Looking for a NovoPath alternative?
NovoPath 360 pathology LIS is cloud-native SaaS (vendor). Here is what changes if your lab moves to SamLab, what to carry across, and when staying with NovoPath is the right call.
Four questions, whichever system you run today
What happens when the connection drops
Any LIS decision starts here. SamLab keeps registration, results, reports and billing running on your own machine; NovoPath states its deployment as "Cloud-native SaaS (vendor)" — ask what its outage behaviour is for the option you are offered.
How the price is structured
NovoPath: Not published — the vendor quotes after a sales conversation (checked 2026-09-03). SamLab: a yearly subscription quoted in your own currency, every plan on the public pricing page. Compare like with like over three years, not one.
Who holds the data at exit
Before you leave any system, get its export in writing. In SamLab the database is a file on your own machine, and the standard backup is a ZIP that restores without a passphrase.
Who answers when something breaks
Ask both vendors which hours support covers in your time zone and whether it is included. SamLab support is included in every plan.
The rows that move when you switch
NovoPath column as published by the vendor, read on 2026-09-03. The full table is on the comparison page.
| Factor | NovoPath | SamLab |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Cloud-native SaaS | Offline-first desktop with cloud sync |
| Works through an internet outage | Cloud-dependent — not stated by the vendor | Yes — registration, billing, results and reports keep running |
| Pricing model | Quote-based | Yearly subscription in your own currency |
| Public, transparent pricing | Not published (vendor says “transparent pricing” but lists no figures) | Yes — every plan price is on the pricing page |
| Where your data lives | Vendor cloud (Microsoft-backed, per the vendor) | On your own machine first; encrypted off-site backup and export |
| Free trial on your own data | Not available (directory); demo on request | 7-day free trial, no card |
Three things to do before the first live day
- 1Get an export from your current software — patients, doctors, rate list, outstanding dues — one sheet per master, and check what your contract says about your data.
- 2Pick one cut-off date the whole lab knows: bills before it stay in the old system, bills from it are in SamLab.
- 3Run the 7-day trial on your own exported data first, so the first live day is the second time you see your patients in it.
Stay with NovoPath if
you run an anatomic pathology or cytology laboratory and want a system designed around cases, slides and synoptic reporting.
Move to SamLab if
you run a clinical laboratory with analyzers on the bench and need offline reliability with a published price.
Before you switch
Is SamLab a NovoPath alternative for a small laboratory?
NovoPath is a specialist: a cloud-native LIS built for anatomic pathology — dermatopathology, cytology, molecular — with SOC 2 Type II certification and a US installed base of several hundred laboratories. SamLab is a general clinical LIS that is offline-first and publishes its prices. An anatomic pathology laboratory should look at NovoPath first; a clinical chemistry or haematology laboratory should not.
Can I bring my data from NovoPath 360 pathology LIS into SamLab?
Masters — patients, doctors, rate lists, outstanding balances — come across from an export of your current system. Migration is a hands-on service with a written cut-off date, not a self-serve importer; the migration page says exactly what moves and what does not.
How does SamLab pricing differ from NovoPath?
NovoPath: Not published — the vendor quotes after a sales conversation (checked 2026-09-03). SamLab publishes every plan on its pricing page — a yearly subscription in your own currency — and the 7-day trial needs no card.
Sources for what we say about NovoPath · read on 2026-09-03
Vendor details are taken from each vendor’s own public website on the date shown and may change. We compare on published capabilities, not on internals we cannot verify. Confirm current features and pricing directly with the vendor and in a trial. SamLab details reflect our published plans. Vendor names are used only to identify the products compared.
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