LIMS pricing comes in three shapes: a LIMS price per analyst that grows with the bench, a LIMS software price per sample that grows with the intake, and a flat price for the lab. The LIMS software cost a small laboratory should compare is the LIMS system cost for the whole lab for a year, divided by the tests it will record, because that is the figure the cost per test sheet on this site can carry as overhead. The cost of LIMS is then a line in the full cost per test rather than a license in the abstract, and this page reads the three pricing shapes against it, with no benchmark and no vendor's figure quoted.
The cost of LIMS per analyst, per sample or flat
A per-analyst price is usually quoted by enterprise vendors and steps up when the lab hires; a per-sample price is quoted by mid-market vendors and steps up when the lab grows; a flat price for the lab does neither. Ask each vendor for the year's cost at the lab's current bench and intake, and again at half as much more; the difference between the two answers is the pricing shape.
The LIMS system cost as overhead per test
A year's LIMS cost over twelve, added to the lab overhead per month, divided by the tests per month, is the LIMS cost per test. On the worked example $9,000 of overhead over 1,500 tests is $6 a test; a LIMS at a few hundred dollars a month adds cents. The cost per test sheet on this site works the full cost and the margin with any overhead figure the lab enters.
What the LIMS price should buy
The record of samples, tests, results, lots and instruments with an audit trail and an export, and the figures worked from it. A quote that prices the arithmetic is pricing what the sheets on this site do free; a quote that prices the record, the reminders and the export is pricing the product. Limslane Pro is one flat price for the whole lab, however many samples it accessions.
Questions people ask about lims pricing
How is the LIMS software price structured?
Per analyst, per sample or flat for the lab. Compare the year's cost for the whole lab at the current load and at half as much more; the difference is the pricing shape.
What does LIMS software cost per test?
The year's cost over twelve, divided by the tests per month: cents a test for a small lab at a flat price. The free cost per test sheet carries it as overhead.
Is there a free LIMS on this site?
The sheets are free and need no account; the record is Limslane Pro at one flat price for the whole lab.