alt-ELN

Scispot alt-ELN is an advanced electronic lab notebook designed for modern wet and dry labs in the biotech and life sciences space. Built with an API-first architecture, it is highly intuitive, customizable, and integrable, making it an ideal solution for fast-paced research teams that need to standardize R&D, automate workflows, and maintain full regulatory compliance. alt-ELN is purpose-built to support both bench scientists and data-focused teams, helping organizations achieve up to 90% improvement in experiment reproducibility, threefold enhancement in data quality, and an 80% reduction in inventory management time.

Scispot alt-ELN serves as a central hub for laboratory operations, connecting experiments, protocols, inventory, instruments, and results in a single, unified platform. It is recognized by G2 for outstanding ease of use and is trusted by biotechs, CROs, organ-on-chip companies, molecular diagnostics labs, and other life sciences organizations looking to scale their operations efficiently.

Core Features and Capabilities

• Pre-built templates: Use ready-made templates for protocols, data models, calculated sheets, multi-well plates, and Python scripts to design experiments faster and ensure consistency across the lab.
• Real-time collaboration: Work on workflows simultaneously with synced changes, inline comments, and notifications directly at the bench, enabling seamless team integration across departments.
• Automated inventory management: Automatically update inventory usage as experiments are executed, link consumption to specific experiments, maintain accurate stock levels, and trigger reorders when thresholds are reached through integrations with purchasing and accounting apps such as Quartzy and QuickBooks.
• Standardization and reproducibility: Enforce standardized entries, lockable processes, version control, and structured review workflows to ensure GxP compliance and reduce experimental errors.
• Audit-ready reporting: Generate audit-ready reports for FDA submissions, partner reviews, or internal quality checks by pulling data from instruments and connected applications.
• Instrument and app integration: Connect with Scispot-native or third-party applications and lab instruments to import raw data, process and analyze results, and add findings directly to experiment records. Supports integration with competing systems such as CDD, Benchling, and Dotmatics.
• Data organization and tracking: Associate data with projects, studies, or identifiers for systematic organization, making retrieval and reporting straightforward and reliable.
• Access control and permissions: Restrict data access based on user roles to maintain confidentiality, data integrity, and compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements.
• Labor cost tracking: Track labor hours and costs associated with specific projects and clients, supporting detailed billing and project management accounting.
• Chain of custody and traceability: Link every aspect of an experiment — from protocols and inventory usage to samples, equipment, and results — ensuring full traceability and reproducibility.

Scispot AI Agent (scibot)

• Scispot alt-ELN includes an integrated AI agent called scibot that transforms lab operations by replacing repetitive click-based navigation with a conversational chat interface.
• Convert raw experimental data into actionable insights using AI-driven analysis.
• Use natural language search to locate documents, tasks, and experimental records quickly and efficiently.

Why Choose Scispot alt-ELN

• Unparalleled usability: Tailored specifically for fast-paced labs and growing biotech companies, with a user experience recognized by G2.
• API-first design: Built to integrate seamlessly with wet and dry lab workflows, productivity apps, and analytics tools without complex configuration.
• White glove customer support: Includes extensive onboarding support, data migration assistance, personalized setup, and unlimited expert training.
• Scalable and affordable: Designed to grow with your operations without unexpected cost increases, and offers affordable integrations with a wide range of instruments and applications.
• Adaptable workflows: Unlike rigid systems, Scispot adapts to fit the specific needs of each lab, partnering with teams to build processes that work for them.

Automated Data Transfer and Instrument Connectivity

• Scispot alt-ELN automates data transfer and standardization for labs operating multiple instruments and systems.
• Extracts and transforms data from various instruments and pushes it directly into the ELN, standardizing formats for global comparison and analysis.
• Provides templates to clean, normalize, and structure incoming data, ensuring accurate and consistent data handling across the organization.
• Connects analytical instruments, automates workflows, and manages compounds and assays with broad integration support.

Scispot alt-ELN is SOC 2, HIPAA, and CFR Part 11 compliant, with hourly data backups and encryption of data both at rest and in transit. It is available to labs across multiple locations including Kitchener, Seattle, London, San Francisco, and Montreal, and integrates within the broader Scispot Lab Operating System ecosystem alongside alt-LIMS, alt-QMS, alt-SDMS, and other platform components.