Best Scientific Data Management System (SDMS) Software
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What is Scientific Data Management System (SDMS) Software?
Scientific data management systems (SDMS) are systems that manage all data related to a scientific lab, and include components such as data storage, data cataloging, document management, and more. Scientific data management systems can integrate with laboratory information management systems (LIMS) and electronic lab notebooks (ELN). Compare and read user reviews of the best Scientific Data Management System (SDMS) software currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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SciSure
SciSure
SciSure is dedicated to transforming laboratories worldwide with innovative digital solutions. We offer a comprehensive Digital Lab Platform (DLP), which integrates the Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), machine learning, and AI. Our platform is designed to seamlessly integrate with your lab’s equipment and software, offering flexibility, security, and exceptional efficiency. By centralizing and optimizing all your research and process development workflows in a compliant environment, we empower researchers to focus on making ground-breaking discoveries. Our team of lab digitalization specialists is here to support you throughout your digitalization journey. -
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Sapio Sciences
Sapio Sciences
Sapio Sciences delivers the Sapio Platform, an agentic AI lab informatics platform that makes life in the lab easier and more productive for scientists. The unified, configurable, low code and scalable environment brings together Sapio LIMS, the market’s most advanced and flexible LIMS for automating research, diagnostics and manufacturing, Sapio ELaiN, the third generation AI lab notebook and scientific co scientist, and Sapio Scientific Data Cloud, the scientific data unification solution with built in organization, search, charting, tools and AI. Biopharma R&D, biotech, CRO and clinical diagnostics organizations use Sapio to run complex workflows and keep samples, experiments and data connected in one place instead of juggling disconnected systems. -
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Labguru
Cenevo
Labguru is a secure, cloud-based Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), LIMS and informatics platform which offers a complete solution for life science research and industry. It records and manages laboratory data and inventory, includes molecular biology tools and chemistry tools, enables automation of the lab, insight into lab data making labs run more efficiently. With Labguru, scientists can design experiments and workflows, capture structured and unstructured data, manage projects, and share their work. Customizable experiment templates, integration of protocols, SOPs, and other cutting-edge features help to increase data quality, streamline workflows and reduce costs. Labguru is available on desktops and mobile devices via the cloud. Labguru is part of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and serves over 100,000 scientists worldwide from startups, universities, research institutes up to some of the largest pharma companies. -
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SciNote
SciNote
SciNote is a cloud-based electronic lab notebook (ELN) with built-in inventory, compliance, & team management tools. It is trusted by the FDA, USDA, European Commission, and 100K+ scientists in over 100 countries. Each premium plan comes with top-rated customer support, and a customer success manager who will work closely with you to ensure successful onboarding and implementation. SciNote provides a top-rated set of data management functionalities, such as inventory tracking & management, protocol & SOP management, compliance (CFR 21 part 11 & GxP), team management & collaboration, integrations and API, project management, safety & security of data and more. SciNote is based in Middleton, WI, USA, with offices in Europe. -
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Sapio LIMS
Sapio Sciences
Sapio Sciences delivers the Sapio Platform, an agentic AI lab informatics platform that makes life in the lab easier and more productive for scientists. The unified, configurable, low code and scalable environment brings together Sapio LIMS, the market’s most advanced and flexible LIMS for automating research, diagnostics and manufacturing, Sapio ELaiN, the third generation AI lab notebook and scientific co scientist, and Sapio Scientific Data Cloud, the scientific data unification solution with built in organization, search, charting, tools and AI. Biopharma R&D, biotech, CRO and clinical diagnostics organizations use Sapio to run complex workflows and keep samples, experiments and data connected in one place instead of juggling disconnected systems. -
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netScope® Cloud
Net-Base Software GmbH
Access your wsi data easily via digital remote/tele access, even in a joint session with others via the Internet if you wish. In addition, you can automate some processes using barcodes and QR codes, distribute slides to your customers without having to send them manually. Or use netScope Cloud in teaching, show many people what you are talking about at the same time. Aside Data from ZEISS Axio Scan all kinds of CZI data can be displayed. ZEISS customers who still use older MIRAX slides in the previous MRXS format can also display those slides in the netScope. Similar to CZI, netScope also supports all channels of Perkin-Elmer Vectra/Akoya Biosciences QPTIFF files. DICOM, Big-tiff slides such as Philips tiff files, IBL (basic implementation; more sample files needed) Hamamtsu NDPI and those in the formats Aperio SVS, Aperio AFI, Leica SCN, Roche Vantana BIF, Sakura Virtual Slide SVSLIDE, NanoZoomer VMS, VMU and many more are also supported.Starting Price: €19.98 -
