CloudLIMS vs. Thermo Fisher SampleManager LIMS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CloudLIMS
Score 10.0 out of 10
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CloudLIMS offers CloudLIMS Lite, a life sciences research-oriented laboratory information management system featuring sample and subject tracking, and other features related to study management.N/A
Thermo Fisher SampleManager LIMS
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Thermo Fisher Scientific supports laboratory research with supplies and equipment but also software; the Thermo Fisher SampleManager LIMS is a widely used laboratory information management system dedicated to data and resource management, as well as automation and operational support.N/A
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CloudLIMSThermo Fisher SampleManager LIMS
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CloudLIMSThermo Fisher SampleManager LIMS
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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CloudLIMSThermo Fisher SampleManager LIMS
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User Testimonials
CloudLIMSThermo Fisher SampleManager LIMS
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CloudLIMS
It is avery obvious solutions to the quality management. Through this it is very easy to trace the desired output data. We can easily handle the inspection data sampling data occurance data etc.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific
While being an active user at MTF, LIMS was great in being able to complete testing and other daily tasks that would have taken much longer without this system. It enabled a great overall satisfaction to be able to pinpoint who performed each task based on time stamping and avoided many errors regarding lot numbers, expiration dates, and equipment IDs. Thus, being able to validate and report data out to other departments was ALOT faster, which is highly important being that much of our testing was heavily time sensitive and crucial to sustaining life. However, although LIMS improved the companies overall effectiveness and efficiency, it had some minor issues that created more than one problem. Being that I am no longer employed at MTF, time studies performed utilizing LIMS while testing resulted in the loss of five positions within the laboratory. It's great that it's so fast, but caused controversy by eliminating employees who were highly proficient while using the LIMS software. Also during usage, it would crash numerous times, which would either delay the input of data or completely wipe it out. On several occasions, we risked having to declare deviations on the fact that data was permanently deleted and never to be able to be retained again. This also resulted in a loss of millions of dollars due to tissue and bone samples being thrown away because there was no data to support they were able to be used in surgeries.
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Pros
CloudLIMS
  • Batch management
  • Quality procedures
  • Sampling procedures
  • Sample size determination
  • Random sampling
  • Physical sampling data
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Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Cloud
  • Storing information
  • Transferring data from one to another
  • No Flash Drives
  • Easy use
  • BEST SOFTWARE
  • MUST NEED for large companies
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Cons
CloudLIMS
  • See i have not two vast expertise on that because i have use this since last couple of years. So i could not say so much about it. But i will share some issues which i faced recently
  • During implementation we are trying to merge this with sap. So idoc is not functioning in correct manner. Sometimes it will not able to trace the received idoc.
  • During creation of sublots for sap sometimes batches are splitting with the given direction. So we need to do this manually in sap
  • The updation time is quite high about 20 mins it should be definitely reduced
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Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • LIMS can be an extremely slow system if not updated to the most current version, which can also cause the system to crash in the midst of recording/testing.
  • Disables certain features to be accessible depending on user status.
  • Does not always adhere to set protocols or standards made for specific data input.
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Alternatives Considered
CloudLIMS
They have some advantages like maintaining the quality data in more effective way. We doesn't bother the procedures were used and also it has the ability to store the physical examination data.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific LIMS is fantastic in that it has a wide range to store and change data regarding instrumentation, reagents, equipment, materials, and testing layouts. Information can be backed up for quite some time, which is great in the instance that data needs to be pulled immediately, regardless when it was last accessed. It also enables testing to follow a better flow through following the way in which the set up is displayed within the LIMS system.
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Return on Investment
CloudLIMS
  • It reduces the paper cost
  • It reduces the human effort
  • It reduces the report generation time
  • It takes 20 mins to upgrade or update the data from one system to another
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Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Converting to the program
  • Learning a newer software
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