FindingsSummary from Vendor: Findings is an electronic lab notebook mostly targeted at researchers and scientists. It is meant to address a fundamental part of the scientific workflow that was traditionally the job of paper notebooks. Findings’ ambition is simple: make your Mac, iPhone or iPad a better tool than paper to run experiments and keep lab records.

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Please contact us if you have any questions or suggestions about the content of this page. Last updated: 2018-02-01

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Features & Specifications

  • Interactivity

    Interface functionality

    Search functions can search across file formats and beyond typos

    • Able to search for documents within the platform
    • Low ability to search beyond file formats
    • Low ability to search beyond typographical errors
    • Transparency of file structure

     

    Ability to manipulate files and images

    • Can manipulate all files and images

     

    Support for multiple open windows

    • Somewhat. Users can run multiple instances of the app

     

    Ability to link out

    • Yes

  • Support for Researcher Documentation

    Documentation and metadata creation

    Hyperlink Support

    • Yes

     

    Metadata Creation Prompts

    • No

     

    Rights Management (Licensing)

    • Yes

     

    Protocol Integration

    • Yes

  • Adaptability to Lab Workflows

    Platform compatibility

    Accounts/Permissions Levels

    • Not applicable

     

    Internal Data Sharing

    • Yes

     

    Adaptable to a Variety of Workflows

    • No information provided

     

    Compatibility with authoring tools

    • No

     

    Windows Compatible    

    • No

     

    Macintosh Compatible

    • Yes

     

    Linux Compatible

    • No

     

    Android Compatible    

    • No

     

    iOS Compatible    

    • Yes

  • Storage

    Available data storage options

    Cloud Storage    

    • Yes

     

    Local Storage    

    • Yes

     

    Hybrid (cloud/local) Storage

    • Yes

     

    Versioning

    • Findings offers version backup and version storage support.
    • Findings is designed so that backup of your lab notebook happens automatically along with backup of your computer.

     

    File Redundancy

    • No information provided

     

    Creates stable URLs or persistent identifiers for entries

    • Some limitations

     

    Can unregistered users access the data found at persistent links?

    • No information provided
       

    Storage Capacity - Users

    • No limit other than local hard drive or whatever file sharing system the user is using

     

    Storage Capacity - Max File Size

    • No limit

  • Hosting

    Software access

    Cloud

    • Yes

     

    Local

    • Yes

     

    Hybrid (combination of cloud and local)    

    • Yes

  • Support Training and maintenance offered

    Training and maintenance offered

    Training

    • Email support

     

    Documentation    

    • FAQs, instructions

     

    Data Migration from Other Systems (incoming migration)

    • No

     

    Compatibility with data repositories

    • No

     

    Exit Strategies (outgoing migration)

    • Yes, data stored on user's machine in an open-source format (SQLite) and exportation.
    • Can also be exported as PDF.
    • App can always be run to browse and export even if the license is lost.

     

    Recovery Options

    • User is responsible for backup

     

    Single Sign-on (Institutional ID)

    • No

     

    Number of Installations per institution

    • No limit, but one license per user must be purchased

     

    Multiple client use

    • Up to 3 desktop computers and unlimited mobile devices
       

    Number of registered Harvard/HMS users

    • 70 Harvard users
    • 2 with hms.harvard.edu addresses

     

    Other higher-education users

    • 50 higher-education institutions in the US

  • Security

    Compliance with Harvard security

    Harvard Security Levels

    • No information provided on Harvard Security Levels

     

    Backdoor accessibility

    • Yes

  • Other

    Additional features

    Open Science/Open Data Efforts

    • Data is stored in an open-source format

     

    Academically Oriented

    • Yes

     

    Cost (per seat)    

    • $196 per 5 users
    • 20% discount for larger groups

     

    Dictation/voice input

    • Yes

     

    Data Entry

    • Supports the importation of all file types.
    • Attachments can be uploaded directly from your computer.
    • Any file attachment can be manipulated within the ELN.
    • Files open on the client machine and can be viewed, edited, and saved onto the local file system while remaining part of the ELN library.

     

    Platform Integrations

    • Not applicable
    • PDF exports can include file attachments and notebook entries in one folder, allowing for easy uploading

  • Tiers of Service

    Features and costs associated

    Basic Level

    • Cost: $0
    • Features:
      • 20 experiments
      • Protocols
      • iOs + Watch
      • Export and share
      • Sync

     

    Pro Level

    • Cost: $49
    • Features:
      • Unlimited experiments
      • Protocols
      • iOs + Watch
      • Export and share
      • Sync

     

    Lab Level

    • Cost: $196 per user for a team of 5 users (base price)
    • Features:
      • Unlimited experiments
      • Protocols
      • iOs + Watch
      • Export and share
      • Sync

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