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MediaLab Compliance & CE
MediaLab
Compliance & CE is MediaLab’s all-inclusive course library and learning management system. This solution provides your employees or students with over 148 courses covering all major laboratory disciplines and ranging from basic to advanced. You can target all of your training needs with CourseBuilder, our included functionality that allows you to customize our courses and build your own courses. You can easily assign courses to specific groups of employees or students and track and review their performance. 10-15 new courses are added every year and automatically included in your subscription. Compliance & CE supports: • The CAP GEN.54200 requirement for an all-inclusive learning management system, • Course customization for targeted training, • Mass group assignments to employees or students, • Detailed score reports, dashboards, and automatic notifications to monitor performance, and more! -
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Flywheel
Flywheel
Flywheel is the pioneering medical imaging data and AI platform powering healthcare innovation through streamlined data aggregation, curation and management. By leveraging cloud scalability and automating workflows, Flywheel helps organizations turn complex imaging data into analysis-ready datasets for accelerated research and AI development. Flywheel offers comprehensive solutions for pharma companies, providers, payors, system integrators, AI developers and academic medical centers. Leading scientists and researchers turn to Flywheel to accelerate their work and collaborate with ease. Our medical imaging AI platform streamlines the massive tasks of data discovery, aggregation, and curation; automates research workflows; and scales on demand. -
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Pluto
Pluto Biosciences
Since its founding in 2021 from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, Pluto has become a trusted partner of life sciences organizations around the country ranging from biotech start-ups to public biopharma companies. Our cloud-based platform gives scientists the ability to manage all of their data, run bioinformatics analyses, and create interactive and publication-quality visualizations. The platform is currently being used for a wide variety of biological applications, from preclinical / translational science research, to cell and gene therapies, drug discovery and development, to clinical research. -
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myoRESEARCH
Noraxon USA
Seamlessly collect and combine a variety of data within a unified software platform. The integration of electromyography, force, pressure, motion, and high-speed video is complemented by automatic synchronization, creating a smarter workflow and reliable data. Collection, review, analysis, and reporting is now a streamlined process, even with data from many complex biomechanics recording systems. The myoRESEARCH® module configurations allow you to quickly select the devices to be used for your session and your data will be automatically time-synchronized. Customize your myoRESEARCH software to support any combination of Noraxon modules to fit your specific measurement needs. We now offer an analysis-only version of our software for free to current MR3 users. Whether you need to further your education, practice your techniques or simply want to process data outside the lab, we have you covered! -
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MediaLab Document Control
MediaLab
MediaLab’s Document Control is a powerful way to manage your laboratory’s policies, procedures, and documentation. Our twenty years of expertise in clinical laboratories have created a document control solution that guides you to full compliance with all laboratory standards, regulations, and best practices. Document Control provides an automated, centralized platform for all of your document approvals, workflows, edits, sign-offs, audits, and more—with flexibility and customization features to match your laboratory’s unique needs. MediaLab's Document Control supports: • Digital records and version control of all documents, • Standardization across all documents from all sites, • Electronic signatures that meet 21 CFR Part 11 standards, • Customized approval workflows and processes, • Robust searching to easily locate specific documents, and more! -
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L7|ESP
L7 Informatics
L7 Enterprise Science Platform (L7|ESP®) is a unified platform that contextualizes data and eliminates business silos via process orchestration. It's a comprehensive solution that facilitates the digitalization of data and scientific processes in life sciences organizations. L7|ESP has native applications, including L7 LIMS, L7 Notebooks, L7 MES, L7 Scheduling, and more. It can integrate with existing third-party applications, lab instruments, and devices to capture all data in a single data model. It has a low-code/no-code workflow designer and hundreds of pre-built connectors to enable rapid time-to-value and end-to-end automation. By leveraging a single data model, L7|ESP enables advanced bioinformatics, AI, and ML to offer novel scientific and operational insights. L7|ESP addresses data and lab management needs in life sciences, particularly in: ● Research and Diagnostics ● Pharma and CDMO ● Clinical Sample Management Resource Center: l7informatics dot com/resource-center -
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Scispot
Scispot
