Alternative · checked 2026-09-17

Looking for a MocDoc alternative?

MocDoc laboratory management software is cloud-based (MocDoc's own description). Here is what changes if your lab moves to SamLab, what to carry across, and when staying with MocDoc is the right call.

Why labs look around

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 PC; MocDoc states its deployment as "Cloud-based (MocDoc's own description)" — ask what its outage behaviour is for the option you are offered.

How the price is structured

MocDoc: Not published on mocdoc.com (checked 2026-09-17). SamLab: a one-time licence with an optional yearly AMC, every plan price 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 whether support is on the phone, in Hindi and English, and included. SamLab support is included in every plan, from Kota.

What changes

The rows that move when you switch

MocDoc column as published by the vendor, read on 2026-09-17. The full table is on the comparison page.

FactorMocDocSamLab
DeploymentCloud-based (vendor statement)Offline-first desktop + cloud sync
Works in an internet outageNot stated by the vendor; cloud-based per its own descriptionYes — billing & reports keep running
Pricing modelNot published on the vendor siteOne-time licence from ₹2,999
Public, transparent pricingNo pricing page found (checked 2026-09-17)Yes — every plan price is on the site
Data ownershipNot stated; cloud-hosted per vendor descriptionOn your machine first, you can export
Free trial on your own dataNot stated on the vendor site7-day free trial, no card
Carrying your data across

Three things to do before the first live day

  1. 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.
  2. 2Pick one cut-off date the whole lab knows: bills before it stay in the old system, bills from it are in SamLab.
  3. 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.
What moves, what does not — the migration page

Stay with MocDoc if

You are a hospital or a multi-speciality group that wants laboratory, pharmacy, clinic and dental on one cloud platform, and your connectivity is reliable.

Move to SamLab if

You run a pathology or diagnostic lab that cannot stop when the internet does, want the price before the sales call, and want NABL-format reporting and GST billing built for a lab rather than a hospital.

Questions labs ask

Before you switch

Is SamLab a MocDoc alternative for a small laboratory?

MocDoc is a cloud-based healthcare suite from Chennai spanning laboratory, hospital, clinic, pharmacy, dental and ophthalmology, with machine integration, multi-location working and WhatsApp delivery named on its site. If you want one online platform across a hospital or a chain and your internet is dependable, see it. If your lab must keep billing and reporting when the line drops, SamLab's offline-first design is the difference.

Can I bring my data from MocDoc laboratory management software 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 MocDoc?

MocDoc: Not published on mocdoc.com (checked 2026-09-17). SamLab publishes every plan on its pricing page — a one-time licence with an optional yearly AMC — and the 7-day trial needs no card.

Comparison methodology: competitor details are taken from each vendor’s own public website and product documentation, as read on the date shown on the page; features and pricing change, so confirm them with the vendor and in your own trial. We compare capabilities a buyer can verify, not internals, and where a vendor does not say something the cell says so. Competitor names are trademarks of their respective owners, used only to identify the product being compared. This page is published by Sammed Technosol for information and implies no affiliation with or endorsement by any vendor named. SamLab pricing reflects our published plans.

7-day free trial · no card

Try the whole lab, free for 7 days.

No card. No catch. Run SamLab on your own data — online or offline — and feel the difference before you pay a rupee.