BioData Inc.

**BioData Inc.**
Type	Incorporated
Industry	Laboratory informatics
Headquarters	10685-B Hazelhurst Dr. #8358; Houston, Texas, U.S.
Number of locations	2
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Labguru
Subsidiaries	BioData Ltd.
Website	BioData.com

BioData Inc. develops and distributes laboratory informatics software solutions.

History

Technology and products

Labguru

Labguru is a laboratory information management system (LIMS) solution that allows you to "meet the challenges of running a research group - from vision to execution, from knowledge to logistics."^[1] BioData's Labguru product replaced their LabLife and BioKM products on December 5, 2011.^[2]

Features

The following feature list(s) is/are derived solely from public, freely-available online information the vendor provides. A lack of a "Y" does not necessarily mean that the product doesn't have that feature. The lack of a "Y" could mean:

the vendor chose to not put relevant feature information online despite its existence in the product.
the vendor chooses to make the feature information available only to those who create an account or call/e-mail.
the feature information exists online to the public, but a URL could not be found to cite the existence of the feature.
the feature does not exist for the product.

A vendor's product may receive more confirmed features with the addition of more public information to the vendor's site and/or by providing a URL to a page or document that can act as a citation for the existence of the feature. Prospective buyers are highly recommended to contact the vendor directly to verify features as this list isn't authoritative, and product upgrades and changes happen rapidly in some cases.

Product: Labguru

Sample, inventory, and data management
Sample login and management?	Y^[1]
Sample tracking?	Y^[1]
Sample and/or result batching?
Task and event scheduling?	Y^[1]
Option for manual result entry?
Multiple data viewing methods?
Data and trend analysis?
Data and equipment sharing?
Customizable fields and/or interface?	Y^[1]
Query capability?	Y^[1]
Import data?
Internal file or data linking?	Y^[1]
External file or data linking?	Y^[1]
ELN support or integration?
Export data to MS Excel?
Raw data management?
Data warehouse?	Y^[1]
Deadline control?
Production control?
Project and/or task management?	Y^[1]
Inventory management?	Y^[3]
Document creation and/or management?	Y^[1]
Case management?	Y^[1]
Workflow management?	Y^[3]
Specification management?
Customer and supplier management?
Billing management?
Quality, security, and compliance
Regulatory compliance?
QA / QC functions?
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail?
Chain of custody?	Y^[1]
Configurable roles and security?
Data normalization?
Data validation?
Data encryption?	Y^[4]
Version control?	Y^[5]
Automatic data backup?	Y^[4]
Environmental monitoring?
Reporting, barcoding, and printing
Custom reporting?	Y^[1]
Report printing?	Y^[1]
Label support?
Barcode support?
Export to PDF?
Export to MS Word?
Export to HTML and/or XML?
Fax integration?
Email integration?
Base functionality
Administrator management?	Y^[1]
Modular?	Y^[1]
Instrument interfacing and management?
Mobile device integration?	Y^[1]
Alarms and/or alerts?	Y^[5]
Work-related time tracking?
Voice recognition system?
External monitoring?
Messaging?
Multilingual?
Network-capable?
Web client or portal?	Y^[4]
Online or integrated help?
Software as a service delivery model?	Y^[1]
Usage-based cost?
Industries served
biotechnology, general, life sciences

Pricing

Some pricing information is available via the Labguru website.

Labguru is free for personal use, including standard functionality, a basic storage location package, and a 2 GB space limit.
Labguru costs labs $10 per month, per user, including standard functionality, an advanced storage location package, and a 300 GB space limit. It also adds equipment scheduling, collaboration, and order management functionality, as well as backups and support.
Labguru for industrial use has the same features as the academic version, but includes 2 TB of storage space, and it will eventually include digital signature support. Cost is $33 per month.