Alternative · checked 2026-09-17

Looking for a Qmarksoft alternative?

Qmarksoft pathology lab software is offline and online versions available. Here is what changes if your lab moves to SamLab, what to carry across, and when staying with Qmarksoft 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; Qmarksoft states its deployment as "Offline and online versions available" — ask what its outage behaviour is for the option you are offered.

How the price is structured

Qmarksoft: Quote-based (not published). 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

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

FactorQmarksoftSamLab
DeploymentOffline and online versionsOffline-first desktop + cloud sync
Works in an internet outageYes (offline version)Yes — billing & reports keep running
Pricing modelQuote-basedOne-time licence from ₹2,999
Public, transparent pricingNot published — quoteYes — every plan price is on the site
Data ownershipLocal (offline version)On your machine first, you can export
Free trial on your own dataNot stated on the pages read7-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 Qmarksoft if

you want a long-established vendor and are comfortable getting pricing and capabilities by quote.

Move to SamLab if

you want a modern offline-first system with published one-time pricing, analyzer/NABL depth and a self-serve trial.

Questions labs ask

Before you switch

Is SamLab a Qmarksoft alternative for a small laboratory?

Qmarksoft is an established Indian pathology lab software offering both offline and online versions and the standard lab modules — a reasonable traditional choice. SamLab competes on a modern offline-first core with cloud sync, transparent one-time pricing from ₹2,999, real analyzer integration with IQC, a NABL report designer, ABDM/ABHA and local Kota-based support, with a 7-day trial on your own workflow.

Can I bring my data from Qmarksoft pathology lab 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 Qmarksoft?

Qmarksoft: Quote-based (not published). 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.