# SciNote Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is SciNote the right Medical Lab solution for you? Explore 62 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/156310/sciNote-Electronic-Lab-Notebook/reviews --- SciNote 4.5 (62) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/156310/sciNote-Electronic-Lab-Notebook/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of SciNote Ease of use 4.2 Customer Service 4.8 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews JM Joan M ResearcherBiotechnology, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “We can access anywhere the data that we need in a matter of seconds, and anyone in the team is able to access samples and codes when required.“ December 20, 2023 EK Emre K ScientistBiotechnology, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Also, copying a set of experiment steps from project to another is problematic as it is not always easy to find the target destination folder in the drop-down menu.“ December 14, 2023 CR Casandra R Senior Research Program OfficerResearch, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Easy sharing of data, SOPs and protocols, results, and program management/tracking tools!“ December 14, 2023 DP Digisha P Team leadResearch, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “You cannot delete older versions of template or the folders created by mistake.“ December 14, 2023 CM Chris M Formulation Assistant IIChemicals, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The ability to create a hyperlink to other tasks/experiments makes it incredibly easy to reference past work.“ December 18, 2023 CM Chris M Formulation Assistant IIChemicals, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The updates are very frequent and often times don't seem to make any substantial improvements making it frustrating to navigate.“ December 18, 2023 EK Emre K ScientistBiotechnology, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Much easier to find your notes later on, instead of getting through paper notebooks.“ December 14, 2023 AE Amy E ChemistFood Production, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Sometimes attachments time out or do not open correctly.“ December 14, 2023 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 62 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use JM Joan M. Researcher Biotechnology Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Opinion Nano1Health" December 20, 2023 5.0 Overall our experience is good, we will continue to use it in the foreseeable future and probably recommend it to other teams of our section and around it. Pros At Nano1Health we like to be a 0 paper company. Reality sometimes makes that difficult but at least with Scinote we can manage to reduce it a lot. We can access anywhere the data that we need in a matter of seconds, and anyone in the team is able to access samples and codes when required. Cons Sometimes, due to its structure its difficult for some members of the team to find what they are looking for and therefore don't use it that much (just ask the other members by mail). Sometimes it is not very flexible for customizing columns of templates or other hard-set services. Finally, price. Its per-user licensing makes it expensive, especially for small enterprises, in which everybody needs to have access but the revenue is not very big Review Source Response from SciNote January 29, 2024 Hello Joan. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about SciNote! SciNote has a projects/experiments/tasks hierarchy that's different from paper notebooks (or from other online notebooks). There are a few places where filters/searches are available to help team members locate what they need. Do feel free to connect with your CSM Eva to explore these options - we are here to help! Some aspects of SciNote are not as flexible because we designed the product to meet regulatory requirements. While SciNote is priced competitively, we understand that any cost could be challenging for small enterprises - we would love to see how we can help your team get the most out of SciNote. Do let us know how if there is anything we can do to support this. Thank you again for choosing SciNote! EM Erin M. Research Assistant Biotechnology Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "SciNote Review" December 14, 2023 4.0 There have been great improvements since I started using it. Once protocols are made it is very easy to use but making the templates can be tedious Pros I like the idea of having an online lab notebook for everyone in a department to see and sign off on without having to use multiple apps Cons The format of the notes section. I wish it was more like word where everything moves with you. Also I wish there was a way to enter equations easier Review Source NC Nicole C. Research Associate Biotechnology Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "The best so far" April 23, 2021 3.0 Pros The feature of having a place where you can have your protocols & just upload them to the experiments is nice. I like how I can share it with my colleagues too Cons The formatting isn't the easiest to figure out. I wish there was a way to draw/write into the notebook. Review Source Response from SciNote April 26, 2021 Thank you for the feedback - we agree, writing and drawing is truly useful. Thank you for sharing the idea! At the moment, mobile devices offer some additional modes of data input. Virtual keyboard on your tablet or smartphone allows you to enter handwritten notes, which are directly converted into a digital format in any text field in SciNote. More info is here: