Benchling Lims Plans Pricing
Benchling is a sales-led enterprise SaaS platform and does not publish transparent list pricing; most plans are quoted by contacting sales. There is a free Academic plan for individual academics, university labs, and classes. Commercial plans are tiered - a discounted Benchling for Startups package, a Professional plan for small-to-mid biotech, and an Enterprise plan for larger organizations with more complex requirements and validation needs. Programmatic API access, Benchling Apps, events, and webhooks are features of the paid commercial tiers (Professional and Enterprise), not the free Academic tier. Pricing is typically per-user/per-year with implementation and add-on application costs on top. Public third-party estimates put Startup around $15K/yr, Professional around $20K/yr (roughly a 5-user minimum), and Enterprise as fully custom (six to seven figures for large deployments); these figures are unofficial and must be confirmed with Benchling sales.
Benchling Lims Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for Benchling on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.
It defines 4 plans, covering free, subscription, and enterprise tiers, with named plans including Academic (Free), Benchling for Startups, Professional, Enterprise.
Tagged areas include Life Sciences, Biotech, LIMS, Electronic Lab Notebook, and Plans.
Plans
Free plan for individual academics, university labs, and classes. Provides core Benchling notebook and molecular biology tools. API access and enterprise applications are generally not part of this tier.
- Notebook (ELN)
- Molecular Biology Tools
- Academic Eligibility Required
Discounted commercial package aimed at early-stage biotech startups. Bundles core applications with API access; quoted by sales. Third-party estimates start around $15K/yr.
- Registry
- Notebook (ELN)
- API Access
- Events and Webhooks
Commercial plan for small-to-mid-size biotech teams. Per-user annual subscription with a seat minimum; includes programmatic API access, Benchling Apps, events, and webhooks. Third-party estimates start around $20K/yr with roughly a 5-user minimum.
- Registry
- Notebook (ELN)
- Inventory
- Requests and Workflows
- API Access
- Benchling Apps
- Events and Webhooks
Custom plan for larger organizations with complex requirements - additional applications (Insights, Bioprocess, Molecular Biology suite), validation and compliance (GxP / 21 CFR Part 11), SSO/OIDC, higher rate limits, EventBridge integration, security review, SLAs, and dedicated support. Fully custom pricing.
- All Applications
- Validation and Compliance (GxP / 21 CFR Part 11)
- SSO / OIDC
- AWS EventBridge Integration
- Configurable / Higher Rate Limits
- SLAs and Dedicated Support