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Cerner vs Philips IntelliSpace PACS

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Cerner

Healthcare

Health information technology solutions for healthcare organizations

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Philips IntelliSpace PACS

Healthcare

Enterprise radiology PACS and diagnostic image viewing from Philips

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Cerner no published pricing on vendor website; enterprise healthcare software requires custom quotes; Philips IntelliSpace PACS philips has consolidated its imaging marketing under Philips Enterprise Imaging and several IntelliSpace PACS regional pages now redirect to a generic medical imaging page, so a buyer signing a long PACS term should demand a written product lifecycle and version support statement before committing.
  • They diverge on capability: Cerner covers Electronic Health Records, Philips IntelliSpace PACS covers Diagnostic reading client.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Cerner and Philips IntelliSpace PACS actually diverge.

Attributes where Cerner and Philips IntelliSpace PACS differ
AttributeCernerPhilips IntelliSpace PACS
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, Windows
Founded1979Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Healthcare).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Cerner

  • Electronic Health Records
  • Revenue Cycle
  • Population Health
  • Patient Engagement
  • HL7
  • FHIR
  • Lab Systems
  • HIPAA

Only in Philips IntelliSpace PACS

  • Diagnostic reading client
  • Zero footprint web viewer
  • Enterprise archive
  • Advanced visualisation
  • IntelliSpace Radiology on AWS
  • Worklist and workflow
  • AI results integration

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Cerner

  • Hospital and acute care EHR for chart review and clinical documentationnot Philips IntelliSpace PACS
  • Mobile clinical access for physicians and care teams on point-of-care devicesnot Philips IntelliSpace PACS

Philips IntelliSpace PACS

  • A hospital replacing an end of life PACS that already runs a large Philips CT and MR estate and wants modality and reading integration in one support contractnot Cerner
  • A radiology group consolidating several departmental archives into one enterprise archive with a single radiologist worklistnot Cerner
  • A health system that wants to move diagnostic reading off local workstations into a cloud hosted environment via the AWS listingnot Cerner
  • Sites that need server side advanced visualisation so radiologists can do 3D and vessel work without dedicated 3D workstationsnot Cerner

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Cerner

  • No published pricing on vendor website; enterprise healthcare software requires custom quotes

Philips IntelliSpace PACS

  • Philips has consolidated its imaging marketing under Philips Enterprise Imaging and several IntelliSpace PACS regional pages now redirect to a generic medical imaging page, so a buyer signing a long PACS term should demand a written product lifecycle and version support statement before committing.
  • Advanced visualisation is licensed by concurrent user separately from the base PACS, so a department that sizes concurrency from average use finds radiologists blocked at the morning peak and buys more licences after go live.
  • The deepest integration is with Philips modalities, so sites running mixed GE and Siemens scanner fleets get less of the workflow benefit than the demonstration environment implies.
  • Third party AI findings arrive through a results interface rather than natively in the hanging protocol, so radiologists context switch to see algorithm output and adoption of purchased AI is lower than expected.
  • Data migration from a legacy PACS is a separate, large and often underquoted professional services line, and migrations of a decade of priors routinely run longer than the go live plan allows.

Pricing, plan by plan

Cerner

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Cerner review.

Philips IntelliSpace PACS

On request
  • IntelliSpace PACS$undefined/year
    • Priced by annual study volume and concurrent diagnostic users
    • Advanced visualisation licensed separately by concurrent user
    • Storage and archive tiering priced by capacity

Which should you pick?

Choose Cerner if

  • You need electronic health records.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want revenue cycle.
Cerner review

Choose Philips IntelliSpace PACS if

  • You need diagnostic reading client.
  • You work on Web, Windows.
  • You also want zero footprint web viewer.
Philips IntelliSpace PACS review

Questions people ask

Is Cerner or Philips IntelliSpace PACS better?
Neither clearly leads. Cerner starts at On request and Philips IntelliSpace PACS at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Cerner or Philips IntelliSpace PACS?
Cerner starts at On request and Philips IntelliSpace PACS at On request.
Does Cerner or Philips IntelliSpace PACS run on more platforms?
Cerner runs on Web, iOS, Android. Philips IntelliSpace PACS runs on Web, Windows.
What is Cerner best used for?
Cerner is most often used for hospital and acute care ehr for chart review and clinical documentation, mobile clinical access for physicians and care teams on point-of-care devices. Of those, hospital and acute care ehr for chart review and clinical documentation and mobile clinical access for physicians and care teams on point-of-care devices are not what Philips IntelliSpace PACS is typically brought in for.
What can Cerner do that Philips IntelliSpace PACS cannot?
Cerner covers Electronic Health Records, Revenue Cycle, Population Health, Patient Engagement. Philips IntelliSpace PACS covers Diagnostic reading client, Zero footprint web viewer, Enterprise archive, Advanced visualisation.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Cerner: Does Cerner publish its pricing?

No, Cerner does not publish standard pricing. As an enterprise healthcare EHR vendor (now acquired by Oracle), pricing is customized per healthcare organization based on size, bed capacity, modules required, and implementation scope. Contact Oracle Health for pricing.

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Philips IntelliSpace PACS: Is IntelliSpace PACS being discontinued?

It is still sold and supported, but Philips has moved its marketing to Philips Enterprise Imaging and some regional IntelliSpace product pages now redirect. Ask Philips for the written lifecycle statement before signing a multi year term.

Philips IntelliSpace PACS: Can I run it in the cloud?

Yes. Philips lists IntelliSpace Radiology on AWS Marketplace, and Philips also offers a managed hosted deployment. Both are quoted rather than self service.

Philips IntelliSpace PACS: Does Philips publish pricing?

No. Pricing is by study volume, concurrent diagnostic users and storage, and is usually negotiated alongside modality capital.

Philips IntelliSpace PACS: Will it read images from non Philips scanners?

Yes, it is a standard DICOM archive and viewer. The gap is in advanced visualisation and modality workflow integration, which is deeper on Philips equipment.

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