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Which lab platform fits your team?

Both cover experiments, protocols, samples, inventory, and equipment.
The difference is where your data lives.

WHY SCISURE

One platform for research and lab operations

With SciSure, your experiments link to their samples, storage locations, and equipment, and every sample shows the experiments it came from.

Labguru by Cenevo

Research ELN with built-in project tools

Labguru is a research ELN and LIMS with built-in project coordination tools. For automated, high-volume sample operations, Cenevo pairs it with Mosaic, a separate sample management product.

ELN and LIMS with electronic batch records, chemistry tools, protocols, and lab management.

Built-in project coordination with Gantt charts, calendars, and timers.

High-volume sample operations are offered through the separate Mosaic product.

Hosted on AWS through shared cloud or a dedicated private cloud.

Regional hosting servers are listed for the US, EU, Canada, and UK.

Daily backups are stored on a separate server and Amazon S3.

SciSure

One Scientific Management Platform

SciSure Research is an ELN and LIMS built for experiments, inventory, and flexible sample tracking, with configurable sample types, sample lineage, and hosting in the cloud, a private cloud, or on your own servers.

One platform for ELN, LIMS, samples, inventory, and equipment.

Protocol variables and formulas, plus freezer heatmaps and free-position search.

No-code automations, Slack and Teams webhooks, an open API, SDK, and Marketplace add-ons.

Health & Safety capabilities are available in North America through private cloud hosting.

Choose cloud, private cloud, or on-premises hosting on your own servers with local data storage.

Regional cloud hosting uses data centers in Europe and North America.

Cloud data is replicated across geographically separated centers, with daily encrypted off-site backups.

TIME TO ROI

SciSure users report payback in 8 months

According to G2 reviewer data, SciSure customers report an estimated ROI of 8 months, compared with 13 months reported for Labguru. That is roughly five months less time before the platform pays for itself.

estimated ROIMonth 01Month 02Month 03Month 04Month 05Month 06Month 07Month 08Month 09Month 10Month 11Month 12Month 13SciSureLabguru

Source: G2 reviewer-reported estimated ROI.
Figures reflect what reviewers report and vary by lab, scope, and implementation.

Comparing SciSure with Labguru:
Research, samples, and platform

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Research
Electronic lab notebook
Protocol templates and version history
Protocol variables and formulas in the core ELN
SciSure makes variable parameters and formulas part of the core protocol experience, so your team can adjust settings without rebuilding the procedure or moving calculations to a spreadsheet. Labguru supports protocol templates, form elements, and spreadsheets with formulas. Its documentation indicates that automated calculations inside forms require the Workflow Editor add-on.
Add-on
Electronic signatures and witness signing
With SciSure, the assigned witness either permanently locks the record or declines it with a comment. Version history restores at section level, and protocol versions insert into the experiment, so the procedure that ran is the procedure on file. Sample records carry their own audit trail.
Compound management and chemical structures
With SciSure, the assigned witness either permanently locks the record or declines it with a comment. Version history restores at section level, and protocol versions insert into the experiment, so the procedure that ran is the procedure on file. Sample records carry their own audit trail.
Sample batch records
Samples and Operations
Sample and inventory management
Sample management in the same product as the ELN
Included separately with Mosaic
Sample storage capacity heatmap and free-position search
With SciSure, each storage unit has a heatmap view. When you add a sample series to a box, SciSure places the samples in consecutive open positions from the starting point you choose. Labguru includes customizable boxes, position grids, and storage structures.
Not documented
Barcode and label support
Equipment booking and maintenance
Requests, approvals, and order tracking
SciSure can start the order for you: set a quantity threshold on a sample, and when stock runs low, SciSure notifies the owner, adds the linked catalog item to the lab's shopping list, or both. Orders then move through pending, ordered, and received. Labguru's documentation describes approving requests and then placing the order through your vendor or university purchasing system.
Gantt charts, dependencies, and bench timers
Platform
On-premise deployment
SciSure runs on our cloud, on a private cloud, or on your own servers. Labguru offers a dedicated single-tenant instance it calls private cloud, and a shared multi-tenant instance. Both are hosted. If your IT policy requires local hosting, that narrows the field before you compare anything else.
Private cloud
Open API
Developer SDK or scripting
Marketplace add-ons
40+
Not documented
Automations configured without code
Both platforms automate. The difference is who builds it. SciSure automations are a trigger, optional conditions, and an action, chosen from a menu. Labguru's Workflow Editor can take API steps, conditions, and Python or Ruby code.
Workflow Editor, with API steps, conditions, and Python or Ruby
PROJECT MANAGEMENT WITH SCISURE

