Comparison with other software

Labstory is the most advanced documentation and database software on the market. We are not ashamed of highlighting this by comparing with the other leading packages on the market

	Labstory	I	O	L	F	A
Personal cryptographic keys	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Tablet version	Yes	No	No	Very limited6	No	No
Documentation support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Database support	Yes	No	Yes	Very limited7	Yes	Yes
Rich multimedia (movies, sound)	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Easily share with other universities	Yes	No	Possible1	Possible1	Yes	Possible4
Open Access features	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Supports all operating systems	Yes	No	Limited web-based5	Web-based	No	No
Data visualization and analysis	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Integration for bioinformatics	R, Java, SQL, +	No	No	No	SQL-access3	SQL-access
Works off-line	Yes	No	No	No	No1	No1
Cloud solution	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Local "rich" client	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Stand-alone server	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes3	Yes4

¹Other end need a license to access data
²If set up for as a server for multiple users, network access is required
³Requires the server version
⁴ Must be set up to use an SQL-server. The access permissions will be controlled by the SQL server. Since SQL-servers are usually not considered "web-secure", there might be risks involved in opening up the SQL server to the Internet. The file with the front-end must be distributed separately.
⁵Despite being web-based, Word is listed as a requirement. Thus Linux is not supported
⁶The tablet version can for example not edit documents. It is only a complement to the web version
⁷Only predefined tables supported, with extra columns. Limited cross-referencing. Not a general solution