Have a look at www.bookkit.org !

We started using Quartzy (www.quartzy.com). It seems to be pretty nice, user-friendly, and self-explanatory. and of course its free of charge.

We use primerfinder for storing our primer and siRNA sequences.

We use primerfinder (www.primerfinder.com) for storing our primer and siRNA sequences.

Quartzy works well.. We use it too in our lab..

I would absolutley go for StrainControl Laboratory Manager. I find this software extremely good and easy to use. Lets you manage strains, plasmids, oligos, antibodies and inventories.

There is a free version and a full version approx. $29

More info at www.straincontrol.com

It looks like StrainControl is only windows based. I have been playing with Labguru but am not sure if it is worth the cost ($120 per person per year), or what would happen if the company went out of business. I should try Quartzy.

I have been using Circus Ponies' Notebook (Mac) for the past five years or so to keep digital notes backed up to Dropbox. This way my students and I can access lab notebooks on any computer that has the software. You can put the software on as many computers as you like for the cost of one license, but can only open the software on one computer at at time. It has been a good solution for us.

Have you heard about ZappyLab and Protocols.io? It would be nice to get your feedback.

The PC software StrainControl, as mentioned above, is now also available as a free version (2015/05). Strongly recommend this to wet-lab people. Compatible with Dropbox or sharing the database on a computer network. A really good function is that you can rename every single field and columns, which allows you to customize StrainControl to whatever your lab needs.

Download at http://www.straincontrol.com

I recommend labfolder - it's an inexpensive software that's great for lab work with more than 1 researcher. Easy to use and there are various pricing options depending on the number of people who use it, as well as a free trial option

https://www.labfolder.com/index.php

Lab Spend is great for finding out if you are paying too much for research chemicals and supplies. It has spending analytics and a chemical search engine although it's mainly focused on the US market.

https://labspend.com

it is service also physics lab ?

Check out www.StrainControl.com

You can rename everything in the software to adjust to your needs. Works really good.

I would reccomend LabCollector: http://www.labcollector.com/

- they have free demo for 30 days. So you can try is fit to You needs. Besides this soft has a lot Bio and Organic chem modules such as DNA sequences, molecule structures e.t.c. Much more than for inorganic chem :(

I don't recommend Quartzy. It not intuitive to edit, and the search is really bad, not adaptable... but we have a lot of information there and I'm still using it. I wonder if there is a software to which I could pass the information from quartzy easily...

Try benchling.com

I'm a physics lab and I like SciNote very much. You can customize the columns, and it's free.

https://scinote.net/

hi Vanessa Bou

Did you manage to find a better alterantive to Quartzy?

regards

Have a look at www.bookkit.org !

Dear Arik,

I would suggest 11 most informative free software could be used in the lab. It depends upon users requirements. If requirement is phone devices Open Lims is good. If you need business related enterprises software, it is better to go ahead with ERP next. For biological specimens management one should go with Baobab LIMS, for doctor check patients update can use C4G basic, for clinical order requests Clover, managing workflow GNU healthcare, for excellent modularity Senaite could be used.

If for business related inquired, I shall recommend to go ahead with ERP next. For labs and research groups one must go ahead with Quartzy.

1. Quartzy- This is an online lab management platform and scientific research supply marketplace. Quartzy features include collaborative order requests and supply tracking for labs and research groups, inventory management tools, and product quotes for price comparisons

2. Senaite-a robust web-based LIMS/LIS built upon the Plone CMS infrastructure

3. Open LIMS-It was developed using PHP and PostgreSQL to run on Linux servers and in any modern web browser and it features a friendly GUI.

4. Baobab LIMS-Baobab LIMS is web-based, community-driven, completely customizable, and user-friendly. It was built by African and European researchers for the purpose of managing bio-specimens.

5. MetaLIMS-Open Source LIMS for Small Metagenomic Labs- MetaLIMS makes it easy for users, whether tech savvy or not, to create new fields for storing data appropriately. It has comprehensive documentation and can be used with AWS Lightsail among other services

6. Bika LIMS-Open Source LIMS- Bika health is web-based with a responsive UI for use on mobile and tablet devices and a focus on tools needed for lab inventory, cataloguing, reporting, etc.

7. C4G Basic Laboratory Information System-It is mainly used for tracking patients, lab results, and specimens and all research work on the system can be found via the links on its website.

8. ERPNext – a free and open-source integrated Enterprise Resource Planning software- Lab Management Module-ERPNext is an Enterprise Resource software that gives users complete control of their businesses and it features several modules. The ERPNext Lab Management Module is what we are interested in.

9. eLabFTW- Open Source Electronic Lab Notebook- eLabFTW offers users a SAML2 authentication, a scheduler, a file manager, and molecules drawing.

10. Clover- Open Source LIMS for Biology Labs-Built by a plant biologist for biology laboratories, especially plant labs, Clover excels at managing order requests, creating reports, cataloguing, etc.

11. GNU LIMS/Occhiolino- Open Source LIMS for Healthcare- It features functionality for accounting, managing stock, working with digital signatures, reporting, invoicing, auditing, managing workflows, etc. It also supports multiple languages, plugins to extend its feature list, and is powered by the open source community.

Hope it is helpful for you.

QReserve has a free plan available and a free trial for the paid version. Give it a look! https://get.qreserve.com

Check out https://labshake.com/mylab , it is a free online lab management platform for scheduling shared resources, managing inventories and lab protocols.