ClickHouse vs. InterSystems IRIS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ClickHouse
Score 7.2 out of 10
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ClickHouse is an open-source, column-oriented OLAP database system enabling real-time analytical reports using SQL queries. With linear scalability, it handles trillions of rows and petabytes of data. ClickHouse Cloud offers a scalable serverless solution for real-time analytics.N/A
InterSystems IRIS
Score 7.7 out of 10
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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 is the next generation of InterSystems' data management software. It includes…N/A
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsPay for what is used: It automatically scales up and down compute resources based on the user's workload It scales storage and compute separately It automatically scales unused resources down to zero so that users don’t pay for idle services
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Considered Both Products
ClickHouse
Chose ClickHouse
ClickHouse outperforms, especially in costs, since its compression/indexing engines are so smart, and even with very low computing power, you can already perform huge analyses of the data.
Chose ClickHouse
ClickHouse was not compared to them as a competitor but as the ideal partner to complete an information analysis system, providing users with the most complete and efficient tools. Therefore, in this case it was considered that it would be the ideal candidate due to its …
InterSystems IRIS
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Better integration of Intersystems solution
Better performances
Better support ofr developers
Chose InterSystems IRIS
Tibco was not originally planned to be used for HL7 Integrations and as such we had to create some very complicated processes in order for the messages to parse and validate appropriately. It was simply not built for this type of interoperability. Comparatively, InterSystems …
Chose InterSystems IRIS
My organizations use InterSystems IRIS and i think is a good bet.
Chose InterSystems IRIS
The database, integration engine, and load balancer are all in one place. This is advantageous because 1) there are no hidden costs and it is also far easier to set up the network configuration. 2) The sales engineers are very willing to help in any situation and they are also …
Chose InterSystems IRIS
This have best database management and security provider future

Time saving for complex database management
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InterSystems IRIS includes a wide array and assortment of otherwise stand-alone solutions. Having a single platform to support database interoperability, storage, and analytics, let alone Security and SQL tools is a great advantage over solutions that tackle a single aspect of …
Chose InterSystems IRIS
The best software on the market, the capacity for analysis, storage and security in the handling and storage of data, provides you with the certainty of increasing efficiency in all organizational processes, ensuring that you will have your information available at all times, …
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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 …
Chose InterSystems IRIS
Because [it's] a very powerful and efficient tool that has the ability to manage your data in a quick and reliable manner. It's easy to use especially if you work in the area of managing a large number of databases or simply need an extra hand. Inter Systems IRIS can provide …
Chose InterSystems IRIS
The process of migration and scaling due to heavy lifting is also easier, the speed of performance of IRIS is good and fast were able to get a high increase in query performance after our switch and [immense] amount of features integrated with the solution, from the web …
Chose InterSystems IRIS
InterSystems IRIS is more efficient than other applications therefore, it is preferred over the others. Moreover, it is more cost-effective than other applications like Microsoft SQL Server, therefore, many organizations such as small businesses can afford it. Lastly, …
Chose InterSystems IRIS
You definitely need to use it for a fast, solution-oriented experience.
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InterSystems IRIS has the flexibility and power to be more than just a databse engine. We are able to create our business processes and interface with out javascript front end. SQL Server has been useful through the Entity framework connecting both together has been the …
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New docker system is really good, performance improves at the cost of some breaking changes.
Chose InterSystems IRIS
I have always studied other databases, I cannot say if it is a problem for Brazilian colleges, however, after meeting IRIS / Caché, my concept of databases has changed. A much more robust and faster bank.
Now that I have had the opportunity to work with this database, there is …
Chose InterSystems IRIS
The only comparison I can make is that they are all database tools. I strongly believe that just the fact that IRIS is not so widespread and easy to find in research forums is the reason why it is not so "famous". The tool meets and meets all needs for any situation.
Chose InterSystems IRIS
InterSystems IRIS is the union of the best parts of Caché and Ensemble, with a lot of new implementations and some enhancements. IRIS have the same multidimensional database estruture as like Caché and works as an Integration tool like Ensemble.
Chose InterSystems IRIS
We did not consider alternatives; implemented InterSystems IRIS based on a corporate reference.
Chose InterSystems IRIS
Did not consider alternatives; we opted for the free trial and then decided to move ahead with a long-term plan with InterSystems IRIS.
Chose InterSystems IRIS
Did not try other alternatives
Chose InterSystems IRIS
They shared a set of limits:
- speed
- exhaustive memory consumption
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Small Businesses
InterSystems IRIS
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Score 7.7 out of 10
Google Cloud SQL
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
InterSystems IRIS
InterSystems IRIS
Score 7.7 out of 10
Google Cloud SQL
Google Cloud SQL
Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises
SAP IQ
SAP IQ
Score 10.0 out of 10
SAP IQ
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Usability
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8.2
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Support Rating
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Implementation Rating
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8.2
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User Testimonials
ClickHouseInterSystems IRIS
Likelihood to Recommend
ClickHouse delivers exceptional speed and performance, positioning it as the top choice for managing large-scale analytical workloads. With a bunch of built-in functions, it empowers analysts to extract maximum insights from data effortlessly. If your scenario is to deal with analytical questions, then ClickHouse is for you, but if you are looking into a transactional database, that's not the case; even their table engines are not made for this.
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It is best suited in the scenario where a single interface is required for providing [a complete end-to-end] solution to the customers. You don't need [a] separate platform to write code or [perform] database operations. All you need is InterSystems IRIS software and you are done. You can also use analytics functionality which is one of the greatest [features] which many customers need for their solution[.]
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Pros
  • Their MergeTree table engine provide impressive performance for data insert in bulk
  • Not only data insert but also the way MergeTree engine uses Primary Keys to sort the data and perform data skipping based on the granules its also their secret for ridiculous fast queries
  • Data compression its also great
  • They provide especial table engines that allow you to read data directly from other sources like S3
  • Since its written with C++ you have very granular data types and especial ones like enum, LowCardinality and etc, they save you a lot of storage since are stored as integer values
  • ClickHouse functions besides the ones that respect ANSI Standards are also awesome and useful
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  • 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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Cons
  • Avro data manipulation
  • Kafka consistency
  • DDL operations errors (by replica configuration)
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  • 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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Usability
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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
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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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Implementation Rating
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Will done based on a proper planning, so this will makes execution more easier and better.
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Alternatives Considered
ClickHouse was not compared to them as a competitor but as the ideal partner to complete an information analysis system, providing users with the most complete and efficient tools. Therefore, in this case it was considered that it would be the ideal candidate due to its characteristics compared to the other competitors.
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Tibco was not originally planned to be used for HL7 Integrations and as such we had to create some very complicated processes in order for the messages to parse and validate appropriately. It was simply not built for this type of interoperability. Comparatively, InterSystems IRIS for Health (HealthConnect) has out of the box HL7 features that would parse messages, offer a variety of validation options, simplified data lookups and transformation and reduced the amount of time it took to develop connections with out vendor systems. InterSystems IRIS also allows one to push just single files into production at a time so there is less of a chance of us pushing something that should not be in production yet as our previous system was set up to with TIBCO deployments
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Return on Investment
  • Queries that used to take more than 2 minutes now take less than 1 second
  • Possibility to analyze use cases in real time (before was impossible)
  • The applications are more complete and the users decisions are better
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  • 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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