--- description: Review of Benchling Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Benchling | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Electronic Lab Notebook Software](/directory/4452/electronic-lab-notebook/software) > [Benchling](/software/264557/benchling) # Benchling Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/264557/benchling Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/264557/benchling?page=2) > Benchling is a cloud-based platform for biotechnology research and development. It offers various features such as request fulfillment, sample tracking, file exportation, collaboration, process optimization, custom fields, analytics, and more. It also supports integration with various devices like Zwick machines, bioreactors, qPCR and DNA sequencing machines, plate readers, printers, light microscopes, and barcode scanners. > > Verdict: Rated **4.9/5** by 20 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.9/5** | 20 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Benchling - **Location**: San Francisco, US - **Founded**: 2012 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Benchline offers a free option with the Academic plan, which is suitable for individual academics, labs, and classes. Custom pricing is available for start-ups, and larger organizations with the Enterprise plan. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece and 38 more ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Audit Trail - Barcode/Ticket Scanning - Collaboration Tools - Compliance Management - Compliance Tracking - Configurable Workflow - Customizable Fields - Customizable Reports - Customizable Templates - Data Capture and Transfer - Data Import/Export - Data Management - Data Storage Management - Data Visualization - EDI - Electronic Laboratory Notebook ## Integrations (2 total) - Spotfire - Tableau ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Chat ## Category - [Electronic Lab Notebook Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4452/electronic-lab-notebook/software) ## Related Categories - [Electronic Lab Notebook Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4452/electronic-lab-notebook/software) - [LIMS Systems](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4388/lim/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The molecular biology suite is the best, easy cloning and sequences alignments. > > **Cons**: Would love to have access to sample repository and tracking but need the paid version. Better integration with storage options for big data. > > Having all the laboratory notes online in an issue to use format allows for quick sharing of protocols and real-time collaboration on the same projects. ----- ### "Functional and Customizable" — 4.0/5 > **Janelle** | *9 November 2023* | Biotechnology | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: How customizable all features are for your specific process and how willing and available customer support is to help. > > **Cons**: It is not intuitive for first time users and takes some practice to learn all the features. ----- ### "Benchling Implementation at Tenaya" — 4.0/5 > **Stephanie** | *16 November 2019* | Biotechnology | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I am thrilled to be able to easily tailor the software to the individual needs of scientists as everyone plays incredibly different roles, but we all come together to look at the data as a whole to make large company decisions. We have not been using the software as an entire company just yet, but we have liked the implementation process with Benchling's support to create the platform our company needs to be successful. > > **Cons**: One of the challenges we have found as we've begun to use Benchling more is that there are some features we've gotten used to using and rely on, but then they will disappear. We understand Benchling is constantly changing and tweaking to better help R\&D, but some changes come out of nowhere and mess some of our plans up. Most changes are minor here or there, but when needing to count on a software for easier day-to-day use you need the simple things to work. > > Overall, Benchling has hugely helped our company to come together to decide what the important pieces of our work are that we need to capture, and how to efficiently pass information off team to team. The implementation team has been incredibly helpful in the process. ----- ### "Cheap and Best R\&D Cloud platform for start-ups /labs" — 5.0/5 > **Saba** | *22 September 2022* | Biotechnology | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Inventory building is very useful in this software. > > **Cons**: Sometimes, copying data or exporting data from benchhling to external folders are difficult > > I am very satisfied and recommend to new labs or established lab to keep you data secure an trackable. ----- ### "Our lab loves this website" — 5.0/5 > **Megan** | *20 January 2022* | Research | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: This is a great way to have a collaborative electronic lab notebook among a lab. Easy to share protocols and lab notes, and it's also easy to update the notebook by date and topic. Overall it will be hard to go back to a printed lab notebook after using Benchling. I also like the sequence feature, I refuse to use anything else (ex. Geneious, ApE) for sequence analysis. > > **Cons**: Sometimes it can be slow, especially when uploading files to the notebook pages. Also, it would be nice to have photos in a grid form rather than one per line in the notebook. It can make the entries lengthy if there are so many pictures (ex. plate pictures). > > Overall I'd highly recommend this for any academic lab planning to use an ELN. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/264557/benchling?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/264557/benchling) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data