Solutions · Academic
Autonomy for every lab. Clarity for the institution.
Autonomy for every lab. Clarity for the institution.
Universities and research institutes run dozens of labs, hundreds of machines, and thousands of users across multiple sites. Without a centralised platform, every site is an island. Toolsquare gives you the uniform layer without taking away the autonomy that makes individual labs work.
The challenge
Scale without control is expensive.
Scale without control is expensive.
Every lab has its own way of working. That's healthy, right up until the CFO asks for a consolidated overview of equipment spend, the sustainability manager needs energy data, or the accreditation body asks for a full audit trail. Then autonomy becomes chaos, and the scramble starts.
How we help
Toolsquare for academic institutions.
Toolsquare for academic institutions.
Every lab keeps its own workflow. No forced standardisation.
Uniform reporting upward. Operational and financial data in one format across sites.
Cross-lab load balancing. Save unnecessary purchases by sharing capacity.
Per-grant and per-project cost allocation. Built in, automatic.
Student and researcher safety. Training-based access on hazardous equipment.
Culture shift
A culture of ownership, not blame.
A culture of ownership, not blame.
When every session is attributed to a specific user, equipment starts getting looked after differently. Students and researchers take better care of machines they're personally accountable for. Minor issues get flagged instead of left for the next person. Training gaps surface in the data rather than in incident reports. The shift shows up in your repair budget within the first quarter, and in your accreditation readiness long before the next audit.
Inside the platform - management view
What the management dashboards show.
The financial picture: real cost per machine, per project, per team. True TCO. Revenue from shared equipment. For the people who sign off the budget.
Inside the platform - Management view
What the management dashboards show.
The financial picture: real cost per machine, per project, per team. True TCO. Revenue from shared equipment. For the people who sign off the budget.
Inside the platform - management view
What the management dashboards show.
The financial picture: real cost per machine, per project, per team. True TCO. Revenue from shared equipment. For the people who sign off the budget.
The product at a glance
Software at the core. Hardware where it counts.
Toolsquare is built around a cloud platform that manages your equipment, users and data. Add the Toolsquare unit on the machines where you need physical access control and automatic, tamper-proof usage tracking.
Software · cloud-native
The platform
A single portal for your equipment portfolio. Booking, asset management, access rules, incident reports, analytics and compliance reporting in one place.
Booking & scheduling
Rules per user, group or time slot
Asset management
Every machine, every cost, every contract in one view
Access management
Training-based, role-based and supervisor rules
Issue & incident reporting
Reported at the machine, routed to the right person
Analytics & dashboards
Utilisation, downtime, TCO, chargeback
Audit trail
GxP, ISO, 21 CFR Part 11 · immutable & exportable
Open API & integrations
LIMS, ELN, ERP, BI tools, SSO
Hardware · IoT device · Standard tier
The Toolsquare unit
A physical device installed on specific machines. Three components in one enclosure: an NFC reader, a touch screen, an integrated processor. Acts as a smart lock and a tamper-proof data logger in one.
NFC reader
Any badge: student card, employee card, even a bank card
Touch screen
Session start/stop, issue reporting, reservation view
Integrated processor
Direct machine control with local logic that works offline
Physical access control
The machine unlocks only for authorised users
Activity-tracking mode
Auto pause and resume on idle, for precision & production equipment
Universal compatibility
Every brand: single-phase, three-phase, computer-controlled
Three packages. Same platform. Different reach.
Free
Software-only asset management, up to 49 machines
Basic
Full web platform with booking and access management, no hardware
Standard
Most popular
Platform + Toolsquare unit, with hardware-level access and usage data
Want to know what it costs?
Pricing is volume-based and applied across your full equipment portfolio.
The product at a glance
Software at the core. Hardware where it counts.
Toolsquare is built around a cloud platform that manages your equipment, users and data. Add the Toolsquare unit on the machines where you need physical access control and automatic, tamper-proof usage tracking.
Software · cloud-native
The platform
A single portal for your equipment portfolio. Booking, asset management, access rules, incident reports, analytics and compliance reporting in one place.
Booking & scheduling
Rules per user, group or time slot
Asset management
Every machine, every cost, every contract in one view
Access management
Training-based, role-based and supervisor rules
Issue & incident reporting
Reported at the machine, routed to the right person
Analytics & dashboards
Utilisation, downtime, TCO, chargeback
Audit trail
GxP, ISO, 21 CFR Part 11 · immutable & exportable
Open API & integrations
LIMS, ELN, ERP, BI tools, SSO
Hardware · IoT device · Standard tier
The Toolsquare unit
A physical device installed on specific machines. Three components in one enclosure: an NFC reader, a touch screen, an integrated processor. Acts as a smart lock and a tamper-proof data logger in one.
