FAQ
PhenomeOne is the global leading data management platform for plant breeding, variety testing (VT), Product Development (PD) and agricultural research. Trusted by breeding companies, universities, and research centers worldwide, PhenomeOne helps organizations unify data, streamline workflows, and accelerate the development of improved crop varieties.
Below you will find answers to the most common questions about how PhenomeOne delivers value across different activities, organization types, and geographies.
Yes, PhenomeOne is a comprehensive data management platform designed to replace the inefficiencies and risks of spreadsheets. It offers a centralized, secure, and scalable alternative, ensuring your entire team works from a single source of truth.
Our dedicated team makes the transition smooth by assisting with the cleaning and migration of your historical data from Excel and other formats, ensuring all your valuable information is preserved.
PhenomeOne is fully scalable and designed to support organizations of all sizes. Small companies and university research programs can begin with our Basic Package, which includes the core platform, the PhenoTop mobile app, and analytical modules.
As your breeding program expands, the system grows with you, enabling you to add more advanced tools and users to support growth across multiple crops and locations.
We provide comprehensive training and support to ensure you get the most value from the platform at every stage.
Every subscription includes comprehensive implementation and onboarding services, customization tailored to your program’s specific needs, and ongoing customer support from our dedicated success team.
Yes. PhenomeOne is designed with a user-friendly interface that allows breeders, researchers, and technicians to get started quickly. With personalized onboarding, most teams become proficient within just a few weeks.
Our advanced PhenoGene module is designed specifically to translate your genetic marker data into actionable breeding plans. It allows you to design efficient crossing schemes by analyzing molecular markers to find the optimal allele combinations.
This powerful tool helps you develop new varieties with targeted traits like disease resistance or drought tolerance more effectively, directly supporting modern marker-assisted selection (MAS) strategies.
The platform includes the PhenoTop mobile app, which is specifically designed for real-time and offline data collection in the field. Your team can record observations, take notes, and capture geotagged images directly on their mobile devices without an internet connection.
The application automatically synchronizes all the data with the central platform once a connection is available, ensuring your field data is captured accurately and efficiently without errors.
PhenomeOne includes a complete inventory management module that provides full traceability of your seeds, plants, and germplasm.
This feature eliminates uncertainty and manual tracking by managing the physical entities of your genetic material and tracking its usage across all breeding programs and research sites.
Yes. Our platform is completely crop-agnostic and supports all crops, including cereals, vegetables, fruits, legumes, and ornamentals. Its flexible design makes it perfectly suitable for both specialized breeding programs and global, multi-species operations, allowing you to manage diverse datasets within a single, unified system.
PhenomeOne differentiates itself with an end-to-end workflow, multilingual support, a real-time OR offline-capable mobile app, enterprise-grade security, and unified data across locations and departments. These features make it a superior choice compared to both spreadsheets and narrower software solutions.
The customer owns their data entirely. We operate as a trusted data steward, and our policy explicitly states that Phenome Networks may not use or share your data for any purpose. Our commitment to your data privacy and control is paramount.
If you decide to end your subscription at any point, we ensure you can retrieve all of your data in a usable format for a smooth transition.
After you have successfully transferred your data, we permanently delete it from our servers, guaranteeing you retain full control and privacy over your valuable research information.
We offer three distinct hosting models to match your specific IT and regulatory needs, all of which comply with high-security standards like ISO 27001. All options provide the same full functionality.
PhenomeOne is offered on an annual subscription model with no “onboarding fee” or capital investment required.
The pricing is based on the number of users and the specific modules you select. There are no hidden fees; the single subscription price is all-inclusive and covers implementation, customization, cloud hosting, security, ongoing support, and all major software releases. Large-scale deployments also benefit from reduced per-user rates.
EVERYTHING. The subscription covers implementation, customization, all cloud costs and security, ongoing customer support, and periodic major releases (usually four per year). Customers get continuous improvements without additional charges.
PhenomeOne delivers a strong ROI by directly improving the efficiency and speed of your breeding programs. The primary value comes from unifying your research data across all locations and departments, which eliminates data silos and empowers faster, more confident decision-making. Key benefits that contribute to ROI include:
Yes, high flexibility is a core part of the platform’s design. We understand that every research program is different, which is why workflows, data fields, user permissions, and reporting can all be tailored to your specific operational needs. This ensures an easy and seamless integration with your existing processes.
Yes, PhenomeOne is built for interoperability. It implements the BrAPI (Breeding API) standard, which ensures compatibility with global breeding data guidelines and allows for easier collaboration.
We also provide APIs for integration with your existing internal systems and various data measurement devices, with full documentation available for your IT teams.
Both the main PhenomeOne platform and the PhenoTop mobile application are multilingual. This allows teams to work in their preferred language, ensuring seamless collaboration across countries, crops, and departments.
Combined with cloud-based access, PhenomeOne enables distributed teams worldwide to unify their data, maintain consistency, and work together without language barriers.
