G2 Vendor Directory

LabKey LIMS vs. Benchling

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricLabKey LIMS

by LabKey

Benchling

by Benchling

Overall rating4.54.5
Review count1065
Ease of use8.88.5
Ease of setup0.08.9
Quality of support9.48.7
Meets requirements8.88.5
NPS6064.516129
Small Business50.0%63.1%
Mid-Market40.0%30.8%
Enterprise10.0%6.2%
Total page views141720
Total LLM citations4812,762

LabKey LIMS

LabKey builds lab data software around the way science actually works. Our Products: LabKey LIMS brings sample tracking, chain-of-custody management, ELN, workflow automation, and compliance controls into a single configurable system. Sample Manager is built for labs that need structured sample tracking without the full LIMS footprint. Biologics LIMS and Mining LIMS add purpose-built data models for those disciplines, no separate platform needed.

Pros

    Benchling

    We are rebuilding biotech for the AI era. When a breakthrough is delayed, the world waits. Getting a molecule from discovery to patients, or a crop from lab to field, involves thousands of slow, manual, disconnected steps. AI has the potential to change this, compressing decades of R&D work into years. But that only happens when clean, structured scientific data and AI are built into how science gets done. Benchling is the AI platform for biotech R&D. Scientists use Benchling to design experiments, capture structured data, and run AI agents and models directly in their workflows.

    Pros

    • Compliance Management
    • Templates
    • Features
    • Experiment Linking
    • Protocol Management
    • Data Management