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As of 4 November 2026, Waters Empower leads lab informatics instruments with 258 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Agilent at 153.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Leader
Waters Empower · 258
Runner-up
Agilent · 153
Most hiring, 90 days
IDEXX
Highest postings per company
IDEXX
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
1,904companies across the category
14%of them on Waters Empower
4,762postings naming a lab informatics instrument in 90 days
30tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every lab informatics instrument we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
Waters EmpowerWaters Corporation
258
6782.6
2
AgilentAgilent Technologies
153
3842.5
3
IDEXXIDEXX Laboratories
134
1,0657.9
4
Varian TrueBeamVarian
133
2421.8
5
IlluminaIllumina
107
1301.2
6
Thermo Fisher ScientificThermo Fisher Scientific
100
2322.3
7
ÄKTACytiva
90
1721.9
8
ImageJNIH
84
971.2
9
BenchlingBenchling
82
2172.6
10
ChromeleonThermo Fisher Scientific
82
1291.6
11
LabWareLabWare
67
1592.4
12
FlowJoBD
61
1081.8
13
Hamilton MicrolabHamilton Company
60
991.6
14
UNICORNCytiva
58
1152.0
15
LabVantageLabVantage Solutions
56
1342.4
16
Oxford NanoporeOxford Nanopore Technologies
48
741.5
17
SkylineUniversity of Washington MacCoss Lab
46
942.0
18
WatersWaters Corporation
33
571.7
19
Agilent ChemStationAgilent
31
612.0
20
ChemDrawRevvity Signals
30
421.4
21
Varian EthosVarian
30
461.5
22
SediVueIDEXX
28
712.5
23
OptosNikon
24
1526.3
24
STARLIMSAbbott
21
643.0
25
CadwellCadwell Industries
20
452.3
26
SoftMax ProMolecular Devices
16
241.5
27
CellProfilerBroad Institute
15
201.3
28
VisionRTVision RT
14
201.4
29
TomoTherapyAccuray
13
201.5
30
Varian HypersightVarian
10
111.1
03 — Head to head

Compare two tools

Same data, two columns: who chooses which by size, industry and country.

Waters Empower vs Agilent258 · 153Waters Empower vs IDEXX258 · 134Waters Empower vs Varian TrueBeam258 · 133Waters Empower vs Illumina258 · 107Waters Empower vs Thermo Fisher Scientific258 · 100Agilent vs IDEXX153 · 134Agilent vs Varian TrueBeam153 · 133Agilent vs Illumina153 · 107Agilent vs Thermo Fisher Scientific153 · 100IDEXX vs Varian TrueBeam134 · 133IDEXX vs Illumina134 · 107IDEXX vs Thermo Fisher Scientific134 · 100Varian TrueBeam vs Illumina133 · 107Varian TrueBeam vs Thermo Fisher Scientific133 · 100Illumina vs Thermo Fisher Scientific107 · 100
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Waters Empower leads lab informatics instruments with 258 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Agilent at 153. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/lab-informatics-instruments)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

lab informatics instruments: questions

How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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