Sapio ELN

Spec sheet

What it does

Sapio ELN is an AI-native electronic laboratory notebook for planning, documenting, searching, visualizing and analyzing scientific experiments.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Product

Sapio describes its ELN as an AI-native electronic lab notebook with an AI co-scientist called Elain.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Intended users

Sapio describes ELN use cases across biotechnology, chemistry, genetic sequencing, in vivo, bioanalytical, and clinical diagnostic work.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Deployment

The free-ELN page says the product is cloud-based with no installation, while also describing cloud or on-premise data access options.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Integrations

Sapio’s Elain ecosystem names AWS, NVIDIA, Cadence OpenEye/Orion, CCDC, Optibrium, Schrödinger, Simulations Plus, Elsevier, SciBite, Reaxys, and DISGENET.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Compliance

The ELN page lists SOP and GxP compliance; Sapio’s security page lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, and HDS credentials or compliance information.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Support

Sapio says customers have free access to a support forum and resource library, and can contact sales and customer support by email or phone.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Headquarters

Baltimore, Maryland, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Founded

2004Read 28 Sep 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Acquisition news

Axios reported on December 2, 2022 that GHO Capital acquired Sapio Sciences; deal terms were not disclosed.Read 15 Oct 2026 · axios.com

AI assistance

Elain can help design and plan experiments, interpret SOPs, analyze data, generate visualizations, and search lab data using prompts.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

AI co-scientist

Elain uses prompts to build experiments from SOP files, plan work, analyze results and search laboratory records.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

API and extensibility

Sapio exposes a RESTful API for querying and creating records and supports webhooks for integrations.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Collaboration

Listed ELN features include real-time collaboration, experiment templates, free-form notes, instrument integration, 3D plating, and built-in statistical calculations.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Company founded

LinkedIn lists Sapio Sciences as founded in 2004.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company headquarters and size

LinkedIn lists headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland and company size of 51–200 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company legal name

Crunchbase lists the legal name as Sapio Sciences, LLC.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Data analysis

Sapio says users can search structured and unstructured data, including compounds by substructure and similarity, and create scientific visualizations within the ELN.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Documentation and support

Sapio advertises a support forum, resource library, customer support by email or phone and implementation help.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Experiment collaboration

Listed ELN capabilities include reusable experiment templates, free-form notes and real-time collaboration.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Flow cytometry

Sapio Flow ELN supports FCS drag-and-drop, histograms, machine-learning QC, automated and manual gating, compensation matrices and shared gating strategies.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Free edition

Sapio says its Bronze ELN is free for academics and provides a sign-up link for Sapio Seamless ELN Bronze.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

GxP positioning

Sapio markets templated GxP-compliant solutions for research, diagnostics and manufacturing workflows.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Independent coverage

FitGap reports Sapio ELN covers 55 of 90 evaluated ELN requirements across biology, chemistry, LIMS-integrated and GxP categories.Read 15 Oct 2026 · us.fitgap.com

Independent praise

Scispot's review identifies workflow flexibility, automation, scientific-data access, multi-use-case support, sample management and AI as recurring positive themes.Read 15 Oct 2026 · scispot.com

Independent pricing limit

Scispot reports that Sapio does not publish a standard enterprise price and instead uses tailored proposals with optional add-ons.Read 15 Oct 2026 · scispot.com

Instrument integration

The integration framework offers predefined instrument configurations, customizable setups, Rules Engine triggers, File Bridge and RESTful API connections.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Licence information

Reviewed Sapio product and directory pages do not state an open-source licence or publish licence terms.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Limit: integrations and rules engine

G2's synthesis reports complaints about integration with other systems, cross-module limitations, unique-process customization and rules-engine difficulty.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ai.g2.com

Molecular biology

Its molecular biology toolkit includes CRISPR, plasmid and compound design, PCR primer design, Golden Gate assembly, and vector modification tools.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Molecular biology toolkit

The ELN includes CRISPR, genome-browser, plasmid, PCR-primer, vector-modification, restriction-cloning and Golden-Gate tools.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

No-code configuration

Sapio provides drag-and-drop workflow design, natural-language rules, configurable interfaces, APIs, webhooks and AI-generated Python configuration code.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Ownership

Crunchbase lists Sapio Sciences as privately held and acquired by GHO Capital.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Partner integrations

Elain's ecosystem names AWS Bedrock, NVIDIA BioNeMo, Cadence OpenEye/Orion, CCDC, Optibrium, Schrödinger, Simulations Plus, Elsevier, SciBite, Reaxys and DISGENET.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Platform access

Sapio says its ELN is fully cloud-based and requires a modern web browser.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Praise: usability and flexibility

G2's review synthesis says users praise the interactive interface, ease of use, rich functionality and ability to tailor workflows.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ai.g2.com

Rating on Capterra

0.0 out of 5 from 0 reviews for Sapio LIMS.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com

Rating on G2

4.3 out of 5 from 39 reviews for Sapio LIMS; the Sapio ELN listing itself shows 0 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ai.g2.com

Rating on GetApp

0.0 out of 5 from 0 reviews for Sapio LIMS.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com

Rating on Software Advice

No rating: 0 reviews for Sapio ELN.Read 15 Oct 2026 · softwareadvice.com

Scientific search

Users can search structured and unstructured records, including compounds by substructure and similarity.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Security and privacy

Sapio states it is certified to the EU-US, UK extension, and Swiss-US Data Privacy Frameworks.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Security certification

Sapio Sciences LLC holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for the ISMS supporting its ELN and LIMS services, hosted using AWS.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Workflow tools

The ELN includes a drag-and-drop workflow builder, configurable interface, and English sentence rules engine.Read 7 Oct 2026 · sapiosciences.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

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