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Online lab management platform for all resources & data.

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Calira - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: March 2026

Calira overview

What is Calira?

Clustermarket is an online platform for laboratories needing to complete more research. It brings lab management into the digital age by providing researchers with tools for instrument and user management, reporting and analysis, communication, and much more—from any location, all in one place.

Starting price

150flat rate /
per year

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Pros & Cons

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Equipment Management

Booking and Reservation

Lab Space Management

Calendar

Settings and Notifications

Calira’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Calira pros, cons and reviews insights

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Overall rating

Reviews sentiment

 
 
 
1-2(2)
3-4(83)
5(98)

What do users say about Calira?

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Who uses Calira?

Based on 183 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Enterprises

Top industries

Research
Biotechnology
Higher Education
Pharmaceuticals
Others

Use cases

Laboratory Information Management System

Calira's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Calira users:

Instrument management

All Calira features

Features rating:

Access controls/permissions
Activity dashboard
Activity tracking
API
Customizable reports
Data import/export
Document management
EDI
Instrument management
Inventory management
Real-Time monitoring
Real-Time reporting
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & statistics
Resource management
Role-Based permissions
Rules-Based workflow
Search/Filter
Summary Reports
Third-Party integrations

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Calira pricing

Value for money rating:

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

Core (Academia Only)

150

Per year

Features included:

  • Equipment booking calendar
  • Equipment inventory
  • Notification preference center
  • Desktop app LabTrack for access management and utilization data (paid add-on)
  • User role management
  • Access permissions
  • Document management (e.g. manuals, warranties, etc.)
  • Asset monitoring IoT integrations (paid add-on)
  • Calendar synchronization
  • Knowledge center, online guides and tutorials

Premium - Academia

150

/user

Per year

Features included:

  • Equipment booking calendar
  • Equipment inventory
  • Notification preference center
  • Desktop app LabTrack for access management and utilization data (paid add-on)
  • User role management
  • Access permissions
  • Document management (e.g. manuals, warranties, etc.)
  • Asset monitoring IoT integrations (paid add-on)
  • Calendar synchronization
  • Knowledge center, online guides and tutorials
  • Equipment & incident announcements
  • Training management
  • Lab services & ordering
  • Equipment booking rules
  • Projects & funding feature
  • Maintenance activity scheduling
  • Maintenance audit trail
  • Maintenance contract management
  • Equipment QR code generator
  • Usage reports
  • Data export
  • Customized reportings
  • REST API access
  • Outlook calendar integration
  • Priority email support (24h)

Premium - Industry

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No pricing info

Features included:

  • Equipment booking calendar
  • Equipment inventory
  • Notification preference center
  • Desktop app LabTrack for access management and utilization data (paid add-on)
  • User role management
  • Access permissions
  • Document management (e.g. manuals, warranties, etc.)
  • Asset monitoring IoT integrations (paid add-on)
  • Calendar synchronization
  • Knowledge center, online guides and tutorials
  • Equipment & incident announcements
  • Training management
  • Lab services & ordering
  • Equipment booking rules
  • Projects & funding feature
  • Maintenance activity scheduling
  • Maintenance audit trail
  • Maintenance contract management
  • Equipment QR code generator
  • Usage reports
  • Data export
  • Customized reportings
  • REST API access
  • Outlook calendar integration
  • Priority email support (24h)
  • Live-chat support

Enterprise

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No pricing info

Features included:

  • Equipment booking calendar
  • Equipment inventory
  • Notification preference center
  • Desktop app LabTrack for access management and utilization data (paid add-on)
  • User role management
  • Access permissions
  • Document management (e.g. manuals, warranties, etc.)
  • Asset monitoring IoT integrations (paid add-on)
  • Calendar synchronization
  • Knowledge center, online guides and tutorials
  • Equipment & incident announcements
  • Training management
  • Lab services & ordering
  • Equipment booking rules
  • Projects & funding feature
  • Maintenance activity scheduling
  • Maintenance audit trail
  • Maintenance contract management
  • Equipment QR code generator
  • Usage reports
  • Data export
  • Customized reportings
  • REST API access
  • Outlook calendar integration
  • Priority email support (24h)
  • Live-chat support
  • Holistic enterprise account access (organization admin and structured accounts)
  • SAML 2.0 single sign-on (SSO)
  • Third party integrations (e.g. Benchling, eLabNext)
  • Tailored integrations (e.g. to finance/billing systems, asset management systems) (upon request)
  • White labeled solution (upon request)
  • Tailored feature development (upon request)
  • Resource upload & data transfer
  • Training & account setup

User opinions about Calira price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Calira's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“This product is very useful for allocating timeslots, and allowing the users to book spaces and equipment in the lab building, the rooms/ equipment can be divided up on the software.”
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Owen K.

Post Grad Researcher

“Its great versatility and the chance to manage the booking of very different equipment and services.”
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Josep G.

Head of Molecular Biology platform

Calira integrations (3)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 183 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Calira integrations and how users feel about them.

Integration rating: 3.0 (1)

Smooth and effective integration! By far the most valuable function pairing on the eLab platform.

AB

Austin B.

Scientist / Team Lead

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Calira customer support

What do users say about Calira customer support?

Customer support rating:

We analyzed verified user reviews to identify positive and negative aspects of Calira customer support.

Widespread user sentiment highlights the support team's quick response times and effective resolutions to queries and issues.

A significant portion of users praise customer support for being approachable, helpful, and open to feedback or suggestions.

Support options

Chat
Faqs/forum
Email/help desk
Knowledge base

Training options

Live online
Webinars
Videos
Documentation

To see what individual users say about Calira's customer support, check out the review snippets below.

“Of particular note is how quickly the team have been to respond to any queries we've had, which has been excellent considering that the software is free to us academic users.”

JM

Joanne M.

Technical Manager

“We have found the technical support to be very impressive and helpful whenever we have needed assistance or guidance.”

AM

Andrew M.

Senior Chief Research Laboratory Technician - NMR

Calira FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Calira?

Calira has the following typical customers:
Large Enterprises, Small Business, Mid-size Business

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Q. What level of support does Calira offer?

Calira offers the following support options:
Chat, FAQs/Forum, Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base

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