IBM App Connect vs InterSystems IRIS
IBM App Connect
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| Figure | IBM App Connect | InterSystems IRIS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $212/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 2 |
| Spec score · Enterprise Service Bus Software | 8.4 (#3) | 8.4 (#4) |
| Connectivity | Connectors cover enterprise applications, cloud services, databases, APIs, AI services, mainframe systems, IBM MQ, and Apache Kafka; IBM also identifies Amazon, Salesforce, and Microsoft connectors. | Built-in APIs support Java, .NET, JavaScript and Python, and standard data formats include JSON and XML. |
| Deployment | IBM documents App Connect Enterprise installation on Linux, Windows, and AIX, and deployment on physical servers, VMware, Docker, and public clouds including AWS and Microsoft Azure. | Deployment options include AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Tencent Cloud, private clouds, on premises, hybrid, bare metal and virtual machines. |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Security | App Connect Enterprise supports message-flow identity authentication, mapping, authorization, and propagation; administrative security is optional and is not enabled by default. | Security features include LDAP, Kerberos, direct passwords, OpenAM, OpenID, two-factor authentication, role-based and row or column-level authorization, encryption at rest and in motion, and tamper-proof auditing. |
| Support | IBM support includes cases, fixes, technical documents, known issues, notifications, and additional advanced, extended, and sustained support options. | InterSystems' Worldwide Response Center provides engineering-level, multilingual 24/7 support for all InterSystems products. |
Plans
IBM App Connect
- Free 30-Day TrialPriced on request
- Runtime Compute Capacity Plan$8,484 a year
- Resource Unit (Flow Run) Plan$2,544 a year
- Free 30-Day TrialFree
- IBM App Connect EnterprisePriced on request
InterSystems IRIS
- InterSystems IRIS Community EditionFree
- InterSystems IRISPriced on request
In their own words
IBM App Connect
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InterSystems IRIS
InterSystems IRIS is a cloud-first data platform for building applications that connect separate data and application environments. Its database engine combines SQL and NoSQL management with transaction processing and concurrent analytics. The platform supports semantic search, retrieval-augmented generation, generative AI, machine learning, business rules, business intelligence and natural language processing. Integration features include API management, workflow, low-code business-process orchestration and adapters for technologies such as SQL, SOAP, REST, HTTP, FTP, SAP, TCP, LDAP and email. Built-in APIs support Java, .NET, JavaScript and Python; JSON and XML are among its data formats. Deployment can use public or private clouds, on-premises systems, hybrid environments, bare metal or virtual machines. Security options include authentication, role- and data-level authorization, encryption and auditing. High-availability and disaster-recovery choices include clustering and database mirroring. Community Edition is free for evaluation and testing, but its built-in license expires one year after the product version’s release. Paid pricing is available on request, and AWS infrastructure charges may apply to Community Edition.