Compliance & Validation — Documented
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, 21 CFR Part 11, GDPR
Benchling
Cloud R&D platform for life sciences combining electronic lab notebook, sample tracking, and scientific workflow tools.
Benchling, founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, provides a cloud platform for life sciences R&D that combines an electronic lab notebook, LIMS-style sample tracking, and workflow tools used by biotech and pharma research teams. The company maintains ISO/IEC 27001 certification and SOC 2 Type II attestation, and documents how the platform is built for compliance with FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and Annex 11 for use in regulated (GxP) environments.
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 2012
- Compliance
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, 21 CFR Part 11, GxP, GDPR
- Deployment options
- cloud
- Website
- https://www.benchling.com
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/3769390
Categories
Vendor Scorecard
57% — Partial coverage. Coverage score — how completely Atlas documents Benchling across 7 buyer-evaluation areas. Reflects available Atlas data, not solution quality.
Deployment & Hosting — Documented
cloud
Pricing Transparency — Not documented by Atlas
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Implementation & Onboarding — Not documented by Atlas
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Organization & Role Fit — Documented
Biotech Startup, Mid-Size Biotech, Large Pharma, Top 20 Pharma, Academic / Research, Drug Discovery, R&D Leadership, Data Management, IT / Digital
Solution Scope — Not documented by Atlas
Data & AI Infrastructure
Company Viability — Documented
Series F, $412M raised, Founded 2012
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Not captured in Atlas data — confirm directly. Excluded from the score above.
Data Rights & IP
Who owns model outputs? Is our proprietary data used to train models others can access, and where does our data reside?
Model Credibility & Explainability
Can you share validation studies or benchmarks, explain how the model reaches its conclusions, and describe how bias and drift are monitored?
Questions to Ask This Vendor
- Which of our instruments and registry workflows are supported out of the box?
- What does a validated (GxP) deployment of the platform involve?
- How are entities, samples, and results modeled for our modality?
- How does data export work if we later integrate with a data cloud or migrate?