eLabJournal

eLabJournal (owned by the massive German scientific hardware titan Eppendorf via eLabNext) is a fiercely agile, highly modern, and wildly popular cloud platform. While LabVantage focuses on the massive QA/QC manufacturing market, eLabJournal focuses entirely on "Academic and Early-Stage R&D Labs." It combines a beautiful ELN with a robust LIMS sample tracker. The absolute core differentiator of eLabJournal is its "Frictionless UI and Hardware Synergy." Academic labs notoriously hate complex enterprise software. eLabJournal is so easy to use that a university researcher can set it up in an afternoon. Furthermore, because it is owned by Eppendorf, it natively connects to Eppendorf hardware. A scientist can track a sample in the software and instantly see the live temperature of the physical Eppendorf freezer holding it. Because it offers a stunning user interface, aggressive pricing for universities, and brilliant physical hardware integration, it is the absolute darling of university research departments and lean biotech startups.