--- description: Review of Calira Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Calira | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice GB --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [LIMS Systems](/directory/4388/lim/software) > [Calira](/software/249067/bookkit) # Calira Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/249067/bookkit Page: 1 / 9\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/249067/bookkit?page=2) > Clustermarket is a lab management system helping all types of laboratories optimize their operations and accelerate results. This intuitive system equips research teams with an easy-to-use software solution enabling them to coordinate equipment usage, plan maintenance activities, and generate reports \& forecasts for resource planning. Clustermarket is designed for fast implementation and high adoption within the organization, whilst also offering integrations with various other software solutions. > > Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 183 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 183 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Clustermarket - **Founded**: 2015 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$150.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 208 more ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Customisable Reports - Data Import/Export - Document Management - EDI - Instrument Management - Inventory Management - Real-Time Monitoring - Real-Time Reporting - Reporting & Statistics - Reporting/Analytics - Resource Management - Role-Based Permissions - Rules-Based Workflow - Search/Filter - Summary Reports - Third-Party Integrations ## Integrations (3 total) - Benchling - Microsoft Outlook - SciSure ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Chat ## Category - [LIMS Systems](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4388/lim/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[Labordatenbank](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/316662/labordatenbank) — 4.5/5 (15 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Very helpful" — 5.0/5 > **Josep** | *30 June 2022* | Research | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Its great versatility and the chance to manage the booking of very different equipment and services. > > **Cons**: In some cases is more difficult to customize groups of users. ----- ### "Bookkit - new kids on the block" — 5.0/5 > **Andrew** | *3 September 2020* | Research | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: This booking system comes as part of the Clustermarket app and allows other customers to find services and equipment at participating organisations. A quote can be obtained for the service and the customer also pays Clustermarket a fee for facilitating the deal. This allows educational and research establishments like our NMR Facility use the app free of charge. We have found Bookkit to be very easy to use, has a good look and feel about its design and has enough features without being overly complicated. The recent upgrade to V2.5 of Bookkit allows much more functionality and customisation of the usage reports by a number of filters, as well as giving users registered with another "lab" equal rights to be a "researcher" (our default user type) in our facility lab. We have found the technical support to be very impressive and helpful whenever we have needed assistance or guidance. It has proved its worth during the Covid-19 pandemic when we had to add nearly 150 extra users as our open-access spectrometer rooms had to be switched to single occupancy due to air conditioning requirements. > > **Cons**: The worst thing about the software is probably the notifications that the software gives the administrator. As we have so many bookings each day the notifications soon built up to a level that caused the server to timeout when trying to display or mark them as read. It would be nice if we could switch the notifications off in the software whilst retaining them via email as a record of the bookings. I am also hoping that equipment will soon be able to be removed from the app if it is now redundant or not required to be bookable by the lab administrator so that the dashboard can be made less cluttered with equipment that no longer exists\! > > Very happy with the software and the support from the Clustermarket team. We have managed to solve all sorts of booking problems thrown up by the pandemic with minimal fuss and our users are very happy with the way it all works. ----- ### "Clustermarket "Bookkit" is easy to use" — 5.0/5 > **Jackie** | *30 June 2022* | Higher Education | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: This software is very easy to use for both administrator (my primary use) and end user. Setting up new users and training take little to no time. > > **Cons**: Users are unable to edit their bookings after-the-fact, which is difficult when this is being used for billing (I am doing it all myself). The only way for users to edit past bookings is if they get admin status, which would make it much more difficult for them to use (would see everything vs. just the instruments they can use) and take away the point of the software. > > Customer service has been absolutely fantastic since day one. Don't think I've waited more than a few hours ever for a response. ----- ### "Life Sciences Student review" — 5.0/5 > **Rita** | *18 August 2020* | Research | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: -The software is definitely more user-friendly compared to the previous one we were using here at KCL. - It allowed the combination of all the softwares that were being used here and became the only platform we are using at the moment in the building - saving time for all of us researchers. - It also allows the notification via Bookkit of any problems present in the equipment we use, which is very handy. Plus, the admins can add the equipments' instructions in the software - which proves to be helpful if any equipment becomes faulty. - In this covid era, the software proved to be good for managing the amount of people present in the building and it's helpful for me, as a first aider, to realize how many people will be around. - Probably the best feature of the software is the marketplace (is not yet well accepted in academia or at least, not used frequently by) - to allow equipment sharing which I'm sure, once "accepted" by the academia, will prove to be a powerful tool in the future. > > **Cons**: - I would definitely appreciate if I could do several bookings in the same equipment at the same time - I mean, without the need to do it every time and click on the "confirm booking" button seven times for the same equipment in the same week. It would save time - and we, researchers, truly appreciate that. - Sometimes, some bugs appear (like double bookings from the same person in the same slot in the same equipment) but I guess those appear all the time when a software is under construction - but it should be something your developers team should be able to fix straight away. - Also, I couldn't change a booking that was already started. For instance, if I finish my booking in one equipment earlier and I want to reduce the booking, I can't. It appears a weird message (saying that I should do that alteration in a specific time) and it prevents me from changing it. - Little emphasis in the marketplace. It's probably one of the best tools the software have and most of the researchers, have no idea it exists in Bookkit. Researchers, especially in academia, are a bit complicated in terms of sharing equipment but I think with good marketing and wise communication, your software might be able to change minds and potentially help science going further. - Finally, a mobile app would be amazing (and to say the least, novel) and I'm sure everyone would be pleased - whenever that becomes possible for the company. ----- ### "Easy to use booking system with excellent customer support" — 5.0/5 > **Andreas** | *1 September 2020* | Research | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: The general ease of use, but more importantly, when needed, customer support was excellent. > > **Cons**: There is not something that I particularly dislike when using this software on my laptop, but it is more difficult to select timings for a booking on a phone. ----- Page: 1 / 9\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/249067/bookkit?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/249067/bookkit) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data