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Biotech lab apps

Inventory, requests and records your scientists will actually use.

Lab software has to work with gloves on, at the freezer, between runs. We build apps that are quick to use at the bench, track every sample and change, and fit the rules your scientists and quality people already follow, so the spreadsheet can finally be retired.

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// what matters here

What is different in this industry.

01

Made for the bench

Scan a tube, see its history, move it, done. Screens built for a phone or tablet beside the freezer.

02

Every change logged

Who moved, used or disposed of what, and when, kept for as long as your rules require.

03

Linked to your notebook

Samples link to the experiment that made or used them, in the ELN you already use.

04

Your rules, not ours

Sign-off, roles and retention follow what your quality team sets. We build to it; we do not give regulatory advice.

// example projects

Priced examples for this service.

Each one is hypothetical, labelled as such, and priced live from our rate card. Open any of them in the estimator and make it yours.

Example projectWeb appMobile appMaterials tracking

Sample and freezer inventory

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A discovery biotech keeps thousands of samples across freezers and a liquid nitrogen store, tracked on a spreadsheet, and scientists lose hours looking for aliquots that were used up months ago.

// What we would build

An inventory app for samples, reagents and storage, with every tube and box labelled with a barcode, scanned in and out from a phone or a cordless scanner, and each sample linked to the experiment in your lab notebook that used it.

// What is in it

  • Freezers, racks, boxes and positions mapped, down to the slot
  • Barcode labels printed for tubes and boxes, scanned on phones or cordless scanners
  • Samples and aliquots with their parent, volume and history
  • Reagents with lot numbers and low-stock alerts
  • Links to the lab notebook entry that created or used each sample
  • A log of every move, use and disposal

// Stack

  • Next.js
  • React Native
  • PostgreSQL
  • Zebra label printers
  • AWS Canada (Central)

// estimate

Build
≈ US$142,000 to US$218,000, delivered within 33 weeksCAD 202,800 to 310,200
Hosting
≈ US$176 a monthCAD 250 a month
Support
≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month
Hardware
≈ US$4,810CAD 6,850

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery
2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Discovery and site walk-through
0.4 weeks
Design approved
4.9 to 8.9 weeks
Core features
1.4 to 2.4 weeks
Full build
0.9 to 1.4 weeks
First build on devices
2.4 to 4.4 weeks
Stock, receiving and transfers
2.4 to 3.9 weeks
Tracking and devices working
1.4 to 2.9 weeks
Testing and fixes
0.4 weeks
Store submission
0.4 weeks
Pilot site live
2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Launch
0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Rollout
0.9 to 1.4 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

App store review
1 week
Hardware delivery, after it is ordered
2 to 6 weeks
Test access to your ELN or LIMS
1 to 4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%
CAD 40,560 to 62,040
Discovery 5.2%
CAD 10,545.60 to 16,130.40
Discovery and site walk-through 3.3%
CAD 6,692.40 to 10,236.60
Design approved 8.6%
CAD 17,440.80 to 26,677.20
Core features 4.3%
CAD 8,720.40 to 13,338.60
Full build 2.8%
CAD 5,678.40 to 8,685.60
First build on devices 11.4%
CAD 23,119.20 to 35,362.80
Stock, receiving and transfers 10%
CAD 20,280 to 31,020
Tracking and devices working 6.7%
CAD 13,587.60 to 20,783.40
Testing and fixes 1.4%
CAD 2,839.20 to 4,342.80
Store submission 3.8%
CAD 7,706.40 to 11,787.60
Pilot site live 3.3%
CAD 6,692.40 to 10,236.60
Launch 5.2%
CAD 10,545.60 to 16,130.40
Rollout 4%
CAD 8,112 to 12,408
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%)
CAD 20,280 to 31,020
Cordless barcode scanner x 4
CAD 1,820. Billed up front, at cost, outside the milestones
Desktop label printer x 2
CAD 1,740. Billed up front, at cost, outside the milestones
Labels and ribbons, starter stock x 10
CAD 3,000. Billed up front, at cost, outside the milestones
Corded barcode scanner, for our build and testing
CAD 290. Billed up front, at cost, outside the milestones
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Example projectWeb appAIFrontier model

Contract lab portal for sponsors

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A contract research lab takes study requests and sends results by email, sponsors in several countries ask the same status questions every week, and the lab's site does not look like the work it does.

// What we would build

A sponsor portal designed for your lab: sponsors submit requests, track their samples and studies, and download reports, with a help centre and an assistant that answers from it in the languages your sponsors use, handing anything about a study to your project managers.

