Calira Reviews 36

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.7

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The response was quick and thorough, with a custom video to ensure understanding. The response also addressed the issue we were having.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We've only just adopted Bookkit so it's early days. However, thus far their staff have been extremely helpful, responded to questions very quickly, and welcomed our input and feedback. We are happy w... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We switched our scheduling system to Bookkit last year, and so far, it has been nothing but smooth sailing! Bookkit is much more flexible than our previous system. The options to limit booking times... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Clustermarket's Bookkit system is a wonderful aid for coordinating a busy lab with a multitude of shared equipment. The system interface is crisp and relatively easy, however a few items that shou... See more

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Calira is an equipment booking and management platform for shared R&D lab equipment. It replaces the shared spreadsheets, Outlook calendars, paper signup sheets, and other improvised systems that most labs use to manage access to shared instruments. Labs use Calira to track instrument utilisation, improve asset visibility, reduce booking conflicts, prevent downtime, plan CapEx, and produce structured usage data. More than 1,800 labs in 53 countries run on Calira, including teams at Moderna, Takeda, Eli Lilly, Bayer, Novo Nordisk, Stanford, and MIT. Built for lab operations teams in life science, biotech, and pharma, Calira brings every shared instrument into one place so teams can book with confidence and managers can see exactly what's being used. Teams book equipment through a real-time calendar with booking rules, approval workflows, recurring bookings, and multi-equipment booking of up to 5 instruments per session. Every instrument lives in a searchable directory with location, metadata, purchase price, and QR code labels for walk-up mobile booking. Per-instrument utilisation reports can be filtered by team, department, or site and exported to CSV, Excel, or BI tools. Planned calibration and servicing include task assignment, service contract tracking, and automatic booking blocks during downtime. Training-based access rules, role-based permissions, and approval workflows stop untrained users booking sensitive instruments, while booking reminders, maintenance alerts, and lab-wide announcements keep everyone informed. LabTrack, a desktop application, captures real instrument usage and controls access at the PC. The result is less idle equipment, fewer conflicts, and clean usage data to justify your next purchase.


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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Looking to Save Time and Headaches?

What can I say about Clustermarket and their awesome team?

For starters, the entire team is full of passionate people working towards a common goal- and that is clear. The customer service through any level of management is hands down, one of the best me and my team have experienced.

They are extremely flexible, and willing to work along side your organization to help achieve your goals in using their software. For example, if you require a certain function that CM does not currently have - they are happy to explore and integrate it into the system. I truthfully do not know of many companies who are willing to go above and BEYOND service, and flexibility like Clustermarket.

I would highly recommend this software, not only because it saves me hours upon hours of administrative work, but because you actually get a real human when something isn't 'working' - and they meet you with a consultative and problem solving approach.

10/10

12 March 2021
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Many thanks for such positive feedback - we're very glad to hear our users are happy with our platform and support!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

After accidentally deleting entries…

After accidentally deleting entries from an admin account, I asked for being promoted from instructor to admin, because the former admin has left the lab anyway.
I'm rather pleased about the ease and promptness, first of all of the quick reply to my request and secondly because of the rapid change made.

2 March 2021
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Many thanks for your feedback!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great booking system

Great booking system. Members of Staff are helpful and competent with excellent response time. The team is also good at listening to customer's feedback and acting on it. I recommend.

2 February 2021
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Thanks for the positive feedback!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We love Bookkit

We began using Bookkit when we went back to the lab during the pandemic, not only to schedule equipment, but also to ensure physical distancing and to keep track of which rooms have been used by which researcher. Bookkit has proven to be very flexible and useful. I reached out to the Bookkit Academy with a question, and quickly received a very helpful and polite reply with exactly the information I was needing. Very happy with Bookkit.

28 January 2021
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Many thanks - we are glad to hear you find our software helpful!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Clustermarket from Bookkit - booking system

I'm finding Clustermarket booking system very useful, with clear and visual features which help us to manage bookings. It takes a little bit to get used to the system but that's the same for any other program new to a user. Once you have all you need set up , everything else it's just the case of a couple of selections to either make a booking, pulling reports, cancel or set up a new account. It all interlinks very well. On addition to this is the team behind the scenes. They've always been very helpful and patient with my multiple questions and when we had an issue, they didn't stop until they resolved it. They've always had a very proactive, problem-solving approach. I recommend them not only for their Bookkit Clustermarket booking system but also because they are a very good team running this company.

18 January 2021
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Many thanks - we really appreciate your positive feedback!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Senior secretary

Francisco was patience with helping me, I really appreciate his service.

18 January 2021
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Many thanks for the positive feedback!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Clustermarket and Bookkit simply the best!

The Clustermarket and Bookkit team and service are the best new service ever created, they are fully professional and full of energy, it is the best free product for academia that I have ever decided to adopt at our central research lab facility. The fully packed features and services that they provide has certainly enhanced our workplace for the better and with super quality and crisp interface that is extremely user friendly, I can only say that we are extremely happy with the transition to this revolutionary booking system which much enhances our platform and takes our central lab to the next possible level, there is nothing to complain about here whatsoever! Bravo! Chapeau bas!!

8 January 2021
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We really appreciate such positive feedback - many thanks!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very good tool!

This tool is very handy and free. We had been looking for a new booking system for some time and are glad we started using this one. The crew are very helpful. They reply very promptly and provide helpful answers. They uploaded all equipment for us, which saved a lot of time.

5 January 2021
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Many thanks for your feedback!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great System + Support

I have recently started using the Bookkit system. The site is intuitive & very useful as it integrates the charging within the booking system.

What I have of particular value is the prompt and helpful support offered by Elizaveta Alekseeva the
Business Development Manager who has made the whole process very simple. Her experience and suggestions have been invaluable to us.

8 December 2020
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Many thanks for your feedback!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The support team are excellent and have…

The support team are excellent and have been hugely helpful with any queries I have had. I have some suggestions on making the system work a little better and we have also discussed how to action those changes.

7 December 2020
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We really appreciate your positive feedback and are glad to hear you are happy with our support team!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Laboratory booking system amendments

I requested assistance with amending an online laboratory booking system. That assistance was provided very promptly and the action; changing the lab and equipment location without my input, taken was exactly what I needed.

23 November 2020
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Thanks for your feedback!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very happy

We've only just adopted Bookkit so it's early days. However, thus far their staff have been extremely helpful, responded to questions very quickly, and welcomed our input and feedback. We are happy with things so far and look forward to the new features which will make it even better for us.
Thoroughly recommend Bookkit.

23 November 2020
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Many thanks for the positive feedback!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very patient and helpful support

Very patient and helpful support. A better mobile view would be recommended though!

20 November 2020
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Reply from Calira

Thanks for the feedback! We always appreciate any suggestions - our product team is already working on improving the mobile friendliness of the platform.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant work ethic and support for labs!

Francisco and the team are so quick to respond any time we need help and are constantly working to improve Bookkit, creating updates to the application and adding functionality. Brilliant work ethic! Bookkit has been fundamental in helping us safely bring researchers back to the lab during the covid-19 pandemic. Thank you so much!

19 November 2020
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Many thanks for the positive feedback!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Booking System for Core Facilities

We are about to implement Bookkit as the Booking tool in our institution (IDIBELL - Barcelona - Spain). Bookit fulfil notably our needs. It is simple and intuitive. And most important, the personal support behind is excellent.

13 November 2020
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Thanks for the positive feedback - we really appreciate it!

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