NucleoLIS vs. Orchard Harvest LIMS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NucleoLIS
Score 9.1 out of 10
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NucleoLIS is a laboratory information system for molecular and genetic labs, including DNA Sequencing, PCR, FISH, Karotyping, Immunology, and Pharmacogenomics, from Psyche Systems.N/A
Orchard Harvest LIMS
Score 6.0 out of 10
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Orchard Software in Indiana offers Orchard Harvest LIMS, a laboratory information management system dedicated to providing operational support and streamlining with rules-based decisioning, data analytics and business intelligence, and clear interfaces.N/A
Pricing
NucleoLISOrchard Harvest LIMS
Editions & Modules
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NucleoLISOrchard Harvest LIMS
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
NucleoLISOrchard Harvest LIMS
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(1 ratings)
6.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
NucleoLISOrchard Harvest LIMS
Likelihood to Recommend
Psyche Systems Corporation
NucleoLIS has the flexibility to build workflows for any type of clinical test. I experienced all of the positives that Psyche systems and NucleoLIS had to offer when I was tasked with building a workflow for COVID-19 testing. We were able to establish a LIMS workflow for COVID-19 testing in a matter of weeks in order to ramp up our testing to serve our community when we were one of the only testing sites available.
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Orchard Software
Harvest is well suited in a lab or a reference lab of about any size. You can customize the workflow with filters and permissions to ensure that the right people have the right abilities when they need them. I would say that it is not as great for locations that have multiple remote locations without great internet. Because of the underlying technologies, latency between client and server can cause havoc.
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Pros
Psyche Systems Corporation
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Orchard Software
  • Good for small labs
  • Good support
  • Configurable for your environment
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Cons
Psyche Systems Corporation
  • Software as flexible as NucleoLIS does require time to implement.
  • I would like to see more out-of-the-box solutions for specimen workflows specific for the testing being offered.
  • There isn't a billing option but it does allow data to be exported to be used by third-party billing software.
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Orchard Software
  • User Interface - The software is like 25 years old, and it feels like it. They have added some buttons and links to try to make it easier, but it's not as flashy as the SaaS applications that are being built these days. It feels like there isn't a lot of time spent on refining the features, just adding more to it.
  • Archaic Architecture - The application use 4D for the database. This means that you can't use SQL for queries, latency is a huge issue and there isn't a hosted option. You have to have your own in-house server to run the server application.
  • Client is an Application - We have workstations dedicated to managing the interfaces. These workstations have to run the application as a program and can not run them as a service. This means that if you want to apply Windows updates it required manually closing and re-launching the application.
  • Data Mining - There are some basic reports, but they do not really allow you to build complex reports about the patients or work being performed.
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Alternatives Considered
Psyche Systems Corporation
I have used multiple LIMS systems in my career and have also developed internal systems for specific testing. NucleoLIS provides a great balance of developing a personalized system in a well-established and functional existing framework to build out each individual lab's workflows. This can be done without the need to have an entire IT department which I could not say for the previous systems I used.
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Orchard Software
We were looking into changing to another LIS but they failed to get things done and we ended up staying with Orchard. We are now in the process of moving everything to Sequoia since we have grown so much as a lab. I don't have any other experience with another LIS to compare to.
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Return on Investment
Psyche Systems Corporation
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Orchard Software
  • The support provided by Orchard Software for Harvest allows me to not have to worry as much about the system. I can grant them access to my system and trust them to work on the issue while I work on other issues.
  • The automation saves a lot of time for those in the lab. There have been a few times that the lab has been down for a couple of hours and having to catch up and enter the results from the instruments manually can take the rest of the day.
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