EarthCape is a biodiversity research database company that builds specialized biodiversity database software platforms for organizing their field and lab sample tracking, taxonomy, location, long term data, with mapping and multi user access through web and desktop for research groups. Key points of EarthCape platform: • Database schema designed for field and lab biologists • Specimen, Taxonomy, Geography, Bibliography, Molecular Laboratory notebook (ELN), Museum collections and other modules • Windows, Web and Mobile applications with most features available on both platforms • Can be hosted on-premises or hosted on EarthCape servers • Supports most common database backends (incl. MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, and others) • Role based security • Built in customization tools for Win and Web platforms • GIS that supports most vector and raster formats on Windows (simple mapping in Web and Mobile client) • Report designer • Dashboard designer EarthCape platform as a product which is maintained for multiple clients in the ecology research field. It is always up to date with tech and getting upgraded and fixed keeping all individual setups up to date.. On the other hand, we are able to go very deep with individual customizations without breaking compatibility or even need to compile for individual clients, which means that you get very close to custom build application but the one that is maintained and developed regardless the state of your funding. Customization flexibility applies to desktop client and web client.