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Benchling vs. IGOR - Your Personal Lab Assistant

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Benchling
Score 9.8 out of 10
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Benchling’s cloud platform is used by pharmaceutical and biotech companies to analyze complex datasets, streamline research workflows, design DNA using CRISPR gene-editing technology and more.
$0
per month
IGOR - Your Personal Lab Assistant
Score 0.0 out of 10
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IGOR is a cloud-based lab management platform for research teams in biotech, pharma, academia, and contract research. Experiment documentation (ELN), lab inventory and sample tracking, SOP management, file storage, and project planning are all built in and connected — to replace the mix of paper notebooks, spreadsheets, and disconnected tools that most labs still run on. Electronic Lab Notebook Experiment entries support rich text, tables with formula support, annotated…
$360
per year per user
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BenchlingIGOR - Your Personal Lab Assistant
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Academic
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Offerings
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BenchlingIGOR - Your Personal Lab Assistant
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details—IGOR offers three plans to fit different team sizes and research environments. The Academia plan starts at $30/user/month for academic and non-profit teams, with an optional inventory add-on for $5/user/month. The Professional plan is $80/user/month and adds SOP management, 21 CFR Part 11-compliant digital signatures, and 200 GB storage per user. The Momentum plan at $100/user/month includes everything in Professional plus full inventory management with sample lineage tracking, customizable repositories, and ELN integration. All plans are billed annually, include personalized onboarding and support at no extra cost, and come with no team-size limits. Guest user access is available on Professional and Momentum for $5/guest/month.
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BenchlingIGOR - Your Personal Lab Assistant
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User Testimonials
BenchlingIGOR - Your Personal Lab Assistant
Likelihood to Recommend
Benchling, Inc.
Benchling is especially well suited to groups or contexts where there are many users who do not have a coding background but need a seamless and structured approach to data. Benchling is particularly useful in cases where there are data flows from instruments and other devices where the data can be deposited in an automated fashion. It is likely less appropriate or useful to users who are just looking for a general data warehouse solution.
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Pros
Benchling, Inc.
  • Excellent easy to use and beautiful UI
  • Great customer support and training
  • Has no code ways of retrieving and depositing data
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Cons
Benchling, Inc.
  • Some of the integrations can be a bit spotty so it depends on what kind of data source you are integrating
  • Sometimes new users are not always aware of all the various functionality that Benchling has - can do better to provide more user awareness of more complex features
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Alternatives Considered
Benchling, Inc.
Benchling was much more of a full stack solution and provide much more features that were relevant to the group. Airtable was more of a generic way to manage large amounts of data, but the complexity was still high for the types of data that would be need to be managed and there would need to be some workarounds. Overall Benchling was selected since it also had an electronic lab notebook feature which was very useful to associates in addition to its data workflows.
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Return on Investment
Benchling, Inc.
  • It had a positive ROI in terms of reducing the amount of time spent on data movement and curation by associates
  • It had a positive ROI in terms of increasing the number of insights from structured data
  • It reduced the number of data entry and analysis errors by associates which led to a positive ROI in terms of efficiency and reducing time wasted by tracking down errors in data
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ScreenShots

IGOR - Your Personal Lab Assistant Screenshots

Screenshot of Electronic Lab Notebook An experiment entry for an immunofluorescence study captured in IGOR's Electronic Lab Notebook. The ELN allows scientists to document their work using a rich text editor with table sections that support formulas and Excel imports, image galleries with annotation support, and file attachments for virtually any data type - all linked to relevant SOPs or templates within a single record. The ELN also integrates directly with the Inventory module, so scientists can track which samples and reagents were used in an experiment and how they connect to other samples or experiments in the system. Every entry is backed by full version control and a detailed audit trail, with 21 CFR Part 11-compliant digital signatures, witness records, and configurable approval workflows built in.Screenshot of Inventory: Storage Location Map View IGOR lets teams build a digital representation of their entire lab storage setup - from rooms and freezers down to individual box positions - fully customizable to match any physical layout. Color-coded map views make it easy to see at a glance which positions are occupied, empty, or flagged, and what the status of each sample is. Scientists can search for items within any specific location, check availability, and pinpoint exactly where a sample lives without walking to the freezer or flipping through handwritten logs.Screenshot of Inventory: Sample History Every inventory item in IGOR carries a complete, timestamped history of everything that's happened to it - from initial registration with full metadata, through relationship changes, storage location moves, and consumption in experiments. Each event records who made the change, when, and exactly what was modified, giving scientists a single place to reconstruct a sample's full story without chasing down paper logs or asking colleagues. Whether it's troubleshooting unexpected results, answering auditor questions, or verifying that proper handling procedures were followed, the full chain of events is always just a click away.Screenshot of Inventory: Sample Relationship Tracking IGOR's Inventory module automatically maps parent-child relationships between samples, giving scientists a visual lineage graph that traces how any item in the system - cell lines, plasmids, reagents, derived products - connects back to its origin. This makes it easy to answer questions like "where did this sample come from," "what was derived from it," and "which experiments used it," without piecing together information from spreadsheets or freezer logs. Full chain-of-custody documentation is built in, supporting both day-to-day lab decision-making and regulatory traceability requirements.Screenshot of Team Workspace Dashboard Each workspace in IGOR has its own dashboard where admins can see every team member at a glance - their role, access level, and join date. IGOR supports granular permission controls with Member, Admin, and Guest access levels, so teams can bring in external collaborators with read-only access without compromising data control. Admins can view any member's lab notebook or adjust their permissions directly from the dashboard, and a centralized Manage Members panel makes it easy to add, remove, or reconfigure access as teams evolve.Screenshot of Project Manager: Gantt Chart View IGOR's built-in Project Manager allows teams to plan research programs, assign tasks, set priorities, define dependencies between activities, and track progress on a visual Gantt timeline within the same platform where experiments are documented and samples are managed. Scientists can link experiments and notebook entries directly to project tasks, connecting the plan to the actual work. Milestones mark key decision points, and color-coded bars give an at-a-glance view of what's completed, in progress, or upcoming.