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Gleamer vs Sysmex

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Gleamer

Healthcare

CE marked and FDA cleared imaging AI suite for bone trauma and chest, now owned by RadNet

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Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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Sysmex

Healthcare

Haematology and urinalysis analysers sold with the middleware that decides which results a scientist ever sees

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Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Gleamer radNet, an imaging provider that competes with many independent Gleamer customers, now owns the company and also owns the competing DeepHealth AI portfolio, so roadmap and pricing priorities are an open question for non-RadNet buyers.; Sysmex the middleware is not realistically separable from the instrument contract, so a laboratory that likes Caresphere but wants another vendor analyser has no clean path to buying just the software.
  • They diverge on capability: Gleamer covers BoneView, Sysmex covers Caresphere autovalidation.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Gleamer and Sysmex actually diverge.

Attributes where Gleamer and Sysmex differ
AttributeGleamerSysmex
PlatformsWeb, Cloud, On-premiseWeb, Windows, On-premise

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Healthcare).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Gleamer

  • BoneView
  • ChestView
  • BoneAge
  • BoneMetrics
  • LungCT and BoneCT
  • BreastView
  • Pixyl.Neuro
  • Gleamer Copilot

Only in Sysmex

  • Caresphere autovalidation
  • Delta and moving average QC
  • WAM rule sets
  • Fleet telemetry
  • Reagent inventory tracking
  • Extended white cell parameters
  • LIS interfacing
  • Multi-site harmonisation

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Gleamer

  • An emergency department where junior doctors read plain films before radiology review and missed fractures are a recurring incident themenot Sysmex
  • An urgent care network standardising musculoskeletal reading quality across sites with variable radiology covernot Sysmex
  • A paediatric service automating bone age assessment to remove a slow manual atlas comparisonnot Sysmex
  • An orthopaedic service that needs automated limb alignment and measurement before surgical planning rather than manual measurement on the workstationnot Sysmex

Sysmex

  • A hospital network standardising full blood count reporting across six laboratories so a result released at a district hospital carries the same rules as the tertiary centrenot Gleamer
  • A pathology group trying to raise autovalidation rates to absorb rising demand without recruiting more biomedical scientistsnot Gleamer
  • A blood sciences service consolidating haematology, coagulation and urinalysis onto one middleware layer to remove three separate QC workflowsnot Gleamer
  • A laboratory running 24 hour service that needs remote analyser telemetry so an overnight fault is triaged before the morning shift arrivesnot Gleamer

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Gleamer

  • RadNet, an imaging provider that competes with many independent Gleamer customers, now owns the company and also owns the competing DeepHealth AI portfolio, so roadmap and pricing priorities are an open question for non-RadNet buyers.
  • The measured benefit is largest for less experienced readers, so a specialist musculoskeletal service will see far less improvement than the published reader studies suggest.
  • Cleared indications differ per module and per market, and the FDA cleared set is narrower than the CE marked European set, so an American buyer cannot rely on European reference sites.
  • Each additional module adds alert volume into the same worklist, and departments running several Gleamer algorithms report needing local threshold tuning to keep radiologist trust.
  • Pricing is per exam and not published, which makes budgeting difficult for an emergency department whose plain film volume swings seasonally.

Sysmex

  • The middleware is not realistically separable from the instrument contract, so a laboratory that likes Caresphere but wants another vendor analyser has no clean path to buying just the software.
  • Reagent rental agreements set a minimum annual test volume, and a laboratory whose activity falls after a service reconfiguration keeps paying against a floor it no longer reaches.
  • Regulatory clearance is granted per parameter and per region, so a flag or extended parameter that a European laboratory relies on may not be released for clinical use on the same analyser in the United States.
  • Interfacing to a non-Sysmex laboratory information system is a project, not a configuration step, and integration effort is often quoted separately from the instrument contract.
  • Autovalidation rule sets are configured locally, so the gains depend entirely on whether the laboratory has the clinical governance capacity to write, validate and audit those rules; buying the software does not deliver the saving on its own.

Pricing, plan by plan

Gleamer

On request
  • Gleamer Copilot$undefined/year
    • Priced per exam analysed or as an annual volume subscription
    • Modules licensed individually or bundled as Copilot
    • Cleared and CE marked indication differs per module and per market

Sysmex

On request
  • Reagent rental or cost per reportable result contract$undefined/year
    • Analyser hardware, reagents, service and Caresphere middleware bundled into a price per test
    • Five to seven year term typical
    • Minimum annual test volume commitment

Which should you pick?

Choose Gleamer if

  • You need boneview.
  • You work on Web, Cloud, On-premise.
  • You also want chestview.
Gleamer review

Choose Sysmex if

  • You need caresphere autovalidation.
  • You work on Web, Windows, On-premise.
  • You also want delta and moving average qc.
Sysmex review

Questions people ask

Is Gleamer or Sysmex better?
Neither clearly leads. Gleamer starts at On request and Sysmex at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Gleamer or Sysmex?
Gleamer starts at On request and Sysmex at On request.
Does Gleamer or Sysmex run on more platforms?
Gleamer runs on Web, Cloud, On-premise. Sysmex runs on Web, Windows, On-premise.
What is Gleamer best used for?
Gleamer is most often used for an emergency department where junior doctors read plain films before radiology review and missed fractures are a recurring incident theme, an urgent care network standardising musculoskeletal reading quality across sites with variable radiology cover, a paediatric service automating bone age assessment to remove a slow manual atlas comparison, an orthopaedic service that needs automated limb alignment and measurement before surgical planning rather than manual measurement on the workstation. Of those, an emergency department where junior doctors read plain films before radiology review and missed fractures are a recurring incident theme and an urgent care network standardising musculoskeletal reading quality across sites with variable radiology cover are not what Sysmex is typically brought in for.
What can Gleamer do that Sysmex cannot?
Gleamer covers BoneView, ChestView, BoneAge, BoneMetrics. Sysmex covers Caresphere autovalidation, Delta and moving average QC, WAM rule sets, Fleet telemetry.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Gleamer: Who owns Gleamer?

RadNet agreed to acquire Gleamer in February 2026 for around two hundred and fifteen million euros upfront. RadNet also owns DeepHealth, a competing AI portfolio.

Sysmex: Can I buy Caresphere without Sysmex analysers?

Not in practice. It is licensed as part of the instrument and reagent agreement, and its value depends on Sysmex-specific parameters and flags.

Gleamer: Is BoneView FDA cleared?

Yes, BoneView holds 510(k) clearance including for paediatric fracture detection, but the cleared finding set is narrower than the CE marked indication in Europe.

Sysmex: Is Sysmex software FDA cleared?

Clearance attaches to the analysers and to individual reported parameters, not to the middleware as a whole. Check the specific parameter and the specific market, because clearances differ between the United States, Europe and Japan.

Gleamer: What does the evidence actually show?

Multi-reader studies reported improved reader sensitivity for fracture detection and fewer false negatives, with the gain concentrated among less experienced readers in emergency settings.

Sysmex: How is it priced?

Per reportable result, or as a reagent rental with a minimum annual volume. There is no per user or per seat price.

Gleamer: Can I buy just BoneView?

Yes, modules are licensed individually, though the commercial pitch is now the Copilot bundle across modalities.

Sysmex: What is the contract length?

Typically five to seven years, aligned to instrument depreciation, with reagent pricing fixed or indexed over the term.

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