BioRender
Scientific figure and illustration software for researchers
BioRender is a web-based platform for creating scientific figures, illustrations, graphs, posters, and presentations. It addresses the challenge of communicating research visually without requiring design skills, drawing on a library of scientifically reviewed icons and templates.
Core features include drawing tools for biological structures, a PDB integration for 3D protein models, graphing from CSV, Excel, or Prism files, and a Poster Builder. AI-assisted tools generate editable figures, flowcharts, protocols, and timelines, and can apply a consistent style to uploaded images. Team features include shared folders, real-time co-editing, review and commenting, and slide deck export to PowerPoint. Institutional packages add single sign-on, custom branding, and license management.
BioRender is aimed at researchers, labs, and institutions, with separate academic and industry tracks. A free plan covers a limited number of figures and one graphing file, without publication or commercial rights. Paid individual, lab/team, and institution/enterprise editions are seat-based, with trials available. Graphing and AI-assisted figure generation are offered as add-ons; the AI add-on uses a credit-based model.
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