CellBlock centralizes equipment scheduling, usage records, booking approvals, and operational reports for laboratories that need real traceability without complicating daily work.
Every team member sees availability in real time and books directly. No overlaps, no disputes.
Every usage session is saved with the user name, equipment, and duration.
Set an hourly rate for each resource. The system calculates consumption and produces a report ready for billing.
Academia
For research labs that need bookings, usage rules, work teams, and reports without turning daily lab operations into bureaucracy.
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For service units that bill or justify equipment use. CellBlock connects bookings, rates, users, reports, and operational receipts in one flow.
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For industrial labs that need access control, usage records, maintenance context, and operational evidence for internal review.
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Booking conflicts
Two users cannot take the same resource at the same time. Ever.
100%
Automatic traceability
Full record of every session: who used the equipment, when, and for how long.
Rules
Visible before booking
Approvals, access hours, limits, and maintenance stop living in scattered messages.
1 day
To launch your lab
Set up resources, add your team, and start operating. No migrations required.
Plans are billed annually and the displayed price is the monthly equivalent. Discovery includes a 30-day trial before the first charge; Research and Professional are billed from signup.
Discovery
/month · Billed annually
For small academic labs starting to bring order to their operations. Includes a 30-day trial before the first charge.
Research
/month · Billed annually
For large academic labs with many users and shared instruments that need usage rules and full operational traceability.
Expansion
$7.99 USD/month per extra instrument · $1.99 USD/month per extra seat, billed annually
Best when the priority is academic operational order, controlled growth, and booking traceability.
Professional
/month · Billed annually
For core facilities and service units that charge for instrument time, and industrial labs that require auditability.
Expansion
$7.99 USD/month per extra instrument · $1.99 USD/month per extra seat, billed annually
Best when charging for instrument time, auditing, or advanced traceability are central to operations.
Detailed plan comparison
| Feature | Discovery | Research | Professional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base capacity | |||
| Lab type | Small academic | Large academic | Core facility or industrial |
| Instruments included | 1 | Up to 8 | Up to 15 |
| Users included (admins count) | 5 | Up to 25 | Up to 100 |
| Administrators | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Add instruments | $7.99 USD/mo each | $7.99 USD/mo each | |
| Add seats | $1.99 USD/mo each | $1.99 USD/mo each | |
| Operational control | |||
| Booking calendar | |||
| No scheduling conflicts | |||
| Booking history | |||
| Usage rules per session/week | |||
| Work groups | |||
| Maintenance scheduling | |||
| Usage and billing | |||
| Usage dashboard | |||
| Usage and billing dashboard | |||
| Costs per user/instrument | |||
| Automatic PDF reports | |||
| Data export (CSV) | |||
For a limited time, UNAM laboratories and service units get preferential pricing. Write to us to claim it. sales@cell-block.tech
These are the most common questions when a laboratory evaluates an equipment booking and usage-control system.
CellBlock is used to book laboratory equipment, record usage by user and resource, enforce operational rules, and centralize usage or billing reports in one web platform.
Yes. CellBlock is designed for academic laboratories, service units, core facilities, and industry. The behavior of the admin panel changes according to the plan and operational model.
Yes. The Professional plan allows billing by resource and provides usage and billing dashboards, reports, and exports for core facilities and industrial laboratories.
No. CellBlock runs in the browser on desktop, tablet, and smartphone, with role-based access control and no local installation.
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