Scispot powers life science labs with a unified LabOS™ platform, combining ELN, LIMS, SDMS, QMS, and AI in one configurable, no-code system. Built for CROs, Molecular Diagnostics, Pathology, Pharma QC, and Drug Discovery, Scispot streamlines sample management, inventory automation, and regulatory compliance. Connect with 200+ lab instruments and thousands of apps to eliminate data silos while maintaining FDA 21 CFR Part 11, GxP, GDPR, and HIPAA compliance. Scispot's AI tools transform experimental data into actionable insights, with flexible workflows that adapt as research evolves—without IT support. Trusted by 1000+ scientists globally, Scispot enables rapid deployment so teams focus on science, not administration. Accelerate discoveries, ensure compliance, and scale operations with a platform purpose-built for modern biotech innovation. -
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Sapio Scientific Data Cloud
Sapio Sciences
Sapio Scientific Data Cloud is a science-aware scientific data management system that unifies and contextualizes all your laboratory data, assay results, instrument outputs, archives, and third-party ELN/LIMS records into a single, searchable platform without any coding. It supports automated data capture and parsing from over 200 instrument adaptors, semantic search powered by ontologies, built-in charting, and advanced neural-network analytics (ANOVA, best-response curves, 4/5 PL curves, flow-cytometry gating), and AI-driven insights. Secure, role-based access and data archiving keep sensitive information safe, while protein, molecule, plasmid, and system-wide viewers let scientists explore results interactively. Deep integration with Sapio LIMS and ELN systems automatically associates data with samples, experiments, and entities. -
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QMENTA
QMENTA
Globally accessible, infinitely scalable, AI-powered, collaborative cloud platform meeting the highest standards of security and compliance. An industry-leading and simple-to-use software platform, purpose-built by neuroimaging and data science experts to meet the distinct and challenging needs of the neuroscience community. Optimized and tailored for your needs, whether you are conducting research, running clinical trials, at the point of care, developing novel algorithms or leveraging brain-related data. Global data aggregation, and consolidation of imaging-based studies in one cloud platform. Streamlined, end-to-end clinical, real-world data and medical imaging data management. End-to-end expert and personalized support to ensure your study success. Centralized reading and the ability to compare quantitative results to a normative database. Highest quality, shareable reporting and data exporting for submissions approval. -
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Florence eBinders
Florence Healthcare
Eliminate inefficient document workflows wasting time and money, limiting your ability to scale and attract new studies. Florence eBinders integrates all of your clinical trial systems, automates eRegulatory processes, reduces contract negotiation time, tracks study progress, and enables secure remote monitoring on the industry-standard eRegulatory, eISF, and eSource platform. Florence eBinders integrates all of your clinical trial systems, automates eRegulatory processes, reduces contract negotiation time, tracks study progress, and enables secure remote monitoring. Get your team and study set-up fast and all users transitioned with our top-ranked implementation and support teams. Most sites are fully up and running in four weeks! Reduce time spent in on-site monitor visits by turning on secure access to your monitors, as well as remote access capabilities for your team. -
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NuGenesis SDMS
Waters
NuGenesis SDMS is the automated data repository underlying the NuGenesis laboratory management system. It automatically imports all types of data generated by instruments, researchers and external sources into a single centralized repository. Your scientists and collaborators can easily initiate research, communicate results and share data. NuGenesis SDMS automatically manages the secure capture, indexing, and storage of data generated by your lab in an environment that meets regulatory requirements, immediately after creation or modification. With NuGenesis SDMS, easily manage printed data, which includes the content of reports generated by the instruments. Content generated by various operating systems, including Microsoft Windows and UNIX. Data converted to standard non-proprietary data interchange formats, including IUPAC JCAMP-DX. NuGenesis SDMS detects new content from your servers, projects and data types. It immediately extracts metadata from it. -
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Saama
Saama
Actionable insights, driven by the industry's #1 AI-powered clinical analytics platform, enable your teams to manage risk and improve performance across studies, systems, sites, and vendors. State-of-the-art clintech from Saama is designed to streamline your workflows, automate time-consuming processes, and improve collaboration across clinical operations, medical review, data management, biostatistics, and pharmacovigilance. Sponsors and CROs rely on Saama for data aggregation and artificial intelligence solutions that lead to better decision-making, eliminate delays, and significantly shrink drug development costs and timelines. Saama can put you on the fast track to clinical trial process innovation. When all your clinical data is in one place and updated in real time, life’s much easier for your ClinOps and medical review teams. Data Managers have been underappreciated for too long. Eliminate manual work so they can pay attention to the data points that matter. -
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Veeva SiteVault
