Share, Discover and Collaborate
for Better Science
Share, Discover and Collaborate
for Better Science
The OpenIRIS Association delivers a non-profit, open platform designed to scale, streamline, and sustain scientific research infrastructure across research centers and universities, governed directly by its members.
The OpenIRIS Association delivers a non-profit, open platform designed to scale, streamline, and sustain scientific research infrastructure across research centers and universities, governed directly by its members.
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The OpenIRIS Ecosystem
The OpenIRIS Ecosystem
A sustainable ecosystem combining a mission-driven association with enterprise-grade platform features.
A sustainable ecosystem combining a mission-driven association with enterprise-grade platform features.
Community-Governed
Community-Governed
Members influence priorities, participate in working groups, and shape the platform's future.
Members influence priorities, participate in working groups, and shape the platform's future.
Non-Profit Foundation
Non-Profit Foundation
All fees directly cover operations: hosting, development, third-party tooling, and support.
All fees directly cover operations: hosting, development, third-party tooling, and support.
Scalable and Affordable
Scalable and Affordable
Organization-wide membership offers flat-rate pricing with unlimited usage, no per-entity fees.
Organization-wide membership offers flat-rate pricing with unlimited usage, no per-entity fees.
Built by the Community,
for the Community
Built by the Community,
for the Community
When your organization joins the association, you join an international community dedicated to keeping scientific resource management accessible and scalable. Our members actively steer the platform to match the real-world needs of modern research infrastructure.
When your organization joins the association, you join an international community dedicated to keeping scientific resource management accessible and scalable. Our members actively steer the platform to match the real-world needs of modern research infrastructure.
41 Member organizations
41 Member organizations
8 Countries
8 Countries
Core Platform Features
Core Platform Features
Community-driven functionality built to empower modern scientific workflows.
Community-driven functionality built to empower modern scientific workflows.
Unified Scheduling
Unified Scheduling
Centralize resource booking with granular access permissions and booking restrictions.
Centralize resource booking with granular access permissions and booking restrictions.
Service Automation
Service Automation
Streamline service requests, manage project milestones, and coordinate scientific deliverables.
Streamline service requests, manage project milestones, and coordinate scientific deliverables.
Billing and Analytics
Billing and Analytics
Automate billing with dynamic pricing and track detailed core infrastructure usage statistics.
Automate billing with dynamic pricing and track detailed core infrastructure usage statistics.
Built for Every Scale
Built for Every Scale
Supporting diverse operational needs across any organization.
Supporting diverse operational needs across any organization.
Organizational Scale
Organizational Scale
From single labs to alliances
From single labs to alliances
Single laboratories
Single laboratories
Core facilities
Core facilities
Entire universities
Entire universities
Regional & national alliances
Regional & national alliances
Functional Scope
Functional Scope
From catalog to automation
From catalog to automation
Resource discovery catalog
Resource discovery catalog
Scheduling & service requests
Scheduling & service requests
Automated billing
Automated billing
Project & milestone management
Project & milestone management
Resource Versatility
Resource Versatility
Beyond scientific equipment
Beyond scientific equipment
Scientific instruments
Scientific instruments
Facility services
Facility services
Shared assets (e.g. rooms)
Shared assets (e.g. rooms)
Admin workflows
Admin workflows
Research Data Management
Research Data Management
Supporting seamless RDM is an active area of development. We are laying the groundwork to better connect resource usage data with broader research data ecosystems.
Supporting seamless RDM is an active area of development. We are laying the groundwork to better connect resource usage data with broader research data ecosystems.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about evaluating and adopting OpenIRIS for your organization.
Everything you need to know about evaluating and adopting OpenIRIS for your organization.
What is OpenIRIS?
Who owns the software and codebase?
What types of facilities and assets are supported?
How does an organization join or get started?
How is the platform funded, and are there usage fees?
How is platform data secured and hosted?
Membership Levels
Membership Levels
Select a level that matches your organization’s capacity and desire to sustain open research infrastructure.
Select a level that matches your organization’s capacity and desire to sustain open research infrastructure.
Light
Light
CHF 7,500
CHF 7,500
/ year
/ year
Unlimited platform usage
Unlimited platform usage
Complete platform features
Complete platform features
Participate in working groups
Participate in working groups
Standard
Standard
CHF 10,000
CHF 10,000
/ year
/ year
Everything in Light
Everything in Light
1 strategic vote
1 strategic vote
Influence roadmap prioritization
Influence roadmap prioritization
Plus
Plus
CHF 15,000
CHF 15,000
/ year
/ year
Everything in Standard
Everything in Standard
2 strategic votes in total
2 strategic votes in total
Eligibility for presidency
Eligibility for presidency
Bring openiris.io to your organization.
Bring openiris.io to your organization.
Request a personalized demo or start a trial to see
how openiris.io fits into your organization's infrastructure.
Request a personalized demo or start a trial to see
how openiris.io fits into your organization's infrastructure.
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