// What is in it

  • A portal and site designed around your lab's brand
  • Study requests, sample shipments and status in one place for each sponsor
  • Reports released by your team, downloaded by the sponsor
  • A help centre in several languages, with an assistant that answers from it
  • Anything about a specific study handed to a project manager

// Stack

  • Next.js
  • Claude API
  • PostgreSQL with pgvector
  • Headless CMS
  • AWS Canada (Central)

// estimate

Build
≈ US$149,000 to US$228,000, delivered within 28 weeksCAD 212,400 to 324,800
Hosting
≈ US$218 a monthCAD 310 a month
Support
≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

AI route
Frontier model
Model running cost
≈ US$42 a monthCAD 60 a month

Timeline by milestone

Discovery
2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Specification and evaluation plan
0.4 weeks
Design approved
6.4 to 11.4 weeks
Core features
1.4 to 2.4 weeks
Full build
0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Working pilot
3.9 to 6.9 weeks
Testing and fixes
1.4 to 1.9 weeks
Launch
0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Production
0.9 to 1.4 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

Test access to your ELN or LIMS
1 to 4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%
CAD 42,480 to 64,960
Discovery 2%
CAD 4,248 to 6,496
Specification and evaluation plan 10.2%
CAD 21,664.80 to 33,129.60
Design approved 2%
CAD 4,248 to 6,496
Core features 6.2%
CAD 13,168.80 to 20,137.60
Full build 4.1%
CAD 8,708.40 to 13,316.80
Working pilot 30.7%
CAD 65,206.80 to 99,713.60
Testing and fixes 2%
CAD 4,248 to 6,496
Launch 2%
CAD 4,248 to 6,496
Production 10.8%
CAD 22,939.20 to 35,078.40
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%)
CAD 21,240 to 32,480
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Example projectWeb app

LIMS reviewed, then rescued

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A contract lab still runs its studies on a LIMS built in Access fifteen years ago, a vendor replacement stalled half done, and nobody can say which of the two to trust.

// What we would build

We start with an architecture review of the old system and the stalled one, and write down what is worth keeping. Then we rescue the work: a web LIMS built to the requirements your quality team sets, every record moved and checked, and the old database kept read-only until your team signs off.

// What is in it

  • A written review of the old LIMS and the stalled replacement, yours to keep
  • Samples, studies, results and audit history moved out of Access, and checked with your team
  • Roles, electronic sign-off and a full audit trail, to the requirements your quality team sets
  • Instrument results and reports carried across
  • The old database kept read-only until you retire it
  • Milestones you sign off, each one shown working

// Stack

  • Next.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Access import
  • AWS Canada (Central)

// estimate

Build
≈ US$120,000 to US$184,000, delivered within 23 weeksCAD 171,200 to 261,900
Hosting
≈ US$492 a monthCAD 700 a month
Support
≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery
2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Design approved
3.9 to 6.9 weeks
Core features
3.4 to 5.9 weeks
Full build
2.4 to 3.9 weeks
Testing and fixes
0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Moved records checked by your lab
0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Launch
0.9 to 1.4 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

Your quality and IT teams' review before go-live
4 to 8 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%
CAD 34,240 to 52,380
Discovery 6.8%
CAD 11,641.60 to 17,809.20
Design approved 6.8%
CAD 11,641.60 to 17,809.20
Core features 20.4%
CAD 34,924.80 to 53,427.60
Full build 13.6%
CAD 23,283.20 to 35,618.40
Testing and fixes 6.8%
CAD 11,641.60 to 17,809.20
Moved records checked by your lab 8.7%
CAD 14,894.40 to 22,785.30
Launch 6.9%
CAD 11,812.80 to 18,071.10
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%)
CAD 17,120 to 26,190
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// questions

Questions we get about this.

Can our lab print barcode labels that survive the freezer?

Yes. We use label printers and labels made for cryogenic storage, and we test them in your freezers before we roll out.

Will a sample inventory work with the ELN we already use?

Usually. Most lab notebooks publish an API. We check yours before we quote.

Can sponsors of our contract lab log in and see their own studies?

Yes. Each sponsor sees only its own requests, samples and released reports.

Back to the industry: Biotech and life-science researchAbout the service: Web and mobile apps

// next

Not quite your project?

Tell us what you have in mind. We will come back to you with a range and the questions that would narrow it. Or book a call and talk it through.

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Sample inventory and lab apps for biotech and contract research labs | Atheron Network Labs