NFC reader
Any badge: student card, employee card, even a bank card
Touch screen
Session start/stop, issue reporting, reservation view
Integrated processor
Direct machine control with local logic that works offline
Physical access control
The machine unlocks only for authorised users
Activity-tracking mode
Auto pause and resume on idle, for precision & production equipment
Universal compatibility
Every brand: single-phase, three-phase, computer-controlled
Three packages. Same platform. Different reach.
Free
Software-only asset management, up to 49 machines
Basic
Full web platform with booking and access management, no hardware
Standard
Most popular
Platform + Toolsquare unit, with hardware-level access and usage data
Want to know what it costs?
Pricing is volume-based and applied across your full equipment portfolio.
The product at a glance
Software at the core. Hardware where it counts.
Toolsquare is built around a cloud platform that manages your equipment, users and data. Add the Toolsquare unit on the machines where you need physical access control and automatic, tamper-proof usage tracking.
Software · cloud-native
The platform
A single portal for your equipment portfolio. Booking, asset management, access rules, incident reports, analytics and compliance reporting in one place.
Booking & scheduling
Rules per user, group or time slot
Asset management
Every machine, every cost, every contract in one view
Access management
Training-based, role-based and supervisor rules
Issue & incident reporting
Reported at the machine, routed to the right person
Analytics & dashboards
Utilisation, downtime, TCO, chargeback
Audit trail
GxP, ISO, 21 CFR Part 11 · immutable & exportable
Open API & integrations
LIMS, ELN, ERP, BI tools, SSO
Hardware · IoT device · Standard tier
The Toolsquare unit
A physical device installed on specific machines. Three components in one enclosure: an NFC reader, a touch screen, an integrated processor. Acts as a smart lock and a tamper-proof data logger in one.
NFC reader
Any badge: student card, employee card, even a bank card
Touch screen
Session start/stop, issue reporting, reservation view
Integrated processor
Direct machine control with local logic that works offline
Physical access control
The machine unlocks only for authorised users
Activity-tracking mode
Auto pause and resume on idle, for precision & production equipment
Universal compatibility
Every brand: single-phase, three-phase, computer-controlled
Three packages. Same platform. Different reach.
Free
Software-only asset management, up to 49 machines
Basic
Full web platform with booking and access management, no hardware
Standard
Most popular
Platform + Toolsquare unit, with hardware-level access and usage data
Want to know what it costs?
Pricing is volume-based and applied across your full equipment portfolio.
The product at a glance
Software at the core. Hardware where it counts.
Toolsquare is built around a cloud platform that manages your equipment, users and data. Add the Toolsquare unit on the machines where you need physical access control and automatic, tamper-proof usage tracking.
Software · cloud-native
The platform
A single portal for your equipment portfolio. Booking, asset management, access rules, incident reports, analytics and compliance reporting in one place.
Booking & scheduling
Rules per user, group or time slot
Asset management
Every machine, every cost, every contract in one view
Access management
Training-based, role-based and supervisor rules
Issue & incident reporting
Reported at the machine, routed to the right person
Analytics & dashboards
Utilisation, downtime, TCO, chargeback
Audit trail
GxP, ISO, 21 CFR Part 11 · immutable & exportable
Open API & integrations
LIMS, ELN, ERP, BI tools, SSO
Hardware · IoT device · Standard tier
The Toolsquare unit
A physical device installed on specific machines. Three components in one enclosure: an NFC reader, a touch screen, an integrated processor. Acts as a smart lock and a tamper-proof data logger in one.
NFC reader
Any badge: student card, employee card, even a bank card
Touch screen
Session start/stop, issue reporting, reservation view
Integrated processor
Direct machine control with local logic that works offline
Physical access control
The machine unlocks only for authorised users
Activity-tracking mode
Auto pause and resume on idle, for precision & production equipment
Universal compatibility
Every brand: single-phase, three-phase, computer-controlled
Three packages. Same platform. Different reach.
Free
Software-only asset management, up to 49 machines
Basic
Full web platform with booking and access management, no hardware
Standard
Most popular
Platform + Toolsquare unit, with hardware-level access and usage data
Want to know what it costs?
Pricing is volume-based and applied across your full equipment portfolio.
Bring your labs into one system.
Bring your labs into one system.
See a live demo with your institution's machine list.