--- title: IDBS E-WorkBook Reviews meta\_title: 'IDBS E-WorkBook Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 25 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how IDBS E-WorkBook works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 25 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Laboratory url: https://www.g2.com/categories/laboratory --- # IDBS E-WorkBook Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by IDBS E-WorkBook but has limited features. Are you part of the IDBS E-WorkBook team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Powerful, flexible software combining ELN, LES and LIMS capabilities IDBS E-WorkBook is a powerful software platform, available on-premise or cloud, that integrates ELN, LES, and LIMS capabilities to streamline R&D workflows. Designed for scientific teams across pharma, biotech, and research, it enables secure data capture, structured collaboration, and regulatory compliance. With over 35 years of experience in scientific informatics, IDBS helps organizations improve productivity, ensure data integrity and accelerate discovery. Ideal for teams seeking a robust, configurable solution to manage experiments, inventory and lab operations in one place. * * * Seller [IDBS](https://www.g2.com/sellers/idbs) Discussions [IDBS E-WorkBook Community](https://www.g2.com/products/idbs-e-workbook/discuss) Languages Supported German, English, French, Hindi Overview by Levente Kapitany Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Benchling](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Benchling") Benchling 4.5/5(65) ](https://www.g2.com/products/benchling/reviews) [ ![SciNote](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "SciNote") SciNote 4.2/5(303) ](https://www.g2.com/products/scinote/reviews) [ ![CrelioHealth LIMS](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "CrelioHealth LIMS") CrelioHealth LIMS 4.7/5(261) ](https://www.g2.com/products/creliohealth-for-diagnostics-product/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/idbs-e-workbook/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 25 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## IDBS E-WorkBook Integrations (6) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Certara Clinical Trial Outcomes Databases ](https://www.g2.com/products/certara-clinical-trial-outcomes-databases/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") empower ](https://www.g2.com/products/empower-empower/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") EmpowerID ](https://www.g2.com/products/empowerid/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") LabVantage ](https://www.g2.com/products/labvantage/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Tetra R&D Data Cloud ](https://www.g2.com/products/tetra-r-d-data-cloud/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Thermo Scientific SampleManager LIMS Software ](https://www.g2.com/products/thermo-scientific-samplemanager-lims-software/reviews) Show More ![Verified User in Biotechnology](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Biotechnology") IB Verified User in Biotechnology Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/14/2025 "Powerful Features and UI, But Documentation Needs Improvement" 3.5/5 What do you like best about IDBS E-WorkBook? The user interface, the deep well of capabilities baked into the system, and the overall user experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IDBS E-WorkBook? The documentation available for advanced usage of E-workbook is dismal. Permissions are often not documented at all, and there are a number of features or configuration items that are entirely undocumented. This leaves users always routing through support where detailed documentation would cover approximately 50% of the issues that are raised. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IDBS E-WorkBook solving and how is that benefiting you? E-Workbook resides as the central hub for lab work. Documentation of lab executions occurs within E-workbook and the ability for E-workbook to connect to additional laboratory services has firmly placed E-workbook as the central hub in our network of lab software packages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic SL Simone L. Scientist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/23/2025 "I like the multiple opportunities how you can deal with data" 3.5/5 What do you like best about IDBS E-WorkBook? The drag and drop function when you have before worked with paper-based solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IDBS E-WorkBook? It really needs a lot of training and experienced users to set it up and to maje it properly wok. Not possible to do as a side job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IDBS E-WorkBook solving and how is that benefiting you? We had lots of problems with old excel based inventury systems and love the online inventory module to maintain our samples. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic NM Nathan M. Senior Specialist Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/24/2025 "Feedback on ELN" 4/5 What do you like best about IDBS E-WorkBook? Usability, instrument connection, clarity of the audit trail Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IDBS E-WorkBook? From a building perspective the inability to be able to copy and paste into other templates is a pain, also the ability to write to inventory or check mapping has worked working spreadsheet builder would be fantastic Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IDBS E-WorkBook solving and how is that benefiting you? Data compliance and data integrity, alcoa+ Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic RF Romain F. Digital Application Manager Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/23/2025 "Centralize needs and structure data" 3.5/5 What do you like best about IDBS