RSpace
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VisitRSpace vs SciNote
What both publish
| Fact | RSpace | SciNote |
|---|---|---|
| API | RSpace exposes REST APIs for programmatic search, retrieval, document creation, file upload, sharing and data export. | SciNote provides a REST API for bidirectional connections with LIMS, ERP, CRM, data-management and instrument systems. |
| Collaboration | The ELN supports real-time collaboration, granular sharing controls, comments, and annotations. | Comments, tagging, notifications, assignments and shared projects support team collaboration. |
| Company history | Research Space says its originating company was spun out of the University of Edinburgh in 2003 by neuro-informatics researchers. | SciNote says its journey began in 2015 and that it is owned by Gilson Inc. |
| Company size | LinkedIn lists ResearchSpace as a privately held software company with 11–50 employees. | LinkedIn lists SciNote as a privately held software company with 11–50 employees. |
| Integrations | The site advertises more than 20 integrations spanning storage, repositories, data-management-plan tools, chemistry, biology, instruments and collaboration software. | Documented integrations include Microsoft Office Online, ChemAxon Marvin, protocols.io, Ganymede, Quartzy, Gilson Connect, FLUICS Print and Zebra printers. |
| Inventory | Its integrated inventory system manages samples alongside experimental documentation. | Inventory tools track supplies, equipment, stock usage, locations and labels and link those records to experiments. |
| Open-source licence | The RSpace codebase is released under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0 or later. | The public SciNote web repository is released under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. |
| Product | RSpace is an open-source electronic research notebook and research data management platform for research workflows. | SciNote is a cloud-based electronic lab notebook with lab inventory, compliance, and team management tools. |
| Rating on G2 | 0.0 out of 5 from 0 reviews. | 4.2 out of 5 from 303 reviews |
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
SciNote plans
- FreeFree
- Free PlanFree
- Listed starting price$0.01 a year
- PremiumPriced on request
- Premium plansPriced on request
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.
Pick SciNote if…
SciNote suits research teams that need to organize experiments, protocols, results, and lab inventory. Its local installation and compliance workflows may also suit labs with internal staff for deployment and maintenance.