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NextGen Healthcare vs Philips IntelliSpace PACS

NextGen Healthcare logo

NextGen Healthcare

Healthcare

Integrated EHR and practice management solutions

From
$150/month
Rated
-
Philips IntelliSpace PACS logo

Philips IntelliSpace PACS

Healthcare

Enterprise radiology PACS and diagnostic image viewing from Philips

From
On request
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: NextGen Healthcare no pricing published on website; 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: NextGen Healthcare 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 NextGen Healthcare and Philips IntelliSpace PACS actually diverge.

Attributes where NextGen Healthcare and Philips IntelliSpace PACS differ
AttributeNextGen HealthcarePhilips IntelliSpace PACS
Starting price$150/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, Windows
Founded1997Unknown

Identical on both: 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 NextGen Healthcare

  • Electronic Health Records
  • Practice Management
  • Revenue Cycle Management
  • Telehealth
  • Analytics
  • Labs
  • Pharmacies
  • Clearinghouses

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.

NextGen Healthcare

  • Cloud-based EHR and practice management for ambulatory and specialty practicesnot Philips IntelliSpace PACS
  • AI-assisted clinical documentation to reduce after-hours charting timenot 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 NextGen Healthcare
  • A radiology group consolidating several departmental archives into one enterprise archive with a single radiologist worklistnot NextGen Healthcare
  • A health system that wants to move diagnostic reading off local workstations into a cloud hosted environment via the AWS listingnot NextGen Healthcare
  • Sites that need server side advanced visualisation so radiologists can do 3D and vessel work without dedicated 3D workstationsnot NextGen Healthcare

Where each one falls short

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

NextGen Healthcare

  • No pricing published on website

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

NextGen Healthcare

$150/month

No published plan breakdown. See the NextGen Healthcare 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 NextGen Healthcare if

  • You need electronic health records.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want practice management.

Choose Philips IntelliSpace PACS if

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

Questions people ask

Is NextGen Healthcare or Philips IntelliSpace PACS better?
Neither clearly leads. NextGen Healthcare starts at $150/month 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, NextGen Healthcare or Philips IntelliSpace PACS?
NextGen Healthcare starts at $150/month and Philips IntelliSpace PACS at On request.
Does NextGen Healthcare or Philips IntelliSpace PACS run on more platforms?
NextGen Healthcare runs on Web, iOS, Android. Philips IntelliSpace PACS runs on Web, Windows.
What is NextGen Healthcare best used for?
NextGen Healthcare is most often used for cloud-based ehr and practice management for ambulatory and specialty practices, ai-assisted clinical documentation to reduce after-hours charting time. Of those, cloud-based ehr and practice management for ambulatory and specialty practices and ai-assisted clinical documentation to reduce after-hours charting time are not what Philips IntelliSpace PACS is typically brought in for.
What can NextGen Healthcare do that Philips IntelliSpace PACS cannot?
NextGen Healthcare covers Electronic Health Records, Practice Management, Revenue Cycle Management, Telehealth. Philips IntelliSpace PACS covers Diagnostic reading client, Zero footprint web viewer, Enterprise archive, Advanced visualisation.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

NextGen Healthcare: How much does NextGen Healthcare cost?

NextGen Healthcare does not publish pricing on its website. The company directs customers to schedule a meeting, request a demo, or chat with sales to receive custom pricing.

Source
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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