Veeva Systems
Streamline regulatory operations across your organization to improve compliance and advance research. Veeva SiteVault reduces the complexity of conducting clinical trials by connecting your regulatory operations to improve efficiency and compliance. Manage regulatory and source documents in a single system that supports 21 CFR Part 11 and HIPAA requirements. With a real-time visibility across trials, SiteVault Enterprise improves operational efficiency, speeds study activation, and enables faster, higher-quality trial execution. Replace manual processes and design your own workflows to support quality and speed study activation. Eliminate the need to grant EMR access or redact documents by providing monitors with secure, direct access to your regulatory and source documents. Create your own workflows, reports, and dashboards for greater visibility into start-up timelines and regulatory processes. -
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Arxspan
Arxspan
Arxspan's Electronic Lab Notebook is a fully integrated cloud platform for scientific data management that combines chemistry and biology data in one system. It is perfectly designed to enhance collaborative research across internal teams & external partners. Support for chemistry and biology experiments and workflows in single cloud ELN. Keyword, advanced, and chemical searching. Attachment and in-line editing for all Microsoft Office, image, and instrument files. Deployment in the private, secure Arxspan Cloud environment eliminates costly hardware acquisition, maintenance and IT overhead. Out of box integration with legacy electronic laboratory notebook systems. View and/or write sharing capabilities at notebook and project level. Configurable user role and permission hierarchies. Experiment signing and witnessing workflows. SAFE BioPharma compatibility for multi-factor capabilities. Support for validation of system and system updates. -
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Dotmatics
Dotmatics
Dotmatics is the global leader in R&D scientific software that connects science, data, and decision-making. Combining a workflow and data platform with best-of-breed applications, we offer the first true end-to-end solutions for biology, chemistry, formulations, data management, flow cytometry, and more. Trusted by more than 2 million researchers from the world’s leading biopharma, chemicals and materials enterprises, and academic institutions, we are dedicated to working with the scientific community to help make the world a healthier, cleaner and safer place to live. Learn more about our platform and products, including GraphPad Prism, Geneious, SnapGene, Protein Metrics, LabArchives, and more. -
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iVention Lab Execution System (iLES)
iVention
Create seamless data integration and world-class informatics management. iLES is a one-stop communication, documentation, storage and workflow hub for your whole organization, all in real time. iLES has the capabilities of LIMS (Lab Information System), ELN (Electronic Lab Notebook), SDMS (Scientific Data Management System), and DMS (Data Management System). But no matter which digital stage your lab is ready to embark on or which system your lab is ready to replace, iLES uses vendor-neutral technologies to help integrate your islands of data. You will only need to access one system, iLES, to take care of all your lab's needs and communications for all users. Rapid feature release and automated upgrades. Securely access information anywhere in the world using any device with Internet connection. Vendor-neutral technology helps to transform laboratories into tightly integrated paperless environments. -
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prognosFACTOR
Prognos Health
The #1 source of purpose-built lab data, now with an entire ecosystem of healthcare data assets you need to answer even your most complex questions. Prognos was first to market, creating harmony between lab data types and extracting its complete analytical value in a powerful platform. Now we integrate that data with millions of medical and prescription claims in a health data marketplace and those sources are growing every day. Billions of data points at your fingertips including harmonized lab data on 325M patients, open and closed medical claims and prescription claims. Prognos Marketplace is a healthcare data marketplace that simplifies the data selection and contracting process by providing a self-service online destination where you can easily curate and purchase the health data you need when you need it. Start with the patient centric data that meets your business need. -
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QIAGEN CLC Genomics Workbench
QIAGEN Digital Insights
QIAGEN CLC Genomics Workbench is a powerful solution that works for everyone, no matter the workflow. Cutting-edge technology and unique features and algorithms widely used by scientific leaders in industry and academia make it easy to overcome challenges associated with data analysis. User-friendly bioinformatics software solutions allow for comprehensive analysis of your NGS data, including de novo assembly of whole genomes and transcriptomes, resequencing analysis (WGS, WES and targeted panel support), variant calling, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq and DNA methylation (bisulfite sequencing analysis). Analyze your RNA-seq and small RNA (miRNA, lncRNA) data with easy-to-use transcriptomics workflows for differential expression analysis at gene and transcript levels. QIAGEN CLC Genomics Workbench is developed to support a wide range of NGS bioinformatics applications. -
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Verogen
Verogen
