Better Brewing (BB)
We make yeast analysis fast, easy, and affordable to help you make your best beer. Monitor yeast growth when propagating and optimize the repitching process by automatically analyzing yeast cell concentration, viability, and budding count – all in less than a minute.
Step #1 – Select Your Subscription
Need more time to decide? Get our Price List as PDF!
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Basic $896.04 annual subscription fee |
Plus $1 429.56 annual subscription fee |
Enterprise Get an individual offer from us if you need more than 60 analyses per month |
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No. of analyses included per month | 30 | 60 | get an offer based on your needs |
Cost per additional analysis |
$5 |
$2.50 |
individual plan |
Yeast cell concentration analysis | |||
Yeast cell viability analysis | |||
Budding cell recognition | |||
Pitch rate calculator | |||
Multiple accounts | optional | ||
Access to our API | optional | ||
Hardware warranty | 1 year | 1 year | duration of subscription |
30
$5
1 year
60
$2.50
1 year
Enterprise
Get an individual offer from us if you need more than 60 analyses per month
get an offer based on your needs
individual plan
optional
optional
duration of subscription
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Basic $78.60 monthly subscription fee |
Plus $125.40 monthly subscription fee |
Enterprise Get an individual offer from us if you need more than 60 analyses per month |
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No. of analyses included per month | 30 | 60 | get an offer based on your needs |
Cost per additional analysis |
$5 |
$2.50 |
individual plan |
Yeast cell concentration analysis | |||
Yeast cell viability analysis | |||
Budding cell recognition | |||
Pitch rate calculator | |||
Multiple accounts | optional | ||
Access to our API | optional | ||
Hardware warranty | 1 year | 1 year | duration of subscription |
30
$5
1 year
60
$2.50
1 year
get an offer based on your needs
individual plan
optional
optional
duration of subscription
Step #2 – Select Your Hardware
Oculyze Mobile Microscope
Get our patented mobile microscope made in Germany. This setup is best for anybody getting started. Other than the microscope you will also receive everything you need to prepare your sample.
$728
The package includes:
USB Cable Set (1x), Measuring Cylinder (1x), Pasteur Pipettes (10x), Reaction Tubes (10x), Sample Chambers (2x), Syringes (3x), Cleaning Bellows (1x), Cleaning Swabs (5x), Methylene Violet (10ml)
Microscope Camera
In case you already own a classical microscope and a hemocytometer you can also get this adapter to connect it to our app. The camera can be mounted to your microscope either via C-Mount, or via adapter tubes to the occular.
$268
The package includes:
USB Cable Set (1x), Adapter Tube Set (1x), Cleaning Cloth (1x), Methylene Violet (10ml)
Step #3 – Stock up on Consumables (optional)
15 Sample Chambers – Glass
$294
(lasts for about 100 analyses each chamber)
Step #4 – Proceed to Check-Out
(all prices above are excluding taxes and shipping)
Frequently asked questions
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The Oculyze app for operating the microscope is currently only available for Android devices and Amazon Fire Tablets. Unfortunately, some Android devices do not allow connections with an external camera. For more details please check our compatibility overview.
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When you subscribe to one of our monthly subscription plans you have a minimum commitment of 12 months. After that you can cancel your subscription any time.
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All included analyses will expire at the end of the month. There is no option to transfer any unused analyses into following months.
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If you need more analyses within a month than what’s included in your plan we will charge you an extra fee per additional analyses. Those additional analyses will be invoiced the following month.
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You can switch to a larger plan any time. However, the upgrade will only apply starting the following month. Your upgraded plan will have again a minimum commitment of 12 months.
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For monthly payments, you will get an invoice for the subscription fee at the beginning of each month. Additional analyses you have used on top of your plan will be invoiced together with the subscription fee of the following month. For annual payments you will receive the invoice once a year on the date when the plan was started.
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Each microscope comes with one user account. However, our app can be installed on multiple devices and we do not mind if you share one account across your team. In case you work with more than one microscope and you want to manage them within one account, we recommend an enterprise subscription which comes with additional admin accounts. To get your individual enterprise offer please contact us.
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You can only switch to a smaller plan after your minimum commitment has passed. After that you can switch any time. However, the downgrade will only apply starting the following month. Your downgraded plan will have again a minimum commitment of 12 months.
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You have a 30 day trial period which starts on the day of your first analysis or 10 days after shipping. During that period we offer a 100% money back guarantee for the microscope and your subscription. You only need to cover the shipping costs for sending the device back to us.
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Yes, we offer worldwide shipping. However, delivery times may vary depending on your location. For more details please check the estimated shipping times in the check-out.
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For the monthly billing cycle we offer credit cards (MasterCard, Visa, American Express) and PayPal. For the annual billing cycle we offer credit cards (MasterCard, Visa, American Express), PayPal, bank transfer, and SEPA within the European SEPA zone. There is also the option to prepay custom amounts; for this please submit your request via our contact form.
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Yes, we can send you an offer. Please submit your request via our contact form.
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All of our servers are hosted in Germany and therefore covered by European data privacy laws. We also make every effort to protect your data from unauthorized access or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction. In alignment with the European GDPR regulations we also restrict the access to personal data to Oculyze employees and contractors who must know the data in order to process it for us and who are subject to strict confidentiality obligations and may be subject to disciplinary action or terminated if they fail to comply with these obligations For more details please review our data privacy policy.