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What is Vara

Vara is your AI research copilot for wet-lab scientists. Both manage your own experiments — log, tune, reproduce — and turn a paper, an AI-drafted protocol, or an SOP into a runnable experiment in one step.

What Vara does

  • Import plans from external AI — generate a plan in ChatGPT / DeepSeek / Claude in Vara's prompt format, paste it back, and parse it into an experiment in one click — no cold-start entry.
  • Import protocols — upload a PDF, image, or SOP and break it into parameterized, executable steps.
  • Reproduce from literature — drop in a paper; AI extracts the method and cites the source location.
  • Parameter engine — change one variable (cell count / MOI / concentration) and dependent downstream steps recalculate deterministically, not by AI guessing.
  • Source-confidence labels — every AI-extracted field is marked explicit / partial / inferred / missing for you to verify before running.
  • Full experiment loop — plan → build → execute → record → review → iterate, with AI-assisted failure review.
  • 10-discipline reproduction — content focused on wet-lab disciplines: life science, biology, chemistry.
  • Clients + APIs — Web and macOS, a home-screen web app for iPhone and Android (native mobile apps coming soon), with MCP and API access, plus bring-your-own-key (BYOK).
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What's in this help center

  • Getting Started — what Vara is, 5-minute quickstart, core concepts
  • Guides — import & parse, review, parameters, reproduce, result figures, materials, library, daily plan, team collaboration, export
  • Vara AI Assistant — chat context, models, memory, action cards
  • Reference — models & quota, pricing & limits
  • Account & Settings — sign-in, beta Pro, language, data safety
  • Help — FAQ, troubleshooting, changelog

By the numbers (as of July 2026)

1,000+
beta researchers
900+
real experiments created
Over half
of users built their first experiment
~800
plans / protocols / papers parsed

What users say

One wet-lab researcher reported about 60% fewer trial-and-error and repeated runs after managing and reproducing experiments in Vara.

Beta in progress. Pro ($6/month) and Pro+ ($19/month) are available on the pricing page, and you can still get 30–90 days of Pro for free via the survey or an invite code. Available on the web and macOS, plus a home-screen web app for phones.