Welcome to the next era of human identification discoveries. We go beyond the traditional DNA profile, providing more and better answers to help solve the most complex mysteries. Take your forensic investigations further with our comprehensive portfolio of next-generation sequencing (NGS) solutions. We enable a range of capabilities that allow you to make the identifications you seek. Providing modern alternatives to traditional methods, we provide you with everything you need to enhance your operations today and equip you for the analyses of tomorrow. Our comprehensive NGS workflow supports multiple applications and is easy to learn, scalable, and integrates seamlessly into your existing laboratory environment. Rescue even the most challenging, compromised, or degraded DNA samples using mtDNA analysis. -
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Shimadzu LabSolutions
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments
Designed to improve software operation, LabSolutions LC/GC enables simultaneous control and analysis of up to four LC/GC systems and data for a more user-friendly environment. LabSolutions DB is a SQL-based platform that integrates a data management function with LabSolutions LC/GC and is compliant with ER/ES Regulations. In addition to Shimadzu systems, other vendor’s HPLCs and GCs can also be controlled. Since all analytical data is managed in the database of a server computer, LabSolutions CS can read data from any personal computer on a network. In addition, analysis directions and instrument monitoring and control can be performed from a personal computer (client PC) not connected to the instruments. Furthermore, LabSolutions CS is compatible with Citrix XenApp and can perform advanced server management. In addition to Shimadzu chromatography and LC-MS/MS systems, LabSolutions C/S enables management of data from spectroscopy instrumentation and other vendor’s HPLCs and GCs. -
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ACD/Labs Percepta Platform
Advanced Chemistry Development
Percepta offers calculation of a variety of physicochemical (PhysChem) properties, ADME properties, and toxicity endpoints. Easily evaluate results from physicochemical, ADME, and toxicity calculators—each module offers prediction—specific information and tools such as structure highlighting and calculation protocols. Powerful graphing, sorting, and filtering tools further aid evaluation of predicted results. Use reliability index, probability and/or similar structures from the training set to assess confidence in the predicted result and relevance to your current project. Apply calculated molecular property data to investigate structural modification/lead optimization to reach the target product profile (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion). Train with experimental data—better reflect proprietary chemical space and improve prediction accuracy using inbuilt machine learning capabilities. -
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AlinIQ AMS
Abbott | Diagnostics
The data housed in several different laboratory systems makes it difficult to obtain the information you need to increase efficiency. This can lead to fragmented processes. What if you could unify data from virtually any type of LIS, analyzer, or automation system across your entire institution? Watch the video to find out how. With AlinIQ AMS, Abbott's analyzer management system, you can standardize IT and workflow functionality across your entire lab system. AlinIQ AMS is an open and scalable solution that can connect virtually any analyzer or automation system to the LIS to better manage the flow of data throughout the entire work process. With five categories of functions, in combination with expert advisors, AlinIQ AMS improves your operational efficiency and the quality of your laboratory information system. -
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BC Platforms
BC Platforms
BC platforms leverages latest science, unique technology capabilities, and strategic partnerships to achieve our mission of revolutionizing drug discovery and personalizing care. Modular, highly configurable platform for integrated healthcare data. Open analytics framework seamlessly combining latest innovative methods, analytics and technology developments in one single platform. Superior security: ISO 27001 certified, GDPR and HIPAA compliance. Complete product portfolio enabling a modern healthcare system to fully embrace personalized medicine. Scalable deployments enabling a robust start as well as large scale healthcare operation. Accelerated translation of research insights into clinical practice with our unique end to end toolbox. We help reduce your risk, enhance your pipeline value and advance your enterprise data strategy by solving the barriers of data access and enabling rapid insight generation. -
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Signals Research Suite
PerkinElmer Informatics
Secure and scalable, the Suite features a modern, intuitive interface that offers scientists complete control in configuring workflows for every technique, modality, and data type. Signals VitroVivo 3.0 (formerly Signal’s Screening) easily transforms raw data into actionable results and Signals Inventa 3.0 (formerly Signals Lead Discovery) is the next-gen analytics software that enables researchers to seamlessly publish results from disparate data sources. Experimental data capture, materials management, and collaboration workflows in a user-friendly cloud-based electronic notebook. Flexible visual and automatable instrument data processing to drive data quality and reproducibility. Unified data management for scientific results combined with rich interactive analytics. Extensibility to integrate with internal and partner systems and processes.
