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Should I use Streamlyne?

Electronic research administration (eRA) software for universities and funded institutions - streamlyne.com

Depends. Buy only if you run research administration at a university, hospital, or grant-heavy nonprofit — it covers proposals, IRB, IACUC, and grants in one suite. Everyone else should skip it: pricing is opaque, rollout is heavy, and the fit is narrow.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 30+ public sources; no usable review ratings or verbatim user quotes found. Reddit and streamlyne.io results refer to an unrelated product of the same name and were excluded.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo usability ratings or quotes found
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • University research offices
  • IRB and IACUC protocol workflows
  • Grant-heavy nonprofits and institutes
  • Institutions replacing homegrown eRA systems

Not for

  • Startups and small teams tracking anything simple
  • Buyers wanting transparent self-serve pricing
  • Non-research businesses (the family-hub Streamlyne is a different company)
  • Teams with no admin staff to run implementation

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

No public pricing. Third-party listing shows $250 with unclear unit; expect negotiated enterprise contracts.

medium

Universities maintain their own Streamlyne training manuals and FAQs — plan for onboarding overhead.

medium

A Vivantech-vs-SMU court case exists; demand customer references before signing.

low

Comparison pages are vendor-authored; verify Kuali and Cayuse claims independently.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Modules span proposal development, IRB, IACUC, and grant management.
  • NJIT case study: protocol approvals cut from 30 days to 4.
  • In production at NJIT, UNM, NMSU, Arkansas, and Amherst.
  • FundFit adds research funding discovery on top of administration.
  • Purpose-built eRA competing directly with Kuali, Cayuse, and InfoEd.

Cons

  • Pricing not public; third-party listing shows only an unclear $250 figure.
  • Universities publish their own training guides — expect a learning curve.
  • Narrow fit: built solely for institutional research administration.
  • Formerly Vivantech; rebrand complicates vendor vetting and review history.
  • Court records show a Vivantech lawsuit involving customer Southern Methodist University.

Sources & method

Analyzed 10/04/2026 - 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x7review x3security x1news x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 2/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 2/5. Opaque enterprise pricing; savings claims are self-published
  • Ease of use. No usability ratings or quotes found
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Modules span proposals, IRB, IACUC, grants, funding search
  • Support quality: 3/5. Case studies cite hands-on implementation and training docs
  • Security posture: 3/5. Public security page; no incidents found
  • 30 → 4 days Approval time (NJIT) Protocol approvals, vendor case study
  • $190M Research portfolio managed (NJIT) Per vendor case study
  • $250 Listed starting price SourceForge listing; unit unclear

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Review listings exist on G2, but the sources contain no quotable verbatim user feedback for Streamlyne Research.

Companies that use it

  • New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)³
  • University of New Mexico⁴
  • New Mexico State University⁷
  • Amherst College⁶
  • University of Arkansas
Full analysis

Based on 30+ public sources; no usable review ratings or verbatim user quotes found. Reddit and streamlyne.io results refer to an unrelated product of the same name and were excluded.

Niche eRA for university research offices. Strong modules, opaque pricing, heavy rollout. Small teams: skip.

Methodology

Based on 30+ public sources; no usable review ratings or verbatim user quotes found. Reddit and streamlyne.io results refer to an unrelated product of the same name and were excluded.

Sources

  1. Streamlyne Research Reviews & Product Details (G2)g2.com
    review
  2. Streamlyne (formerly Vivantech) Products (G2)g2.com
    review
  3. NJIT Streamlyne case study: 30-day approvals down to 4streamlyne.com
    official
  4. Getting Started Guide - Proposal Development in Streamlyne (UNM)streamlyne.unm.edu
    official
  5. Streamlyne for IRB (NJIT)research.njit.edu
    official
  6. Streamlyne for IACUC (Amherst College)amherst.edu
    official
  7. Research Integrity and Compliance (NMSU)research.nmsu.edu
    official
  8. ProposalSpace vs. Streamlyne Research (SourceForge, pricing)sourceforge.net
    review
  9. Vivantech, Inc. vs. Southern Methodist University (court record)trellis.law
    news
  10. Streamlyne product security pagestreamlyne.com
    security
  11. Streamlyne vs Kuali: eRA software comparedstreamlyne.com
    official
  12. FundFit research funding softwarestreamlyne.com
    official

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