Lamin
Lamin is built around LaminDB, an open-source, format-agnostic lakehouse and programmable memory layer for R&D.
What Lamin is
Lamin is built around LaminDB, an open-source, format-agnostic lakehouse and programmable memory layer for R&D. It tracks data, code, and agent activity across notebooks, scripts, and workflows, and provides schema-based records for LIMS and ELN needs, including ontologies and notes. Users can validate and annotate datasets, then manage changes to data and code with branching and versioning.
Documented integrations include Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Git, Nextflow with Seqera, PyTorch Lightning, Weights & Biases, MLflow, and Vitessce. Read/write storage includes local filesystems, AWS S3, compatible services such as MinIO and Cloudflare R2, and Google Cloud Storage. HTTP/HTTPS and Hugging Face are read-only. Lamin offers web, API, and self-hosted access. The Free plan is free for open assets and public database queries; no hosted database is listed for it. Pro costs $20 a month, billed annually. Lamin says it is SOC 2 certified and encrypts Lamin-managed deployments in transit and at rest.
Good
- Tracks data, code, and agent activity across workflows
- Supports dataset validation, annotation, branching, and versioning
- Integrates with research, coding, and machine-learning tools
- Free plan covers open assets and public database queries
- API, web, and self-hosted platforms
Watch out
- Free plan does not list a hosted database
- HTTP/HTTPS and Hugging Face storage are read-only
- Pro plan is $20 a month, billed annually
Who it suits
Lamin suits scientists and engineers in academia, biotech, and pharma who need to track and govern research data, code, and workflows. Its plans span personal R&D projects through enterprise use.
Verdict
Lamin combines research data lineage and governance with integrations and multiple storage options. The Free plan is limited to open assets and public queries, while hosted databases and additional capabilities are described in paid plans.
Plans and prices
From Lamin's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | open assets and public database queries without an account · hosted database not listed |
| Pro | $20 a month | 1 hosted database · 10 GB hosted storage, then $0.021/GB/month · 10 GB egress, then $0.09/GB/month · unlimited on-prem storage · Billed annually |
| Enterprise | $200 a month | Everything in Team · full on-prem deployment in your AWS account · Billed annually · per seat |
| Team | $200 a month | 10 hosted databases · unlimited on-prem databases · 10 TB hosted storage · 10 TB egress · SOC2 · private Slack channel · fine-grained permissions · audit logs · single sign-on · infra-as-code · Billed annually · per seat |
The facts
Each one read from Lamin's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- The security page says SSO is included in Team and Enterprise plans, and bot accounts can limit agents to specific databases and spaces.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Data governance
- Users can validate and annotate datasets and manage changes through branching and versioning data and code.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The Enterprise plan includes full on-prem deployment in the customer's AWS account.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Documented integrations include Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Git, Nextflow with Seqera, PyTorch Lightning, Weights & Biases, MLflow, and Vitessce.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Lamin says LaminDB serves personal R&D projects through pharma-scale enterprise deployments and describes its community as scientists and engineers in academia, biotech, and global pharma.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Lineage
- It tracks data, code, and agent activity across notebooks, scripts, and workflows.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Lamin states it does not use customer source code or data for its own purposes, and limits customer-requested support access to designated platform administrators.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- LaminDB is described as an open-source, format-agnostic lakehouse and programmable memory layer for R&D.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Records
- It provides schema-based records management for LIMS and ELN use cases, including ontologies and notes.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- Lamin says it is SOC 2 certified and monitors compliance with HIPAA and ISO 27001; Lamin-managed deployments encrypt data in transit and at rest.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Storage
- Documented read/write storage includes local filesystems, AWS S3, S3-compatible services such as MinIO and Cloudflare R2, and Google Cloud Storage; HTTP/HTTPS and Hugging Face are read-only.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support and SLA
- Uptime and support commitments are defined in the customer agreement, and the security page links to a service status page.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2022checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Munich and New York Citychecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- The site is operated by Lamin Labs GmbH, and the About page says Lamin is headquartered in Munich and New York City and was founded in 2022.checked 8 Oct 2026
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