Table 2 Comparison with open-

Data type

Not specific

Clinical samples

Environmental samples

Animal samples

Web-based/stand-alone

Web-based

Web-based

Web-based

Web-based

Implementation Software

Python

Javascript, Ruby

PHP

PHP, nodeJS

Database

ZODB

MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLLite

MySQL

MySQL,

Website

https://github.com/bikalabs/bika.lims

http://dna-discovery.stanford.edu/software/mendelims/

https://github.com/cheinle/MetaLIMS/wiki

https://github.com/rexsoft-org/covid19-lims

COVID-19 optimized

No

No

No

Yes

Pathology report

Limited (customizable)

Limited (text only)

No

Yes (text + image)

Streamlined, multi-center study (customizable)

Limited

No

No

Yes

Reporting

Certificate PDF (Not COVID-19 specific, manual process is required)

Not supported

Not supported

COVID-19-specific, fully automated, Microsoft Word format