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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Iguana Ease of use 4.7 Customer Service 4.9 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews Norma E Applications AdministratorHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “What I like most about Iguana is their support team, which is always available to resolve reported issues promptly.“ December 16, 2025 EM Ehab M Senior EMR Integration AnalystInformation Technology and Services, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Iguana is an easy to use program that really meets our HL7 needs.“ September 15, 2025 sa stewart a Integration Workstream LeadHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Java acces is good simply becasue of the huge range of libraries available for custom integrations, I have written libraries for security, email, encryption, custom messge construction, date handling, PDF manipulation and extraction of petient data all of which requied java APIs.“ November 12, 2021 Edward W OwnerHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I have used it as part of a product I supported in a previous position, and it ran without issues for my entire tenure (we used Iguana for ADT/orders interfaces).“ November 10, 2021 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 41 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Edward W. Owner Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Long Time Iguana User" November 10, 2021 5.0 Iguana helped us to overcome a variety of business challenges and to resolve some data aggregation issues without a lot of extra staffing. The integrations typically were brought up in a timely manner, and I cannot stress enough how easy the product is to support/manage. Pros Iguana has served me well in multiple positions as an integration engine. I have used it as part of a product I supported in a previous position, and it ran without issues for my entire tenure (we used Iguana for ADT/orders interfaces). With another client, we used Iguana to manage multiple ADT interfaces, to create custom CCDAs, and to aggregate/manipulate data from flat file sources. The development and administrative tools are excellent, and I couldn't recommend them enough. Cons I think for small-midsize clients, if they do not have this already, a cloud hosted solution would be ideal. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 7, 2021 Hi Edward, thank you for being a long-time customer, and for the wonderful review. We appreciate your suggestion! JW John W. IT Manager Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Positive Experience " May 8, 2025 5.0 All interactions have been positive. I've never worked with a product that delivers as intended and is stable right out of the box Pros Extremely easy to use, feature rich, and never errors. It is fantastic to basically click Start and everything just goes Cons It would be nice to have the popular/common connection properties and drivers to be part of the Settings page. Each system is different, but having folders for each Linux system base and selecting the connection method and enter the properties to support the connection would be much easier than managing them externaly Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE May 13, 2025 Hi John, Thank you for the thoughtful review! We're happy to hear that Iguana has been easy to use and stable for your team. Thanks again for being part of the Iguana community! —The iNTERFACEWARE Team AD Alan D. Computer Scientist Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Product Feedback" May 14, 2025 5.0 Overall I have had a good experience. The product is stable and handles my customer needs quite well. I think that moving to IguanaX will make thing even better. Treating shared lua files as Libraries makes sense however how to do it is somewhat awkward. I.e. building it in one component, then making it a library and setting up a new repository, etc. Providing a separate "Library" component would make more sense. Pros IguanaX looks much better than version 6. I am liking it a lot Cons I really dislike the old &.vmd and dependence upon Chameleon. Too complex and not user friendly. IguanaX is a much better approach. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE June 24, 2025 Hi Alan, Thank you for your thoughtful and detailed review! It’s great to know that Iguana has been a stable and reliable part of your work for over two years. Thanks again for being a long-term user and for taking the time to share your experience! — The iNTERFACEWARE Team AL Artur L. Integration Engineer Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very Versatile Integration Engine" November 16, 2021 5.0 Pros I find Iguana very versatile, allowing you to adapt it to any business need and/or solution. The availability of various Inputs and Outputs gives a limitless possibility for implementation of various solutions between third parties/local systems and databases. Scripting UI is also very good, it's quite impressive that it allows me to preview output/results on the fly as code logic is written (even including preview of Database queries). Deployment is also very easy, it takes minutes to copy one instance to another with very little changes required. Debugging and Logging is my favorite feature in Iguana as it logs every stage of the input to the very end of output, this makes it very easy to debug issues. Cons Some extra logging/statistic/analytics features like - being able to utilize existing logs to review certain patterns/graphs of (for example - traffic per day/week, most common input/message type) would be useful. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 7, 2021 Hi Artur, we appreciate you taking the time to write this detailed review. We are always striving to make improvements and appreciate your suggestions! VR Verified Reviewer Director of Connected Solutions Medical Devices Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent product and company to work with" November 24, 2021 5.0 Great experience with Iguana and Interfaceware. Very capable and valuable product. Team is very supportive and easy to work with. Pros \- Easy to use with fast learning curve - Lots of functionality - Easy to deploy - Hosted on our platforms so enables US and OUS deployments both on-premise and cloud-based - Terrific company support - Reasonable prices Cons \- Could expand functionality with additional capabilities and monitoring. I believe they're working on a new version that will likely help address this. Reason for choosing Iguana \- Capabilities/Functionality - Ease of use - Pricing - Company support Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 7, 2021 We sincerely appreciate your thoughtful and honest feedback. Thank you for your review! SE Steve E. Integration Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Iguana helped us to created an integration solution tailored to our business." November 11, 2021 5.0 It has been a great learning experience. We have implemented Over 200 channels, and they are easy to maintain and troubleshoot. We are exploring new uses for Iguana in our business, and hope to expand to other departments. Pros Flexible. Scripting allows for fine control over every detail Example channels allow for quick creation with minor tweaks, and also as a learning tool Browser based, so can be accessed anywhere without an install. Easy to upgrade, with very little downtime. Support is AMAZING! Cons It is not a drag-n-drop application, so there can be a learning curve for someone not familiar with scripting. Analytics could be better (and are being discussed for upcoming release). Reason for choosing Iguana Flexibility and Support Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 7, 2021 Hi Steve, we really appreciate you taking the time to write this detailed review! BS Brett S. Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Simple and effective on the surface; robust under the hood." November 18, 2021 5.0 Pros For the most part I was able to install a demo version and verify the needed functionality in a few short days without much guidance. The interface is very clean and intuitive. It's simple to set up a installation for basic needs and for more advanced setups there are resources available. Technical support is quick and consistent. Cons I had one larger issue where I had identified the problem and brought it to support where, in retrospect, it should have been an obvious quick fix. This lead to advanced troubleshooting that extended over some time only for me to go back to support and finally get the answer I was looking for. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 7, 2021 Hi Brett, thank you for taking the time to share your honest feedback with us. CV Crystal V. Technical Support Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Iguana " November 30, 2021 5.0 Customers send us their data and we parse it out into a SQL insert query using a VMD and insert it into a database to be used by our product. Pros I like that we can setup a channel to use for our internal software testing to generate mocked up data and customize it for our needs. The ease of using LUA to write scripts to manipulate data before we import it into our systems has been a huge bonus and takes customization for our customers to another level without having to change our software to meet their needs. Cons I hope to see a release where an update can be made for all shared lua's accross multiple instances and a way to see which channels are actually using the shared lua's and its not just listed as require in case its needed in the future. I also hope to see a way to search for a specific line, field etc across all channels lua's. All of our channels do not have "standardized" scripts so when we find a way to better accomplish something, it would be nice to search and see who all is actually using the code. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 7, 2021 Hi Crystal, thank you for taking the time to write such a detailed review. We sincerely appreciate your thoughtful and honest feedback and your suggestions. Chris A. Senior Integration Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Iguana Is Unmatched" November 11, 2021 5.0 Day one I had never heard of Iguana or HL7. I am now a certified expert and Iguana has allowed me to expand our company's offerings ten fold. Pros In one word, Flexibility. We work with HL7, EDI, FHIR, other APIs, flat files like CSVs, etc. There is very little we have run into that we could not accomplish with Iguana. Cons Trivial things, like I wish there was a dark theme and the ability to change the font. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 7, 2021 Chris, thank you for your very positive review! We hope to see you using Iguana for many more years to come. Nicolas P. Information Systems Manager Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great product, easy to learn, reliable and responsive customer support." May 16, 2018 5.0 Pros The overall product is very easy to use and learn how to manage. The customer support group has been wonderful over the last few years of using their products. Cons The high price for the initial purchase was somewhat difficult at first, but as we continued to use the product we found it worthwhile. There are few reporting features built-in to the product. