LabID
6.1#10 in life sciences softwareFree planFree planWebAPISelf-hosted
VisitLabID vs RSpace
What both publish
| Fact | LabID | RSpace |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Organizations can deploy LabID on their own infrastructure and customize inventory models, vocabularies, workflows, and integrations. | Enterprise customers can choose on-premises deployment or a private AWS instance in a location of their choice. |
| Integrations | The site describes integrations with Galaxy, WorkflowHub, Git, S3 storage, and LibreOffice document editing. | The site advertises more than 20 integrations spanning storage, repositories, data-management-plan tools, chemistry, biology, instruments and collaboration software. |
| Intended users | The documentation describes LabID as designed for scientists and research groups managing lab inventory, notes, and datasets. | The company describes its work as serving researchers, research data managers, librarians, stewards, research computing specialists, and policymakers. |
| Inventory | Users can track and share consumables, equipment, and storage locations, and add specialized inventory types. | Its integrated inventory system manages samples alongside experimental documentation. |
| Support | The team directs users to its Slack community and provides the contact email [email protected] for questions and support requests. | The contact page offers a support team and knowledge base, while Enterprise includes live chat and premium email support. |
LabID plans
- Free and open-sourceFree
RSpace plans
- RSpace Open SourceFree
- Team (Academia)$6,000 a year
- Team (Commercial)$12,000 a year
- Enterprise (Academia)$34,000 a year
- Enterprise (Commercial)$34,000 a year
- InfrastructurePriced on request
Pick LabID if…
LabID suits scientists and research groups managing inventory, lab notes, datasets, and workflows. It is particularly relevant to organizations able to deploy and manage software on their own infrastructure.
Pick RSpace if…
RSpace may suit researchers, data managers, librarians, stewards, research computing specialists, and policymakers who need a shared notebook and research data workflows. Enterprise customers can choose on-premises or private AWS deployment.