--- description: Learn more about CDD Vault price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: CDD Vault Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Chemistry Software](/directory/30535/chemical/software) > [CDD Vault](/software/171280/cdd-vault) # CDD Vault Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/171280/cdd-vault Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/171280/cdd-vault?page=2) > CDD Vault is a drug discovery informatics platform with an intuitive web interface. Manage \& analyze chemical data \& biological assays. > > Verdict: Rated **4.9/5** by 23 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses CDD Vault? Scientists working in academic institutions and biotech/pharmaceutical companies (and the collaborations between them), for any research area including drug discovery, agritechnology, and formulation. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.9/5** | 23 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Collaborative Drug Discovery - **Location**: Burlingame, US - **Founded**: 2004 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Contact CDD Vault for pricing information. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica and 74 more ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Audit Management - Certificates of Analysis - Collaboration Tools - Compliance Management - Compliance Tracking - Data Import/Export - Data Storage Management - EDI - Inventory Management - Lab Instruments Integration - Reporting & Statistics - Reporting/Analytics - Sample Management - Workflow Management ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Chemistry Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30535/chemical/software) ## Related Categories - [Chemistry Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30535/chemical/software) - [Medical Lab Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/20043/medical-lab/software) - [Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/31523/laboratory-information-management-system/software) - [Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/33055/electronic-lab-notebook/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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But occasionally, loading large datasets takes a bit of time, and the system can slow down. Also, some advanced features could use more detailed documentation or help guides for easier adoption by new users ----- ### "CDD Is an ideally suited scientific database management system for our start-up biotech" — 5.0/5 > **Stéphane** | *04 February 2018* | Biotechnology | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: In our drug discovery organization, CDD is a central feature for biological data storage, analysis, and reporting. Its intuitive interface requires a minimal learning curve to register compounds, generate assay curve fittings, and produce useful data reports. Numerous built-in options allow additional customization to your projects or your organization. Sharing specific data with collaborators is very easy through the use of readily available links, user-defined collections, and saved searches. We use separate virtual vaults to record, communicate, and assess new design ideas, thanks to a growing list of "calculated chemical properties" offered within CDD Vault. The support team at CDD is exceptionally responsive and helpful, allowing all our requests to be promptly and effectively answered. > > **Cons**: The CDD team is eager to keep improving their product via customer feedback, and thus most of the CONS eventually get resolved over time. One function that we would really benefit from is a temporary "working space", where data could be reviewed and analyzed by the uploading scientist prior to publishing to the main vault for all collaborators to see and use. > > Excellent database management system Web-based platform for rapid data analysis and sharing Fast evaluation of new design ideas Easy export to specialized data visualization applications ----- ### "Great data base but could be better" — 4.0/5 > **Thomas** | *08 July 2020* | Biotechnology | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: I really like how we can customize everything according to our needs. I also really like the ELN (optional) > > **Cons**: I do NOT like at all the graph given by CDD vault. It's not graphic, we can't change anything on it. We will still have to use graphpad prism for the paper/grants figure. > > It's a great software for this price, compared to other software. But they need to improve some aspect of it. ----- ### "CDD gets high marks for design, ease of use, functionality and reliability as a platform" — 5.0/5 > **Dennis** | *11 January 2018* | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Each feature is well thought out, tested (yes tested\!) and documented. The interface is clean and does not overwhelm the end user or admin with unlimited configuration. I have helped deploy this software at over a dozen biotechs and most are up and running in a week. Compare that with a an expensive slow deployment of most other drug discovery platforms. Loading data into the system is quite easy and reliable with "error" and "warning" messages which are descriptive. Searching for and viewing data also gets high marks. From an admin perspective I find the system to have very low overhead. > > **Cons**: There is not a lot I dislike about CDD, most items are addressed by the development team via a request. If I had to pick something it would probably be updating DRC data (specifically DRC) which has already been processed by end users. Ultimately this can be a bit cumbersome as you can either update in the CDD interface which is not quite perfect for editing this data OR you can reload the data. Reloading the data is less than desirable so it would be great if the interface undergoes some renovations. ----- ### "As a bioinformatician scientist, I find this tool very useful." — 5.0/5 > **Efrat** | *13 February 2018* | Research | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: As a bioinformatician scientist I find this tool very useful. It serves both our biologists and medicinal chemists scientists. The fact that it includes additional outsource valuable resource of information e.g. PDB, Chemogenomics databases assists sometimes in first-step hits characterization. Helps to organize the data coming from different sources e.g. Genedata Flexible tool; you can add your own features such as comments, supplier, synthesis notes etc The Support team should get 13 out of 10 STARS, one of the best support that I got. > > **Cons**: The QC process currently only provide several reports, but I think that professional tools that enables to search the database directly could be better. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/171280/cdd-vault?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/171280/cdd-vault) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | ko | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pl | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | | sv | | ----- ## Structured Data