Lab inventory software is judged by whether the lot is a record: a lab inventory system that keeps reagent quantities without lot numbers and expiry dates is a shopping list, and a small lab searching for free lab inventory software or lab inventory management software free usually finds exactly that, capped by item count with the vendor's badge on the report. This page says what the software must keep, what free covers, and where it stops; the free cost per test sheet on this site works the figure the inventory feeds, the full cost and margin of a test, from the lab's own numbers with no account.
What the software must keep
Reagent lots with quantity, expiry and certificate; consumables with counts and pars; each test's consumption; and the link from every result to the lot it used. A lab inventory system with those four is inventory management; without the last it is a stock count.
What free lab inventory software covers
A capped number of items or users, quantities without lots as often as not, and reports with the vendor's name on them; the export behind the paid door. The free sheets on this site cover the arithmetic instead, uncapped: the cost per test, the QC spend, the calibration cost, with no account.
Where the paid record starts
The month a result has to cite its lot for an audit, or a lot expires on the shelf nobody checked, the record is the product. Limslane Pro keeps lots, counts, consumption and the result-to-lot link at one flat price for the whole lab; the sheets stay free.
Questions people ask about lab inventory software
Is there free lab inventory software here?
The sheets are free and uncapped, and they work the figures the inventory feeds; the record of lots, counts and consumption is Limslane Pro at one flat price.
Lab inventory management software free tiers: what do they usually leave out?
Lots and expiry, the result-to-lot link, and the export; they cap the items and badge the reports.
What must a lab inventory system keep?
Reagent lots with expiry, consumables with pars, each test's consumption and the link from result to lot.