https://www.scinote.net/scinotesolutions-efficiency-productivity-in-scientific-laboratories/#6 JJ Jarrett J. Research Assistant Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great, needs changes." June 10, 2021 4.0 The benefits of SciNote are vast and I know it has assuredly made work in our laboratory more efficient. All in all, I have enjoyed using the SciNote platform for our ELN and would recommend it to colleagues. Pros I like that overall, it is easy to access experiments and link protocols. I also like the Reports feature, especially that you are able to save them for access at a later time. The progress features are also helpful, in that it allows efficient communication about the status of a particular task or tasks. Cons I find that Tables tend to be difficult to work with and also the lack of user-friendly calendar integration frustrating. For example, being able to easily add tasks to Google Calendar based on their due dates and end dates. Review Source Response from SciNote June 17, 2021 Thank you for the feedback, we are glad to hear you like the reports features in SciNote. Also, thank you for great ideas for further improvements. Appreciated! EK Emre K. Scientist Biotechnology Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Scintoe is very useful strongly suggeting it." December 14, 2023 5.0 Pros You can keep your notes in an organized format. Share information with your team through it. It does not get lost. Much easier to find your notes later on, instead of getting through paper notebooks. I think it is 100% necessary, if you are working on multiple projects. Cons Changing between folders is time consuming. However, SciNote sacrificed some speed to make it look more organized in my opinion. Also, copying a set of experiment steps from project to another is problematic as it is not always easy to find the target destination folder in the drop-down menu. Review Source BV Brendan V. QC Automation and Compliance Coordinator Food Production Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "SciNote - A great ELN for many different applications" December 14, 2023 5.0 Fantastic product and service; would recommend to any lab Pros The ability to be 21 CFR 11 compliant, easy of use, visibility, customizations, security, and permission levels. Customer service is fantastic and responsive. Cons Not many cons, it would be nice if we were able to enable SciNote's updated on our own instead of automatic but there has not been an update we did not like. Review Source CM Chris M. Formulation Assistant II Chemicals Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "SciNote Review" December 18, 2023 4.0 Pros The ability to create a hyperlink to other tasks/experiments makes it incredibly easy to reference past work. Cons The updates are very frequent and often times don't seem to make any substantial improvements making it frustrating to navigate. Review Source Response from SciNote January 29, 2024 Hello Chris. Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. If you were referring to our smart annotation system - glad that you found cross-referencing within SciNote is easy! We are working on revamping our update schedule, so you should see some improvements there. I will also pass this on to our product team so they are aware of this. Thank you again for choosing SciNote! DD David D. Assistant Professor of Biology Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Solid ELN, best for larger organizations/labs" June 10, 2021 5.0 Pros As the PUI faculty, my lab is comprised of all undergraduate students. This software is very user-friendly and intuitive for my students. It makes data entry and tracking easy. The ability for my student to share protocols across project is a huge benefit. Cons There is no ability to customize the functionality of the software. There are several feature that would be fantastic if the lab were much larger. However, given out size and scope those features (manuscript writer, inventory tracking, etc...) don't make a lot of sense for us. This ELN is on the expensive side so it would be nice to be able to tailor the software a little more to the needs of the end-user with the price reflecting the final functionality. Review Source Response from SciNote June 17, 2021 We are glad to hear SciNote is user-friendly and intuitive for the students. Thank you for the feedback! We'd be glad to answer any questions related to the SciNote functionalities and customizations, feel free to contact our team anytime. EP Elvira P. QC Manager Food Production Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use." December 14, 2023 5.0 Pros It is very easy to train chemists to use the system. Once they use it, it's easy to review what was done in the electronic lab notebook. Cons The inventory tables are not as easy to navigate. I'm used to using SmartSheets and Excel, and some of that functionality isn't in the inventory tables, yet. Review Source MI Melanie I. Scientist Biotechnology Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Excellent record keeping tool" December 14, 2023 5.0 Pros Easy to use and excellent support provided. Cons Mistakes require signatures revoked and can take time Review Source WG Walter G. CTO Biotechnology Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Review of SciNote ELN" May 7, 2021 4.0 Reproducibility and good lab documentation is becoming ever more important and SciNote is a great step in this direction allowing the lab to put some constraints on how experiments are planned, conducted and recorded so as to ensure better reproducibility. Pros The ability to breakdown the lab process into discrete steps in advance, and then tick off