Coordination without a second planning tool

Labguru’s project management tools include Gantt charts with dependencies, calendars, and timers inside experimental steps. SciSure keeps work moving with alerts and tasks that come from the records themselves.

SciSure automation templates screen

Automations

Pick a trigger, add conditions, choose an action. Triggers fire on events, like a field changing, or on time, like a week before a sample expires. Actions send an email, create a task, or post to Slack or Teams. Scheduled notifications arrive as one message, not twelve.

SciSure tasks screen

Tasks

[Copy pending in Figma]

SciSure low stock alerts screen

Things running out

[Copy pending in Figma]

SciSure work in progress screen

Work in progress

[Copy pending in Figma]

BUILT ON CUSTOMER TRUST

Recognized across EHS, ELN, and LIMS

SciSure was recognized in the G2 Spring 2026 Reports across EHS, ELN, LIMS, Lab Inventory Management, Occupational Health and Safety, and EQS.

BUILT ON CUSTOMER TRUST

Hear it from the labs succeeding with SciSure

Labs around the world, just like yours, are connecting the work and data behind modern discovery with SciSure. Swipe through the results they measured.

Sample Management
Under a minute
to locate a sample, down from up to an hour.

“SciSure’s intuitive interface and robust tracking capabilities have dramatically streamlined our sample management. What was once a time-consuming task is now a swift and effortless process.”

Sviataslau Sasinovich, PhD
Research Engineer, Lund University,
Department of Translational Medicine
LIMS & automation
90%+
less time spent on data management

“Other systems are either too broad in scope or too rigid in their setup. SciSure offers a healthy balance of flexible functionality and the ability to customise certain aspects of our workflow without getting overly bogged down in features.”

Joshua Paster
Founder, Terminus Bio
Sample Tracking
50%
improvement in tracking and managing samples

“SciSure has saved us plenty of time (a 50% improvement) when it comes to tracking and managing samples.”

Zak Hutchinson
Laboratory Manager, Behavioral Immunology Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh
Quality & compliance
2+ hours
saved each week while strengthening ISO 15189 compliance

“SciSure has significantly improved how we manage samples, inventory, and quality documentation in our lab. The platform makes it easy to track samples, manage CoA and SDS documentation for our reagents, and extract data for quality monitoring and reporting.”

Olga Ýr Björgvinsdóttir
Laboratory Director, Arctic Therapeutics

Map your workflows with a SciSure specialist

Bring one workflow that costs your team time. We'll walk you through how SciSure adapts to the way you work, not the other way round.

Frequently asked questions

What is the main difference between SciSure and Labguru by Cenevo?

SciSure provides ELN and LIMS in one connected platform, while Labguru and Mosaic are separate, partially integrated products under Cenevo. Both platforms support ELN and LIMS workflows, though SciSure covers research and sample management alongside the safety and compliance programs an EHS team runs, including chemical inventory, SDS, biosafety, training, inspections, and regulatory reporting. Labguru focuses on research and lab management and offers more project coordination tooling plus electronic batch records.

Can both platforms manage experiments, samples, inventory, and equipment?

Yes. Both platforms support experiment documentation, reusable protocols, sample and inventory tracking, equipment scheduling, permissions, audit trails, electronic signatures, and API access. Ask each vendor to demonstrate these capabilities using your lab's actual samples, instruments, storage structure, and approval processes.

Which platform is better for laboratory safety and EHS?

