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 4/7/2020 Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Guilherme Augusto d.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Guilherme Augusto d.") GD Guilherme Augusto d. Analista Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/19/2020 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Good performance, reliability and scability" 4/5 What do you like best about InterSystems IRIS? Works with Caché's classes and routines, all legacy codes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InterSystems IRIS? They can make a better ux from administration panel, maybe another type of interface or make an upgrade of this version. Some caracteristics still like Caché, kind of icon tray, in the option, is there listed to "Start Caché" And not "Start Iris" Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering InterSystems IRIS: If you do an upgrade from Caché, only validate the license, they changed the type of validation of the licence in this two softwares Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InterSystems IRIS solving and how is that benefiting you? Solved the work with legacy code on a new enviroment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") II Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/24/2020 "Great Platform - One of the best Scalability Solutions" 4/5 What do you like best about InterSystems IRIS? With this platform is relatively easy to manage and deploy. Parallel query execution is a great functionality, and a big advantage above another platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InterSystems IRIS? Sometimes, when need to build something new, can be a little difficult (To learn). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InterSystems IRIS solving and how is that benefiting you? Increased performance of aplications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. 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