each step as it is carried out, with room for comments for changes/deviation. This is very important for preventing inter experiment variability, as also for documenting exactly what was done, so that future troubleshooting or historical review can be easily achieved. I also liked the way that the different tasks could be set up on a blank canvas and dragged around and linked together to form a flow. Cons It is sometimes difficult to get the steps ordered in the correct order for reports etc, especially if they were initially entered in the wrong order, or subsequently changed. I would also welcome the possibility to add comments and annotations when using the iOS/android app to carry out experiments. The ability to quickly print labels for tubes etc would be good, as would a visual representation of the storage boxes used for keeping reagents in the fridge etc. Reason for choosing SciNote Mainly due to the structured approach to preparing protocol that can then be followed through and ticked off. The free-form ELNs do not really fulfil our requirements. Review Source Response from SciNote May 10, 2021 Thank you for the great feedback and insight! We truly appreciate the comments and will take them into account. Highly appreciated! EP Eleanor P. Formulation Assistant Chemicals Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Customizable Electronic Notebook for All!" December 18, 2023 5.0 Pros I really enjoy the customization options and user interface of SciNote as every element required for an electronic lab notebook is available for use in an intuitive, easy to use design. Cons Honestly there isn't much to criticize based on my user experience! Review Source NV Naveen V. Research Scientist II Biotechnology Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "SciNote is Easy-to-Use, Intuitive, and " December 17, 2023 5.0 My experience with SciNote has mostly been positive. Pros The way the templates and results are organized so you can use the same template for multiple results. Cons I wish I could organize the order of results. Review Source BT Brandon T. Research Associate Biotechnology Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great ELN, but needs some updates" May 6, 2021 4.0 Pros The software is pretty easy to use! Our company really likes how online Microsoft Office is integrated if you have a business account. Also, we really appreciate the ability to save files and formulate reports. Cons Something that we would really like are better tables integrated into procedures or just directly having excel sheets embedded. This really helps out with planning out qPCR experiments! A small thing would be automatically populating the filename being uploaded to SciNote with the filename that is assigned to it prior to upload, this would save a lot of time especially with experiments that have a lot of files/pictures. Review Source Response from SciNote May 10, 2021 Thank you for the review and adding your suggestions for possible improvements in the future. We highly appreciate it! NS Nicole S. Lab Manager and Technician Biotechnology Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "SciNote Review" December 15, 2023 5.0 Pros The protocol management and creating templates features are great and extremely useful with sharing protocols between different members Cons Inventory units of measurement could be improved to use more than one unit of measurement. I also wish that excel could be more easily incorporated with the system. The well plate Review Source MM Morgana M. Lab Assistant Food Production Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Scinote Review Morgana Martini" December 18, 2023 5.0 scinote is a very good program to use to keep track of data, logs, and analytical data. Pros I like that scinote allows you to create multiple different inventory sections. Cons scinote can be clunky and often hard to navigate at first. Review Source DR Digambar R. Research scientist Pharmaceuticals Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The most useful software for the information dataset." April 24, 2021 4.0 Very good. Pros I do like nice arrangement of projects. Search options. Cons No any..my problems improved and it's well improving and adding new features. Review Source Response from SciNote April 26, 2021 We are truly happy to hear the software is meeting your needs. Thank you for the feedback! MCG Maria Cecilia G. Scientist Biotechnology Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good software to apply in your lab" June 11, 2021 4.0 Pros Easy to use software and much better than having paper lab notebooks when your team becomes bigger or when your project grows and branches. Cons Searching features could be improved. Sometime too many features and titles/descriptions made the process of writing longer. A good SOP within your own team on which features to use and how to organize the information is helpful Review Source Response from SciNote June 17, 2021 Thank you for your review and great insight about how helpful an ELN can be to support the lab's growth! Highly appreciated! YT Youngbin T. Assoc. Project Manager Biotechnology Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "SciNote Review" April 23, 2021 4.0 Pros I like that the software already integrated many other software/programs that makes easier to upload files/documents. Cons There are not much room to customize to our needs. Review Source Response from SciNote April 26, 2021 Thank you for the feedback - we always strive to integrate SciNote with other great solutions that can be useful for the lab. Don't hesitate to contact us about the ideas you have and the functionalities you'd