Benchling Alternatives

Benchling is described as 'Online lab notebook software, including DNA design tools' and is an website in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Benchling, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux and SaaS apps. The best Benchling alternative is Chromas, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Benchling are BioEdit, Genophore, PDRAW32 and SnapGene Viewer.

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Benchling alternatives page was last updated Mar 19, 2021
  1. Chromas icon
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    Two software applications are available from Technelysium: Chromas and ChromasPro.

    27 Chromas alternatives
    Chromas screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Chromas Features

    1.  Batch processing
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    Chromas VS Benchling

    Is Chromas a good alternative to Benchling?
     
    • Chromas is the most popular Windows alternative to Benchling.

    • Chromas is the most popular free alternative to Benchling.

    • Chromas is Freemium and ProprietaryBenchling is Free Personal and Proprietary
  2. BioEdit icon
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    BioEdit is a biological sequence alignment editor written for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/7. An intuitive multiple document interface with convenient features makes alignment and manipulation of sequences relatively easy on your desktop computer.

    28 BioEdit alternatives
    BioEdit screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer maintained. Last version, 7.2.5, released in December 2013, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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    BioEdit VS Benchling

    Is BioEdit a good alternative to Benchling?
     
  3. Genophore icon
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    Genophore is an application for searching and designing proteins. It also provides a suite of bioinformatics utilities and collaboration tools.

    27 Genophore alternatives
    Genophore landing page

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Genophore Features

    1.  Bioinformatics
    2.  Online collaboration
    3.  Cloud based
    Genophore iconBenchling Icon

    Genophore VS Benchling

    Is Genophore a good alternative to Benchling?
     
    • Genophore is the most popular Web-based, SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Benchling.

    • Genophore is Free Personal and ProprietaryBenchling is also Free Personal and Proprietary
  4. PDRAW32 icon
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    Scientific software for the molecular biologist. Performs virtual DNA cloning, analyses DNA for restriction enzymes, homing enzymes and primer sites, dam and dcm methylation sites, finds and translates open reading frames. Calculates annealing temperatures for PCR.

    23 PDRAW32 alternatives
     pDRAW32 on Windows 7 RC

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    PDRAW32 Features

    1.  Sequencing
    PDRAW32 iconBenchling Icon

    PDRAW32 VS Benchling

    Is PDRAW32 a good alternative to Benchling?
     
    • PDRAW32 is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Benchling.

    • PDRAW32 is Freemium and ProprietaryBenchling is Free Personal and Proprietary
  5. SnapGene Viewer icon
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    SnapGene Viewer is revolutionary software that allows molecular biologists to create, browse, and share richly annotated DNA sequence files up to 1 Gb in length.

    31 SnapGene Viewer alternatives
    SnapGene Viewer screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    SnapGene Viewer iconBenchling Icon

    SnapGene Viewer VS Benchling

    Is SnapGene Viewer a good alternative to Benchling?
     
    Comments about SnapGene Viewer as an Alternative to Benchling
     
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    You can view more than a few hundred base pairs at a time

    Positive commentMar 17, 2017
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    • SnapGene Viewer is Free Personal and ProprietaryBenchling is also Free Personal and Proprietary
  6. Findings icon
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    Findings is your lab notebook, reinvented. With Findings, you can easily keep track of your experiments and your research: your lab notebook is always with you and always up to date, be it on the field, at the bench, or at a conference.

    3 Findings alternatives
    Findings screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Discontinued

    The program seems no longer updated. Last update, version 2.1 Build 5648.9acf5aba, released in September 2018, can be still bought from the official website. Patch notes: http://downloads.findingsapp.com/release-notes-5648.html

    Findings iconBenchling Icon

    Findings VS Benchling

    Is Findings a good alternative to Benchling?
     
    • Findings is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Benchling.

    • Findings is Freemium and ProprietaryBenchling is Free Personal and Proprietary
  7. DNADynamo icon
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    DNADynamo - for Windows, OSX and Linux. Download it now for abi/scf trace alignments, sub cloning and plasmid management, blast/sequence retrieval, sequence annotation and structure viewing - all in one integrated and easy to use bioinformatics program.

    26 DNADynamo alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    DNADynamo Features

    1.  Sequencing
    DNADynamo iconBenchling Icon

    DNADynamo VS Benchling

    Is DNADynamo a good alternative to Benchling?
     
    • DNADynamo is the most popular commercial alternative to Benchling.

    • DNADynamo is Paid and ProprietaryBenchling is Free Personal and Proprietary
  8. Geneious icon
     1 like

    Geneious combines all the major DNA and protein sequence analysis tools into one revolutionary software solution!

    28 Geneious alternatives
    Geneious screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Geneious Features

    1.  Sequence Analysis
    2.  Visual Editing
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    Geneious VS Benchling

    Is Geneious a good alternative to Benchling?
     
  9. Serial Cloner icon
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    Serial Cloner is a Molecular Biology software.

    It provides tools with an intuitive interface that assists you in DNA cloning, sequence analysis and visualization.

    25 Serial Cloner alternatives
    Serial Cloner screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last version, 2.6.1, was released on April 3rd, 2013.

    Serial Cloner iconBenchling Icon

    Serial Cloner VS Benchling

    Is Serial Cloner a good alternative to Benchling?
     
  10. Snthesis icon
     1 like

    The Snthesis Bio platform automatically integrates and harmonizes all your research data. Source agnostic. Search everything.

    10 Snthesis alternatives
    Ingest anything, from any source.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Snthesis Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  Data-management
    3.  Data science
    4.  Bioinformatics
    5.  Sequencing
    Snthesis iconBenchling Icon

    Snthesis VS Benchling

    Is Snthesis a good alternative to Benchling?
     
  11. ApE - A plasmid Editor icon
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    Software for viewing, editing and analyzing plasmid sequences.

    23 ApE - A plasmid Editor alternatives
    Highlights and draws graphic maps using feature annotations from genbank and embl files

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    ApE - A plasmid Editor iconBenchling Icon

    ApE - A plasmid Editor VS Benchling

    Is this a good alternative to Benchling?
     
  12. Labstep icon
     1 like

    Labstep is a secure research environment that combines electronic notebook, inventory, applications and data. The unified solution is ideal for team workflows, IP protection and compliance.

    5 Labstep alternatives
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    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Labstep iconBenchling Icon

    Labstep VS Benchling

    Is Labstep a good alternative to Benchling?
     
    • Labstep is the most popular Android alternative to Benchling.

    • Labstep is Free Personal and ProprietaryBenchling is also Free Personal and Proprietary
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