Benchling enables you to define a rich, biologically-aware data model, which connects to inventory, sample management, and structured electronic notebook entries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Benchling has a good API and Python SDK, but lacks good documentation and does not have sufficient examples or guides for developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Registry system is an excellent tool for collecting characteristic data for sample lots, linking that information back to early discovery sequence data, and bringing that information into the ELN and Insights dashboards. We are getting a full view of individual sample lots and can also look at metrics in aggregate for pipeline QC. The Registry is very easy to configure and maintain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's very pricey, particularly the Lab Automation module, and we have to watch how we use the different application licenses. The company also has preferred partners for specific support projects, like legacy data imports, and seems unable or unwilling to engage other service providers for those tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lots of features, easy to connect all data to an entity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not the most user friendly, lots of features but difficult to find them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use

Lots of add on

Great support team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

can't have tables >500 rows

Sometimes work arounds are required - e.g. with containers. This can be tricky

Easier way to add COSHH and RA Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it's expandability to into other type of work within bio-investigative work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

learning curve is steep but worth it once you realize all its capable of doing for a team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its low learning curve and traceability of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like how it doesn't allow for easier use of mixture prep and recipes. That system needs to be overhauled. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Benchling has improved our cross-functional team collaboration, improving out overall R&D pipeline Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There's a lot of data entry and it's a steep learning curve initially. There also aren't many specific applications for product development (financial forecasting, or support with integrating into other software). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Easy to learn

- Clean user interface

- Highly customizable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Non-HIPAA compliant subject data storage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The registry system is quite easy to configure and maintain. It takes some of the pain out of schema migrations and all the Dev/Ops issues to maintain a database of your own for certain application stacks. If you use the registry as your primary data store, all the entities can be referenced in the notebook ELN tool. Customer service is excellent (they are highly responsive when issues arise and they always let you know whether something is possible or not to fix). The API can be used to hack together powerful synthetic biology workflows (far beyond what is achievable with the UI alone). For the most part, the documentation is excellent and the API is getting more performant over time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This software is a little pricey and so we have to be selective about which users can have access. The other thing is I wish it was easier to have a STAGE and PROD instance where the schemas, data, permissions, etc. are mirrored more regularly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Benchling has been quite intuitive for me to pick up; as an academic, the user interface is light-years ahead of other free-for-academic software (e.g. APE only lets you look at one strand at a time, and is clunky for identifying restriction sites). Being able to rapidly import other sequences from online databases and keep things in the cloud also make sharing constructs so much faster! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No way to hide the cloning wizards from my undergrads :P Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.