SciSure, where health and safety is available. It covers container-level chemical inventory, SDS management, biosafety, training, inspections, incidents, waste, and regulatory reporting. Labguru does not currently list an equivalent. Its Chemistry module handles compound management for research, which is a different job from container-level inventory and hazard tracking. Health and safety is currently available to customers in North America. If your lab is outside those markets, or you manage safety in a separate system that works well, compare the two platforms on research and lab operations and ask each vendor how they integrate with what you already run.

Is SciSure Health & Safety available in my region?

SciSure Health & Safety is currently only available to customers in North America; this platform covers the rules and regulations relevant for the US and Canada at present. Research and lab operations (covering SciSure ELN, LIMS, samples, inventory, equipment, protocols, automations, and all hosting models) are available everywhere SciSure sells. If safety coverage matters to your evaluation and you are outside those markets, talk to us before you compare.

Is Mosaic included with Labguru?

No. Mosaic is a separate product from Labguru, under the same Cenevo umbrella. Cenevo was formed when Labguru and Titian Software came together in 2025, and it publishes both under one brand. Mosaic is built for sample-centric lab operations, with Labguru as the experiment-centric ELN, LIMS, and inventory environment. If sample management is part of your evaluation, confirm with your Cenevo rep which product is in your quote, which one holds each record, and how the two connect.

How does SciSure sample and inventory management compare to Mosaic and Labguru?

With SciSure, experiments and samples live in the same product. SciSure Research is one system covering the ELN, sample and inventory management, protocols, and equipment, under one group structure, one set of roles and permissions, and one audit trail. Nothing is copied between systems or reconciled afterwards, because there is only one system holding it. Labguru (experiment documentation) and Mosaic (sample management) are separate products under Cenevo. Ask your Cenevo rep which product covers sample management in your proposal and how the two products exchange data. With SciSure, the ELN and sample management are one product, so experiments and samples reference each other directly rather than across a product boundary.

How do SciSure and Labguru handle protocols and calculations?

SciSure makes variable parameters and formulas part of the core ELN protocol experience, so your team can adjust experimental settings without rebuilding the procedure or moving calculations into a separate spreadsheet. Labguru supports protocol templates, form elements, and spreadsheets with formulas; automated calculations within forms may require its Workflow Editor add-on. Test a real protocol to see how easily your scientists can adjust inputs while protecting calculation logic.

Do SciSure and Labguru support integrations and automation?

Yes. SciSure provides an open API, developer SDK, and 40+ Marketplace add-ons. Labguru provides a REST API, Python and R wrappers, and Workflow Editor automation. Compare who will build and maintain each integration, how failures are monitored, and whether additional subscriptions or services are required.

How does SciSure handle project coordination?

Differently from Labguru. Labguru gives your scientists and managers a planning layer with Gantt charts, dependencies, calendars, tasks, discussions, and bench timers inside experimental steps. SciSure builds coordination into the records: automations that fire on an event or a date, tasks assigned against a specific sample or experiment, quantity thresholds that notify the owner and add the item to the shopping list, and collaborators that pass down from project level to the experiments underneath. If your team wants a project plan they maintain, Labguru gives you one. If you want the system to prompt the next action, SciSure does that without anyone updating a chart.

What should your lab confirm before choosing either platform?

Confirm which capabilities are native, configured, integrated, or licensed separately. Labguru documents add-on or edition requirements for some capabilities, and Cenevo may propose Mosaic for sample management as a separate offering. Also verify implementation services, hosting options — on-premises is available with SciSure but not Labguru — validation support, data migration, API access, and export formats.

Should your lab choose SciSure or Labguru?

Choose SciSure if you need a hosting model Labguru does not offer, if you want calculations inside the protocol rather than a spreadsheet, or if you want to extend the platform through Marketplace add-ons and an SDK. Where Health & Safety is available, choose SciSure if you also want chemical management, training, and regulatory oversight under one vendor. If your priority is research-centered ELN and LIMS with built-in project coordination, and cloud hosting suits your IT policy, evaluate both platforms against your daily scientific work.

Product information compiled from publicly available vendor documentation. Capabilities can depend on edition, add-ons, implementation, hosting model, and regional availability. Make sure to confirm the details in a configured demonstration. Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.

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