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 7, 2021 Hi Nicolas - it's great to hear that you have had a five-star experience working with Iguana and our support team. We appreciate your business and positive feedback. Thank you! CS Chris S. LIS Interface Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Iguana review" November 15, 2021 5.0 Pros Iguana's customer support is excellent! Cons Sometimes it's hard to find references for Lua script, but the Iguana support makes up for it in that they can always assist when/if needed. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 7, 2021 Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience working with Iguana, Chris! JM James M. VP Software and Development Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Iguana is an excellent product." March 1, 2021 5.0 We started using Iguana for HL7 interfaces. We now additionally use it to report server health, software heath and to assist with implementation tasks. Pros This software allows for easy deployment development and troubleshooting. Cons The only real gripe I might have is that the releases come with quite a lot of frequency, other than that Iguana has met all my needs. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 7, 2021 Hi James, thank you for taking the time to share your honest feedback with us. We sincerely appreciate it! JP Jeff P. Technical Services Supervisor Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Powerful and Easy to Use" November 15, 2021 5.0 Iguana has been great, it has met our business needs as our company has grown and our customers base has become larger, Iguana has continued to meet our needs. Pros Iguana is very user friendly with a easy to read dashboard. The product also integrated seamlessly with our software and allows us to connect to healthcare HL7 interfaces with minimal effort. Cons Iguana meets all our needs and at this time there is nothing that we dislike about the product Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 7, 2021 Hi Jeff, it's great to hear you have had a five-star experience working with Iguana. Thank you for your feedback and positive review. JB Jennifer B. Deployment Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Iguana for medical workflow" November 30, 2021 4.0 Iguana helps me to solve medical workflows.. Pros My integrations worked with no problems. Cons Nothing I can come up with at the moment Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 7, 2021 We are so grateful for your review, Jennifer! Norma E. Applications Administrator Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "My Iguana Experience" December 16, 2025 5.0 Iguana provides seamless integration across multiple systems, ensuring smooth connectivity and efficient workflows. Pros What I like most about Iguana is their support team, which is always available to resolve reported issues promptly. They are highly knowledgeable and take the time to explain every action they perform on your system. Cons Based on my overall experience with Iguana, I have not encountered any difficulties. Everything is straightforward, and connecting with the support team is always easy. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 22, 2025 Hi Norma, Thanks for sharing your experience. It’s great to hear our support team and integration capabilities have been working well for you. — The iNTERFACEWARE Team Victor E. Senior Assistant Director Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Code-Driven Simplicity That Lasts" December 7, 2025 5.0 Iguana provides easy-to-use, code-first integration tool that remains handy even after many years of continuous use. Pros Simple, easy to use, code-only interface that allows a greater customisation to cater for individual systems that we interface with. Cons Lack of in-built Lua functions, hence we have to write our own custom functions or rely on the support team Alternatives considered [Cloverleaf](https://www.capterra.com/p/232657/Cloverleaf/) Reason for choosing Iguana Easy to setup, cost-efficient, easy to maintain Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 11, 2025 Hi Victor, Thanks so much for your feedback! We really value hearing from our users. — The iNTERFACEWARE Team JJ Jeff J. Healthcare Data Architect Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Support the way it should be done." June 23, 2025 5.0 We have been extremely pleased with the product, the performance, and the support. We are on Iguana 6.2, but are interested in moving to Iguana X. Pros The support we get. While we may have problems figuring things out with Lua, we can always contact support and get the help we need. Thanks again. Cons Lua, but that is just because I have no history in it. Syntax is one thing. Knowing what you need to look for to accomplish a task is another. Alternatives considered [NextGen Enterprise](https://www.capterra.com/p/228336/NextGen-Enterprise/) Reason for choosing Iguana While Mirth used JavaScript and Iguana used Lua, it came down to cost. Switched from [RHAPSODY CRM](https://www.capterra.com/p/217806/RHAPSODY-CRM/) This was actually Oracle Health Sciences Integration Engine, which was just a re-branding of Rhapsody sold at one point by Oracle. Rhapsody was too expensive and when Oracle stopped support, we had no choice but to find an alternative. Iguana was slightly cheaper than Mirth. