LabOps Platform

Calira LabOps Platform (formerly Clustermarket) is a smart lab equipment booking and management solution designed for R&D LabOps professionals. It enables organisations to eliminate booking conflicts, maximise equipment utilisation, prevent instrument downtime, and generate structured usage data across every instrument, lab, and site. With over 12 million lab equipment bookings made across more than 1,800 labs and 82,000 users in 53 countries, Calira is trusted by leading life sciences organisations to bring order and visibility to complex laboratory environments.

The platform addresses the core operational challenges that cost R&D teams significant time and money: valuable equipment sitting idle because researchers don't know it's available, experiment disruptions caused by double bookings and unplanned maintenance, and a lack of reliable usage data to guide capital expenditure decisions. Calira brings equipment visibility, easy booking, and rich analytics together in a single platform.

Equipment Directory and Asset Management

• Add instruments individually or in bulk using a templated CSV format for rapid onboarding
• Upload safety documents, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and maintenance contracts, with expiry reminders to keep compliance up to date
• Assign equipment to specific rooms, labs, or buildings, and enrich records with tags, labels, location information, and purchase price metadata
• Build a structured, searchable directory of all lab assets across the organisation

Equipment Booking and Scheduling

• Provide lab users with a visual, drag-and-drop calendar interface for booking the instruments they need for their research
• AI-enabled, workflow-based reservations allow users to book multiple instruments as part of a single coordinated workflow
• Lab-specific booking rules control how and when users can make reservations, including restrictions based on individual training status
• Make equipment availability transparent across teams to eliminate double bookings and scheduling conflicts
• Supports mobile access, QR code booking directly from instruments, calendar synchronisation, and an unlimited number of labs

AI-Powered Data Analysis and Reporting

• An AI data analysis tool allows lab managers to ask natural language questions and receive instant answers about equipment and lab activity
• Export clean, structured reports covering usage, equipment status, maintenance history, training records, personnel, and site-level data
• Provide richer reporting outputs for finance teams, data teams, and senior decision-makers who require detailed utilisation insights
• Gain an extremely granular view of how every piece of equipment is being used, down to the exact minute

LabOps Operational Benefits

• Improve asset visibility: Build a comprehensive, searchable equipment directory enriched with metadata and location data
• Stop booking conflicts: Make availability clear to all lab users and enable confident shared instrument booking
• Track utilisation: Reduce idle time and maximise usage across shared equipment with real-time visibility and control
• Prevent downtime: Use visible maintenance tracking, access controls, and user management to keep instruments operational
• Plan CapEx: Make confident investment decisions backed by clean usage data showing what is being used, what isn't, where, and why
• Get AI-ready data: Turn lab usage data into a structured, exportable, and filterable foundation ready for integration with ELN, AI, or BI platforms

Calira is suitable for a wide range of organisations including SMBs, enterprise R&D teams, shared labs, and academic institutions. The platform supports integrations with external tools including electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) and business intelligence platforms, and is built with GDPR compliance in mind. It can be deployed across a single lab or scaled across multiple sites, replacing spreadsheets and ad hoc scheduling with a reliable, data-driven approach to laboratory operations management.