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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    InterSystems IRIS

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AInterSystems 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 is the next generation of InterSystems' data management software. It includes…N/A

    Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued)

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Pragmatic Workbench Enterprise was a suite that combined four Pragmatic Works products: BI xPress, DBA xPress, DOC xPress and LegiTest. It was acquired by SentryOne in April 2018, and has reached its EOL phase. After the summer of 2022 it will likely no longer be available, and unsupported.

    $2,490

    per seat

    Pricing
    InterSystems IRISPragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Workbench Client Edition
    2,490
    per seat
    Workbench Server Edition
    8,995
    per server
    Workbench Enterprise Edition (Client + Server)
    9,995
    1 user / 1 server
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    InterSystems IRISPragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Workbench Enterprise combines all of the functionality within Workbench Client (local install) and Workbench Server (server install).
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    Community Pulse
    InterSystems IRISPragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    InterSystems
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    45 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    44 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    32 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    41 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    InterSystems IRISPragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Relational Databases
    Comparison of Relational Databases features of InterSystems IRIS and Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Feature
    InterSystems IRIS
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    ACID compliance10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database locking8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Disaster recovery10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple datatypes8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database Development
    Comparison of Database Development features of InterSystems IRIS and Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Feature
    InterSystems IRIS
    -
    Ratings
    Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Test data generation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    InterSystems IRISPragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (45 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (4 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    InterSystems IRISPragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    InterSystems
    Intersystems IRIS is a really great tool for Interoperability. It has so many capabilities out of the box and then such a great developer community on top of that, that there are really no limits to what you can do in terms of data manipulation and translation. Personally I find it to be a great tool if you are looking for Interoperability software.
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    Workbench Enterprise is consistent across devices and users so far. It works the same, and access is easy. I have a problem with its security. If you use an enterprise password to access databases, it's very easy to click the show password on the connection page and expose the enterprise password. You shouldn't allow users to use the same accounts to access the database because that means all users are sharing the same password.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    InterSystems
    • Connecting with mutliple vendor platforms and systems allowing us to consume and provide data as needed.
    • Allowed us to implement our own RESTful api engine to server data to our internal applications.
    • Setting up their recommendations for high availability allow us to perform server maintenance with minimal down time to our users.
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    • Querying is easy and quick.
    • Updating tables is very easy.
    • It gives us very accurate error messages.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    InterSystems
    • Enhanced documentation, more comprehensive and user-friendly documentation, including detailed tutorials and examples
    • Improving compatibility and integrations with others programming languages
    • Introducing tools and techniques to optimize the performance of ObjectScript applications, such as profiling tools, performance monitoring utilities, and code optimization guidelines
    • A better compatibility with Python libraries
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    • It has autocompleted, but I find it difficult to use or get to use.
    • It doesn't automatically complete table names or field names.
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    Usability
    InterSystems
    The interface is very intuitive, the documentation is very good so it is not complicated to operate.
    The security is complex, but you can create a special role to access and the user ONLY can operate with the part that it allows.
    Also, you can examine the data very quick with the SQL Browser integrated.
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    Support Rating
    InterSystems
    The InterSystems WRC has always been helpful and responsive. The folks I have spoken with are always understanding of our needs and questions and regardless of if the question is simple or complex we are always met with the same professionalism and helpfulness every time. I have no hesitations contacting InterSystems for help!
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    Our team does the support for us. Sometimes we see download related issues that can easily be fixed by our team. Most issues you will see with one user in your org will probably happen to others, so keep a log and track those issues. Then have a fix for them somewhere that everyone has access to. This will save you a lot of time troubleshooting.
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    Implementation Rating
    InterSystems
    Will done based on a proper planning, so this will makes execution more easier and better.
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    Discontinued Products
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    Alternatives Considered
    InterSystems
    We are using InterSystems IRIS [especially] for database operations as the query performance is really good for [a large] amount of customer data. You can easily integrate for any application like web, desktop, and many more. It also provides BI functionality which is also very easy to implement using InterSystems IRIS[.]
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    Discontinued Products
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    Return on Investment
    InterSystems
    • Very Fast and scalable software to deal with big data flow, safe and robust.
    • The studio IDE is quite old fashion and lacks a few facilities
    • amazing for complex data consumption, its milyi-model capability wich allows multiple different models for a single set of codes.
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    • I personally like Workbench Enterprise, and I can do everything I need to do using it.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Real-Time SSIS Execution DiagramScreenshot of Visual Object LineageScreenshot of Data Validation Testing DesignerScreenshot of Data Validation Testing -  Performance DashboardScreenshot of Workbench Launch Dashboard