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE June 24, 2025 Hi Jeff, Thank you for your review! We’re so glad to hear that you’re enjoying Iguana and our support. Thanks again for being a long-term user and for taking the time to share your experience! — The iNTERFACEWARE Team LK Lukas K. developer Machinery Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Review of Iguana" September 4, 2025 5.0 Many of things that were unacceptable in the Iguana 6 have been fixed in Iguana X : lack of GIT proper integration and awfully slow logging system. Especially under heavy load. According to the creators of the Iguana the lua language was chosen as the one which does not have to be updated a lot over long time. Instead they offer updating Iguana. Well done. Pros Fast pace of writing integration business logic. You can skip all of the programming good practices and make the sales team happy to meet the dates they offered to the customers. Cons lua language - it is too niche. Overwritting os.time() is not nice. lua language - it is too niche. Overwritting os.time() is not nice. Alternatives considered [AWS Lambda](https://www.capterra.com/p/211010/AWS-Lambda/) Reason for choosing Iguana I was made to................................... Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE September 9, 2025 Hi Lukas, Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with us! We truly value your feedback. It’s always encouraging to hear what’s working well, and just as important to learn where we can improve. Insights like yours help us make Iguana even better for everyone. We appreciate your continued support. — The iNTERFACEWARE Team EM Ehab M. Senior EMR Integration Analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Product and Excellent Support" September 15, 2025 5.0 Iguana is an easy to use program that really meets our HL7 needs. The log system within Iguana makes it easy for us to resolve most issues when testing an interface. The support is also exceptional which is critical in this healthcare space. Pros I like the UI and the log system they have in place. It help me with my efficiency in diagnosing errors an HL7 message. The support is also important to mention because their team is very responsive and quick to assist. Cons I had issues with how it handles SFTP connectivity and the error log not being to clear, but that has been resolved in recent updates. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE September 16, 2025 Thank you, Ehab, for taking the time to leave such a thoughtful and positive review! We’re thrilled to hear that Iguana has helped improve your efficiency in diagnosing HL7 errors and that you’ve had a great experience with our support team. It’s also great to know that recent updates have resolved the SFTP connectivity concerns you mentioned. We truly appreciate your feedback and your continued trust in Iguana over the past few years. If there’s ever anything more we can do to support you, don’t hesitate to reach out! —The iNTERFACEWARE Team MV Mathew V. IT Director, Applications and Information Systems Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Iguana Review" August 29, 2025 5.0 Pros Very versatile HL7 and API aggregator. Very versatile HL7 and API aggregator. Very versatile HL7 and API aggregator. Cons The Logs UI & UX was way better under version 6.1. The latest version does not easily show all messages and does not allow easy re submission. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE September 3, 2025 Hi Mathew, Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts, we appreciate your feedback. We’re always glad to hear what’s working well and where we can improve. Your input helps us continue to make Iguana better for everyone. Thanks again for being a valued user. — The iNTERFACEWARE Team BM Billy M. Sr Engineer - Interfaces Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Iguana review" April 8, 2025 5.0 Favorable. I still consider myself a LUA/Iguana beginner even after 18 months of writing interfaces in LUA because there is much to learn but each experience gives me more knowledge. Pros What I like best is that its not as clunky as cloverleaf :D Im from a programming background so I enjoy the LUA scripting. Cons It would be nice to have more examples of codes in Help. There are examples out there but not examples I tend to need. Switched from [Infor Cloverleaf Integration Suite](https://www.capterra.com/p/265471/Infor-Cloverleaf-Integration-Suite/) Still in process of migrating over interfaces. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE June 24, 2025 Hi Billy, Thank you for the great review! We’re happy to hear you’re enjoying Iguana’s flexibility. We appreciate your feedback! —The iNTERFACEWARE Team DP David P. Integration Analyst Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Superior interface Engine" May 13, 2025 5.0 Very strong, easy to use engine and scripting setup Pros Ease of use, scripting is so powerful, good support. Cons Nothing yet, it works great! Could use more detailed documentation and reference guides Switched from [Infor Cloverleaf Integration Suite](https://www.capterra.com/p/265471/Infor-Cloverleaf-Integration-Suite/) Iguana is easier to use, more powerful, better priced Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE June 24, 2025 Hi David, Thank you for the fantastic review! We’re so glad to hear you’re enjoying the power, support, and ease of use with Iguana, and that it’s been a strong fit. Thanks again for your support and for being part of the Iguana community! —The iNTERFACEWARE Team sA stewart A. Integration Workstream Lead Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Iguana Top Dog for HL7" November 12, 2021 3.0 Mostly very positive HL7 dev is a breexe mostly and even non standard HL7 ()I wrote a custom sftp project) was easy to implement, the API is reliable and the API docs were easy to follow.) It seems to have most of what I'd need for HL7, lack of access to java libraries is a dissappointment, but I did not need them for the current project. Java acces is good simply becasue of the huge range of libraries available for