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The Modern Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN)
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Features
60 features across 21 categories
Access Control(1)
Control access to notebooks and data with granular permission settings
Administration(4)
Advanced administrative controls for managing user access and system configuration
Manage scheduler across multiple organizations
Manage LabArchives across entire institutions with centralized controls
Assign multiple administrator roles with different permissions
Audit & Compliance(1)
Track activity and changes within notebook pages and shared documents
Backup & Recovery(1)
Automatic external backup functionality for data protection
Collaboration(2)
Share protocols, files, and data with team members and external collaborators
Work simultaneously on notebook pages with team members and gain real-time feedback
Compliance(11)
Meets FDA 21 CFR Part 11 requirements for electronic records and signatures
Officially authorized with the FedRAMP Project Management Office for government use
Complies with General Data Protection Regulation requirements
Meets HIPAA requirements for protected health information handling
Certified compliance with ISO 27001 information security standards
Support for NIH Data Management Mandates and data sharing requirements
Complies with NIST 800-171 cybersecurity requirements
Meets NIST 800-53 security requirements for government systems
Digital signing capability for notebook pages
Meets SOC2 Type II security and compliance standards
Built-in witness and review functionality for 21 CFR Part 11 compliance
Customization(3)
Customize platform branding and white-label options
Build and deploy custom applications and widgets
Ability to customize notebook templates for specific research workflows
Data Management(2)
Connect notes, inventory, and experimental data with custom identifiers and metadata
Core notebook application for recording, organizing, and searching scientific data with cloud-based accessibility
Education(3)
Build custom course content or use curated collection
Support for in-person and distance learning courses
Course management tools integrated with ELN for educational use
Integration(2)
API access for custom integrations and application development
Link external files from Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive
Inventory Tracking(8)
Define and customize storage locations within lab
Customize inventory categories for organizing lab resources
Streamlined solution for managing lab resources, samples, and reagents with full traceability
Link inventory reagents directly to notebook experiments
Create hierarchical relationships between inventory items
Search inventory by hazard classifications
Search inventory across multiple site locations and labs
Customize inventory settings across entire organization
Pricing(1)
Volume discounts for multiple users on paid plans
Reliability(1)
Guaranteed platform uptime for enterprise deployments
Reporting(2)
Generate advanced security logs and usage analytics
Generate reports on inventory usage and metrics
Research Management(1)
Generate Digital Object Identifiers for research data and findings
Resource Management(4)
Configure scheduler application settings and preferences
Create and manage multiple scheduling calendars
Resource scheduling solution for managing lab equipment and shared resources across organizations
Create unlimited scheduling calendars
Scientific Tools(3)
Draw and annotate chemical structures within notebook entries
Browse and view DNA sequence files within the notebook interface
Annotate and mark up images directly within the notebook
Security(4)
Enforce complex password policies for non-SSO accounts
256-bit encryption for protecting research data in transit and at rest
Lock notebook pages to prevent unauthorized modifications
Single Sign-On integration via SAML for enterprise authentication
Storage(1)
Support for uploading and storing large research files
Support(3)
Assigned success manager for enterprise customers
Priority support and faster response times for enterprise users
SLA guarantees for uptime and support response times
Training(2)
Structured onboarding process and training programs
Regular training webinars for onboarding and feature exploration
Pricing
Free
- ✓2 Owned notebooks
- ✓1GB total storage
- ✓25MB file size limit
- ✓SnapGene & GraphPad Prism Integrations
- ✓Unlimited members
- ✓Unlimited guests
- ✓Free Scheduler (5 users, 5 resources)
- ✓90-day Inventory trial
- ✓Data Security (SOC 2 Type II)
- ✓Complex Passwords for non-SSO accounts
Professional
- ✓Unlimited owned notebooks
- ✓100GB storage per user
- ✓250MB file size limit
- ✓SnapGene & GraphPad Prism Integrations
- ✓NIH Data Management Mandates & Sharing support
- ✓Unlimited members
- ✓Unlimited guests
- ✓Data Security (SOC 2 Type II)
- ✓Complex Passwords for non-SSO accounts
- ✓Regularly Scheduled Training Webinars
Premium - ELN + Inventory Bundle
Popular- ✓Everything in Professional
- ✓Inventory application included
- ✓Unlimited inventory items
- ✓Link reagents to experiments in notebooks
- ✓Automatically debit inventory items
- ✓Inventory categories customization
- ✓Custom storage locations
Enterprise
- ✓Everything in Professional
- ✓Unlimited storage
- ✓Up to 16GB per file
- ✓Advanced security and usage reports
- ✓SAML SSO
- ✓Developer API
- ✓Custom Applications, Templates & Widgets
- ✓Branding & Co-branding
- ✓Uptime guarantee & SLA
- ✓Dedicated success manager
- ✓Priority support
- ✓Onboarding and Training
- ✓Institution-Wide Management Controls
- ✓DOI Creation
- ✓External Backup (once per year)
- ✓21 CFR Part 11 Compliance
- ✓Witness and Review
- ✓Page Locking
- ✓Sign Page
- ✓Permissioned Sharing
- ✓Advanced Settings and Controls
Inventory - Free Trial
- ✓ELN for Research integration
- ✓Customize Inventory categories
- ✓Build custom storage locations
Inventory - Paid
- ✓ELN for Research integration
- ✓Customize Inventory categories
- ✓Build custom storage locations
- ✓Parent/Child item relationships
- ✓Link reagents to experiments in notebook
Inventory - Enterprise
- ✓Everything in Paid Inventory
- ✓Search by site locations, labs, hazards
- ✓Unlimited inventory items
- ✓Site-wide customizations and searching
- ✓Advanced security and controls
- ✓Usage reports and metrics
Scheduler - Free
- ✓Up to 5 users and 5 resources
- ✓Define up to 5 Schedules
- ✓Assign multiple admin roles
- ✓Application configuration
Scheduler - Paid
- ✓Unlimited number of resources
- ✓Unlimited number of schedules
- ✓Configure a single organization
- ✓User quantity discounts
- ✓Assign multiple admin roles
- ✓Application configuration
Scheduler - Enterprise
- ✓Everything in Paid Scheduler
- ✓Assign multiple admin roles
- ✓Configure multiple organizations
- ✓Advanced security and usage reports
- ✓SAML SSO
- ✓Developer API
- ✓Uptime guarantee & SLA
- ✓Dedicated success manager
ELN for Education
- ✓Course management tools
- ✓Build custom course content
- ✓Curated course content library
- ✓In-person and distance learning support
Startup Packages
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Integrations
8 known integrations