E-WorkBook? IDBS E-Worlbook helped structure the experiment data to visualize, compare and predict data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IDBS E-WorkBook? Flexibility of the templates to get a global template for many teams Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IDBS E-WorkBook solving and how is that benefiting you? Helping compare experiment data among different teams Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Pharmaceuticals](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Pharmaceuticals") AP Verified User in Pharmaceuticals Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/23/2025 "The IDBS workbook is great for certain tasks" 3.5/5 What do you like best about IDBS E-WorkBook? It allows you to structure your work and data in a quick and easy way and ensures compliance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IDBS E-WorkBook? Single user WiFi ring is quite restrictive and a lot of the features that provide certainty and compliance are also restrictive for non-GXP work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IDBS E-WorkBook solving and how is that benefiting you? It is creating a unified source of experimental data that is traceable and reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: OrganicAI Translated ![Verified User in Pharmaceuticals](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Pharmaceuticals") UP Verified User in Pharmaceuticals Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/23/2025 "Review" 3.5/5 What do you like best about IDBS E-WorkBook? Organised data entry, clear hierarchy data structure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IDBS E-WorkBook? Lack of multiuser editing for complex experiments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IDBS E-WorkBook solving and how is that benefiting you? Moving away from paper notebook, first step towards digital recording Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Pharmaceuticals](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Pharmaceuticals") AP Verified User in Pharmaceuticals Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/23/2025 "E-WorkBook / BioBook" 4/5 What do you like best about IDBS E-WorkBook? Data Integrity and Audit Trail are very robust Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IDBS E-WorkBook? Updating the product is complicated and costly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IDBS E-WorkBook solving and how is that benefiting you? we have gone paperless across several sites Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic OV ovidio v. Marketing consultant Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/17/2022 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Cloud depth integration into the software you love" 3.5/5 What do you like best about IDBS E-WorkBook? If you want rally deep integration with a 3rd party software and you want to all the control over how it interacts with you software if you want a totally white labeled solution latest totally invisible to your customer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IDBS E-WorkBook? There you are which was in the b r when you first chose them as a software needs a lot of work still its realively slow three are a number of buges with things appearing not appearing that being said Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IDBS E-WorkBook solving and how is that benefiting you? Idbs e-work book we use cloud as a white label solution to provide various integrated solution to our customers its use Mai over technology department primarily to enable liquid department circle in to create integration with products purchase quickbooks online main Chmp etc business problem and solve is the ability to cover team quick in easy solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite SD salvo d. Developer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/2/2022 "Develop and improvement cloud based solution" 3.5/5 What do you like best about IDBS E-WorkBook? Implement cloud idbs Workbooks cloud software solution improve business performance the portfolio includes solutions automatic the inter supply chain industry management production distribution retailer transport manager store and pharmacy management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IDBS E-WorkBook? Cloud idbs is cloud based migration tool which enable more on permission to cloud and cloud to cloud migration backup sync cloud sometime upload very slow speed up Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IDBS E-WorkBook solving and how is that benefiting you? Cloud IDBS workbook API integration service that use cooperative app to connect organisation customer partner and employees to the cloud organisation app can be shared data for the application in cloud Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite CR carillo r. Developer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/18/2022 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "E-work book cloud backup very easy and fast" 3.5/5 What do you like best about IDBS E-WorkBook? Idbs ebooks cmclouds started using product like teams and onedrive but the information your place near the bigger the need for backups and simple restore possibility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IDBS E-WorkBook? Maybe a end-user interfere for restoring Teams backup may be configuring since your backup group instead of a team sometime face problem some time slow running . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IDBS E-WorkBook solving and how is that benefiting you? IDBI cloud cloud backup very easy this is the de facto tool that is used every employees and data retention and back up is is paramount not just for existing staff every employees easy setup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about IDBS E-WorkBook? 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