G2

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/22/2026

"Intuitive, Reliable, and Secure—Calira Makes Managing Many Users Easy"

5/5

What do you like best about Calira?

Calira is easy to use, and its interface feels very intuitive. I also find it really helpful that a third party is responsible for keeping the software up to date and secure, which gives me more confidence in using it. We have many users and keeping them familiar with Calira is easy. The options for mass emails is helpful when we have issues with our equipment so we can keep our clients informed about equipment status. We have also found Callira to be a reliable platform that is reasonably priced. It has been several years since we started using Calira and their support has been very responsive and comprehensive so that we can keep using the software as intended. We don't currently have any software integrations with Calira but are aware that there are software packages that are available to help us if we decide they are necessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Calira?

Overall, Calira is a very useful product. For me, one of the biggest drawbacks is that the Services feature can’t be used with Guest users. The only users who would really benefit from the features available in Services are our off-campus users, but they currently don’t have access to Services. As a result, we’ve had to develop a workaround to manage off-campus accounts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Calira solving and how is that benefiting you?

Prior to using Calira, we were using a self built software package for scheduling our instruments and keeping track of our billing requirements. That software became obsolete and had some security flaws the could not be fixed. We were told to find another solution to our problem. Cluster Market was recommended to us, and we started using it as our primary scheduler/billing tracker. We have been very happy with how Calira (formerly Cluster Market) has been able to make our scheduling/billing easier and more secure. While we no longer have the free academic access to the software (something that helped us to decide to start using Cluster Market) we have found that the costs associated with Calira are well worth the price we are paying. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.