Patholab.cloud deducts ₹2.50 plus GST from a prepaid wallet on every patient registration, and unused balance expires after a year. Pathora charges a flat amount with no meter on the front desk, and sets the system up around your own catalogue before you start.
Patholab details taken from patholab.cloud and checked in September 2026.
At a glance
| Pathorawins every row | Patholab.cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial | 1 month, the whole platform, no card | Free account, then wallet balance is consumed |
| Pricing model | Flat, quoted per lab — usage is not metered | ₹2.50 + GST per patient registration |
| Cost as the lab grows | Unchanged | Rises with every registration |
| If the balance runs out mid-morning | Does not arise — nothing is metered | Registrations stop until the wallet is recharged |
| Unused balance | Nothing to expire | Expires after 1 year without a recharge |
| Time to go live | First report in about a minute; full setup in 24 hours | Instant, self-serve |
| Onboarding and training | Included — data import, catalogue and rate-list setup, letterhead, staff training | Self-serve, ₹0 setup |
| Migration from your current software | Patients, catalogue, rate lists and past reports imported before go-live | Not stated on its site |
| Internal quality control (Levey-Jennings, machine-wise) | Every plan — target, SD, observed value and deviation per level | Not stated on its site |
| TAT monitoring | Every plan — live worklist of what is running late | Not stated on its site |
Who each one is for
Pathora is built for
A steady lab that wants a fixed, predictable software cost, no meter running on the front desk, and its catalogue, ranges and history set up before go-live rather than typed in afterwards.
Patholab.cloud, from its own site
The differences that matter
01
Pathora
Nothing is counted. Registrations, tests, reports and prints do not move what the lab pays.
Patholab.cloud
₹2.50 plus GST is deducted once per registration from a prepaid wallet.
Why it matters — At 100 registrations a day that is roughly ₹7,500 a month, every month, and it climbs as the lab does. Run your own number at your real daily registrations — it decides this comparison more than any feature does.
02
Pathora
Nothing. There is no balance to run out of.
Patholab.cloud
Registrations stop until the wallet is recharged.
Why it matters — Recharging is quick, but the failure does not land on the owner at a desk — it lands on a receptionist with a queue in front of her. Software should not be able to stop the front desk.
03
Pathora
There is no balance, so there is nothing to expire.
Patholab.cloud
Their site states unused wallet balance expires after one year without a recharge.
Why it matters — A lab that recharges ₹5,000 before a slow season can lose what it did not spend. It is not a large sum, but it is your money, and an expiry date on it is a term worth reading before you sign up.
04
Pathora
Pathora imports your patients, catalogue, ranges, rate lists and past reports, sets your letterhead and trains your staff. A first report takes about a minute; full setup is done inside 24 hours.
Patholab.cloud
You register the lab yourself and start immediately, at ₹0 setup.
Why it matters — Self-serve costs nothing to begin. It also means your 200-line price list, your reference ranges by age and sex, and your report history are yours to enter. That is the part labs underestimate, and it is the part Pathora does for you.
The short answer
Patholab.cloud puts a meter on your front desk and an expiry date on money you have already paid. Pathora charges a flat amount, cannot stop a registration, and sets the system up around your own catalogue before you start.
Questions, answered
It depends on volume, and it stops being cheaper as the lab grows. At 100 registrations a day it works out around ₹7,500 a month and keeps climbing. Pathora charges a flat amount that does not move with volume, so work it out at your own daily registrations.
New registrations stop until the wallet is recharged. Their site also states unused balance expires after a year without a recharge. Pathora does not meter usage, so neither situation arises.
Both are fast to begin — on Pathora you can raise a first report in about a minute. The difference is what happens around it: Pathora imports your patients, catalogue, rate lists and past reports and trains your staff, and that full setup is done inside 24 hours. Patholab.cloud is self-serve, so that work stays with you.
Yes. Patients, test catalogue, rate lists and past reports are imported before go-live, as part of onboarding rather than a separate charge.
Yes. Reports are dispatched by WhatsApp, print and email, all three included with no per-message charge.
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