custom integrations, I have written libraries for security, email, encryption, custom messge construction, date handling, PDF manipulation and extraction of petient data all of which requied java APIs. Pros The IDE is second to none for rapid HL7 development. The ability to immediately see the result of code on data in the right panel is so good I don't understand why other platforms don't employ it or similar. However, this also leads to the one issue with the approach. If you have an integration that employs a database and the code is a self managing state engine, it becomes very diffcult to test as moving the cursor re-invokes the entire code and therefore changes state. Now that I know this, I can work with it, but it took almost 2 days to realise that that is what was happening inside a fairly straightforward state manager!! Cons Configuration management is not separeated from deployable project. There is not way to build configs for environments and deploy a channel with the channe lof config or the internal integration config out of the box. You can with careful process and management achive this, but its too open to lazy or bad practise. I did come up with a way to achieve close to what I want though. I imported a config file for a project per environment, each config file tagged with "-DEV" "-PROD" etc to indicate the environment. An import statement (require) is configured to take an environment variable "ENVIRONMENT" set to the appropriate flag for that environment and then the imprt statement imports the config for that environment automatically. It works but it means that DEV and PROD have access to all configs, I'd rather see them separated. Reason for choosing Iguana I did not select Iguana. I'm an independent Health Consultant so I use whatever platform the client has, generally. My most recent other platform is NextGen Connect (Mirth Connect). This platform is much slower for HL7 development but does allow for much more complex / custom integrations due to the availability of Java. If a site is doing Pure HL7, Iguana wins comfortably, if its not health industry I think Iguana would struggle - Though I don't see Iguana looking to the other industries (haven't looked though I must admit) Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE January 5, 2022 Thank you so much for your detailed review, Stewart. We appreciate your honest feedback. MI Mark I. Software Engineer Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy-to-use Integration" November 11, 2021 4.0 My experience with Iguana has been generally positive. The negatives come from (a) our ageing infrastructure, and (b) the inadequate setup of channels by my predecessor. Pros It is easy to set up channels that send/receive data to/from a variety of sources, in a variety of formats. The dashboard is easy to use, and provides a helpful summary of activities. Customisable translators mean that we're not restricted to "out-of-the-box" features, and can incorporate complex integrations. Cons Logs can be slow to browse, and Iguana sometimes hangs, but I suspect that's because of our infrastructure, and large amounts of data being processed. Channel names restricted to 30 characters. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 7, 2021 Hi Mark, we are always striving to improve and more importantly, we want to improve. Thank you for your honest feedback. MW Matt W. Project Manager Medical Practice Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Excellent HL7 Message Interface Engine" December 4, 2020 5.0 We are using Iguana to take an HL7 source of authority and send to 6 downstream systems. This includes multiple transformations to enable prior encoding from the legacy system to be maintained such that the accumulated multiple years of history data looks as though it came from the legacy system. Excellent and powerful product! Pros The speed of message processing is superior. We reached a high water mark of 57 messages/second --- and I firmly believe the Iguana engine had the capacity for several times that throughput (it can only process at the speed of the sending source). I also appreciated the support of InterfaceWare which went above and beyond. Dduring our implementation, we were extended support above and beyond our expected support window several times. This enabled our organization to overcome a difficult situation on a weekend deployment (a Sunday). Cons Nothing comes to mind. We have not explored the more advanced features of the Iguana software such as JSON, API's, etc. Reason for choosing Iguana Power of the LUA language, cost, reviews, and notably the promised support. During the vetting process, what swayed our organization to choose the Iguana product was the sincerity of the sales and technical support team. I got the strongest sense that InterfaceWare genuinely believed in their product, and wanted to support us in any way they could. Yes, they wanted the sale as would any vendor --- but there was no slick promises or nauseating sales approach --- just down-to-earth answers to our questions. And as I noted, InterfaceWare supplied support during a near crisis point in our deployment on a weekend where when we needed it most. They provided it to us in our moment of need --- that is Customer Service at its finest. Review Source Response from iNTERFACEWARE December 7, 2021 Hi Matt, we can't thank you enough for your kind words and positive feedback about Iguana. Your positive review means a lot to us and lets us know we're on the right track. Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Integration](https://www.capterra.com/integration-software/)[EDI](https://www.capterra.com/edi-software/) ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.