like to see in SciNote. We will do our best to try and make it happen. Thank you! MH Maurice H. Target validation scientist Biotechnology Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Good lab management software" December 14, 2023 5.0 Pros Ease of use to make protocols and also good functionality on mobile devices Cons Ease of use when signing protocols can be improved to avoid mundane inputs by user. Review Source MO Mark O. Associate Chemicals Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Sci note Electronic Lab Note book" December 14, 2023 5.0 Pros Web based ELN, easy to access and data is not lost Cons I dislike being able to change the screen width in the protocol section Review Source EH Elaine H. CEO Medical Devices Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Utility of SciNote for a Medical Device Company" June 15, 2021 4.0 It takes a while to transition over from paper/electronic templates since there are so many ways to use SciNote. However, it is a very useful platform that makes all our work accessible to our team, which has been critical over the pandemic. Pros The best part of SciNote is how easily it facilitates collaboration. Being able to assign users to different roles and Tasks let's everyone who needs to be involved see the whole picture of what's happening in a Project. Additionally, the audit trail that shows every action is very helpful, especially if you need to see if something "worked" the way you hoped it would. Cons Other users have probably found very efficient ways to do repetitive work (calibration, inventory management, template usage, etc), but it takes us a while to figure these things out so that it works for us. Being able to see how other users handled this kind of work would help us see how best to implement SciNote across projects and departments. Alternatives considered [Benchling](https://www.capterra.com/p/182464/Benchling/) Reason for choosing SciNote Some ELNs are overkill for what we need, and the cost structure was better for our company. After trying the free version of SciNote, it seemed like an intuitive platform. While it has taken some time for the admins to figure out how transition everything into an ELN, new users are able to start using SciNote easily and without too much training. Review Source Response from SciNote June 17, 2021 Thank you for the review and great feedback! We really appreciate it. If you will have any questions on how to organize your repetitive work feel free to contact our team anytime. Thank you! CR Casandra R. Senior Research Program Officer Research Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "First choice electronic lab notebook!" December 14, 2023 5.0 It's been wonderful to have all of our team's data in one place - easily coded/laid out for quick access and sharing. It was tough initially to get all lab members to buy in and make the transition, but I think even they see the value in this new electronic lab notebook now! Pros Easy sharing of data, SOPs and protocols, results, and program management/tracking tools! Cons A little expensive, doesn't interface well with some of our coded software and data analysis tools. Alternatives considered [Google Docs](https://www.capterra.com/p/160756/Google-Docs/)[ELN for Research](https://www.capterra.com/p/235844/LabArchives/) Reason for choosing SciNote The sales rep really sold it to us! He demonstrated a lot of the functionality in person for us and the lab members really enjoyed the user experience and assistance we received from the sales team. Switched from [Box](https://www.capterra.com/p/148766/Box/)[Microsoft Teams](https://www.capterra.com/p/168668/Microsoft-Teams/)[Slack](https://www.capterra.com/p/135003/Slack/) We wanted to streamline our data storage and managment in the lab - there was data stored all over and we wanted to commit to a single location. Review Source NC Nathalia C. Research and Development Formulation Chemist Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A much easier lab notebook experience!" December 14, 2023 5.0 My overall experience with SciNote has been excellent! I really enjoy using the software for my electronic laboratory notebook! Pros I like how easy SciNote is to use- the features are simple yet super effective. I use the protocol/template features daily when preparing my notebook pages, and I have different protocols to make preparing my notebook that much quicker! I love how I can add pictures, tables, and checklists so that I can really organize my thoughts and results before, during, and after going into the lab! Cons I really enjoy using SciNote and have little complaints. The only feature I would like to see is being able to move multiple experiments over to a different folder. For example, I have active and completed projects folders, and it would make organizing my notebook that much easier if I could move a few experiments/"pages" over to the completed projects folder at once. Review Source Justin R. Postdoctoral Fellow Research Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "SciNote - Great Intro to ELN & Inventory Mangement" December 22, 2023 5.0 Pros I like the ability to organize all my lab's projects in one place, as well as the inventory management system that gives me ordering notifications based on reagent use. Cons The project organization hierarchy requires a bit of a learning curve. Alternatives considered [Benchling](https://www.capterra.com/p/182464/Benchling/) Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Electronic Lab Notebook](https://www.capterra.com/electronic-lab-notebook-software/)[Medical Lab](https://www.capterra.com/medical-lab-software/)