BioRAFT review

BioRAFT is cloud-based software for managing laboratory safety, compliance, and environmental health and safety (EHS) workflows. It is aimed at research organizations, including universities, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, and clinical research facilities. Its tools cover safety profiles for people, spaces, and hazards; chemical inventory and safety data sheets; training; inspections; biosafety protocols; and equipment and radiation tracking.

The product is designed to connect those activities to compliance tasks: hazard profiles can trigger workflows, training can be assigned based on hazards, and inspections can produce findings and corrective actions. Biosafety features cover IBC registrations, protocol renewals, and approvals for biological agents and recombinant DNA. BioRAFT has been rebranded as SciShield and integrated into SciSure. Organizations comparing it with other systems should confirm which product name applies to the offering and contract they are evaluating; the available information does not explain transition or migration terms.

BioRAFT’s clearest strength is its range: the feature set spans routine lab safety work and specialized compliance workflows rather than focusing on just one inventory or training task. That can make it relevant to institutions trying to manage several EHS processes in one system.

• Hazard and training workflows: Safety profiles for people, spaces, and hazards can trigger compliance tasks. Training features include hazard-based course assignment, online modules and quizzes, and retraining notifications.
• Chemical management: The system tracks containers and safety data sheets, supports barcode and RFID scans, and includes regulatory reporting.
• Inspections and biosafety: Mobile inspections, electronic finding reports, and corrective-action tracking sit alongside workflows for IBC registrations, protocol renewals, and approvals involving biological agents and recombinant DNA.
• Equipment and radiation: BioRAFT tracks equipment testing and certifications, as well as radioisotopes from receipt through disposal.

That breadth is useful on paper for organizations with varied lab operations. The published feature information, however, does not establish how well these workflows fit a particular institution’s processes.

Price transparency is the main purchasing gap. Available pricing information lists a custom plan for institutions and enterprise organizations, but gives no starting price or monthly or annual rate. A free plan is listed as unavailable; free-trial terms are not published. No add-ons, seat limits, lab limits, inventory caps, or module caps are specified in the available material, so buyers cannot estimate costs or compare plan boundaries from public details alone.

The feature list is broad, but it does not state which capabilities are included in a particular contract or whether modules can be bought separately. Implementation requirements, integrations, support terms, and the details of the BioRAFT-to-SciShield transition are also not provided here. Those gaps matter when switching: a buyer needs to establish what data and workflows can move, what the quoted price covers, and what ongoing costs apply. We also have little user-feedback evidence to judge satisfaction or value, so the breadth of the feature list should not be treated as proof of a good fit.

BioRAFT’s pricing is quote-based. The listed plan is Custom, aimed at institutions and enterprise organizations, but its monthly and annual prices are not published. There is no published starting price, so buyers cannot estimate the cost from the available pricing information.

There is also no tier ladder to compare: the published pricing lists only one plan, so there is no stated jump between tiers. Add-ons are not listed, and it is not clear whether particular modules, user counts, or support options change the quote. Monthly versus annual billing terms are also not published.

That leaves procurement with basic questions to settle directly with the vendor: what is included in the quote, how pricing changes with organization size, and whether implementation or add-on costs apply. We would not treat the absence of a listed fee as evidence that those costs do not exist. If published pricing is a requirement, BioRAFT is a poor fit for early-stage price comparisons.

The published information does not describe migration services, supported import formats, data export tools, or contract exit terms. Those details are worth confirming before signing. A move could involve more than transferring contact records: BioRAFT covers chemical inventories, training, inspections, biosafety protocols, equipment, and radiation tracking, so buyers should ask how each record type can be imported or exported and what history is retained.

BioRAFT has been rebranded as SciShield and integrated into SciSure, according to the published product information. Organizations considering a move should confirm which product and vendor will support their account, and whether that affects renewal or migration options.

We were not given Reddit posts or comments about leaving BioRAFT, so we cannot attribute common reasons for switching to users. The available material also does not establish how difficult an exit is. Get export scope, data formats, migration help, and deletion terms in writing before committing.