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Lunit vs Techcyte

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Lunit

Healthcare

FDA cleared and CE marked AI for mammography, tomosynthesis and chest radiography

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Techcyte

Healthcare

AI digital pathology across clinical, veterinary and environmental laboratory disciplines

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The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Lunit the regulatory permission differs by product and by region, and INSIGHT Risk has been filed with the FDA but not cleared, so a buyer who reads a corporate press release rather than the specific clearance for their product and jurisdiction will plan a deployment they cannot legally run.; Techcyte regulatory status runs the opposite way to what most buyers assume: the products are CE marked and clinically deployed in Europe while several United States offerings including Fusion Parasitology are labelled research use only and not for diagnostic use, so an American laboratory must verify each module individually.
  • They diverge on capability: Lunit covers Lunit INSIGHT MMG, Techcyte covers Fusion Parasitology Suite.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lunit and Techcyte actually diverge.

Attributes where Lunit and Techcyte differ
AttributeLunitTechcyte

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web), 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 Lunit

  • Lunit INSIGHT MMG
  • Lunit INSIGHT DBT
  • Lunit INSIGHT CXR
  • Volpara density assessment
  • Volpara RiskPathways
  • Volpara dose tracking
  • PACS and mammography workstation integration

Only in Techcyte

  • Fusion Parasitology Suite
  • Cervical cytology
  • Haematology
  • Urinalysis
  • Bacteriology and mycology
  • Vetcyte
  • Scanner agnostic ingestion
  • Remote review

What people use each for

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

Lunit

  • A national breast screening programme evaluating AI as a second reader to reduce double reading workload where two human readers are currently mandatednot Techcyte
  • A breast centre that moved to tomosynthesis and now has reading times it cannot staff, wanting detection support on DBT specificallynot Techcyte
  • An American breast imaging centre needing automated volumetric density assessment to meet patient density notification requirements, which is what Volpara is bought fornot Techcyte
  • A tuberculosis or lung screening programme in a high volume, radiologist scarce setting using chest radiography triage to prioritise filmsnot Techcyte

Techcyte

  • A clinical laboratory that cannot recruit technologists for high volume manual parasitology screening and needs AI pre screening with human releasenot Lunit
  • A veterinary reference laboratory processing large volumes of faecal and blood smears that wants Vetcyte to triage the normal casesnot Lunit
  • A European laboratory that can deploy the CE marked products clinically, which is where Techcyte regulatory position is strongestnot Lunit
  • An environmental testing laboratory needing consistent microscopy classification across analysts and sitesnot Lunit

Where each one falls short

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

Lunit

  • The regulatory permission differs by product and by region, and INSIGHT Risk has been filed with the FDA but not cleared, so a buyer who reads a corporate press release rather than the specific clearance for their product and jurisdiction will plan a deployment they cannot legally run.
  • Detection AI changes recall rates in screening, and the downstream cost of additional diagnostic workup lands on the programme rather than on the software budget, which is the cost most screening business cases omit.
  • Performance is sensitive to the mammography vendor and acquisition protocol, so published results from a Hologic estate do not transfer to a GE or Siemens estate without local validation the buyer must fund.
  • MMG, DBT and CXR are licensed separately and Volpara modules are separate again, so a breast centre wanting detection, density and risk pathways is assembling four line items rather than buying one product.
  • Using AI as a replacement for one of two human readers is a workforce and liability decision that regulators and professional bodies treat differently in each country, so the saving that justifies the purchase may not be permitted where you operate.

Techcyte

  • Regulatory status runs the opposite way to what most buyers assume: the products are CE marked and clinically deployed in Europe while several United States offerings including Fusion Parasitology are labelled research use only and not for diagnostic use, so an American laboratory must verify each module individually.
  • Slide scanning for parasitology, haematology and cytology needs multi plane imaging that a histology scanner may not produce, so a laboratory that already owns a scanner often has to buy new hardware, which becomes the biggest line in the project.
  • Each discipline is licensed separately, so a laboratory wanting parasitology, urinalysis and haematology assembles three modules and three validation studies rather than buying one platform.
  • AI pre screening does not remove the need for a qualified reviewer to release results, so the staffing saving is in review time per slide, not in headcount, and business cases that assume otherwise do not hold.
  • Techcyte covers a very wide set of disciplines, which means depth varies between them, and the maturity of a newer module is not the maturity of the parasitology or cytology products that made the company its name.

Pricing, plan by plan

Lunit

On request
  • Lunit INSIGHT$undefined/year
    • Priced per study or per annual examination volume by product
    • MMG, DBT and CXR licensed separately
    • Volpara density and RiskPathways modules quoted separately

Techcyte

On request
  • Techcyte$undefined/year
    • Priced per slide or per annual specimen volume by discipline
    • Each discipline module licensed separately
    • Slide scanning hardware bought separately, not included

Which should you pick?

Choose Lunit if

  • You need lunit insight mmg.
  • You also want lunit insight dbt.
Lunit review

Choose Techcyte if

  • You need fusion parasitology suite.
  • You also want cervical cytology.
Techcyte review

Questions people ask

Is Lunit or Techcyte better?
Neither clearly leads. Lunit starts at On request and Techcyte at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lunit or Techcyte?
Lunit starts at On request and Techcyte at On request.
Does Lunit or Techcyte run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Lunit best used for?
Lunit is most often used for a national breast screening programme evaluating ai as a second reader to reduce double reading workload where two human readers are currently mandated, a breast centre that moved to tomosynthesis and now has reading times it cannot staff, wanting detection support on dbt specifically, an american breast imaging centre needing automated volumetric density assessment to meet patient density notification requirements, which is what volpara is bought for, a tuberculosis or lung screening programme in a high volume, radiologist scarce setting using chest radiography triage to prioritise films. Of those, a national breast screening programme evaluating ai as a second reader to reduce double reading workload where two human readers are currently mandated and a breast centre that moved to tomosynthesis and now has reading times it cannot staff, wanting detection support on dbt specifically are not what Techcyte is typically brought in for.
What can Lunit do that Techcyte cannot?
Lunit covers Lunit INSIGHT MMG, Lunit INSIGHT DBT, Lunit INSIGHT CXR, Volpara density assessment. Techcyte covers Fusion Parasitology Suite, Cervical cytology, Haematology, Urinalysis.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Lunit: Is Lunit FDA cleared?

Yes for specific products. INSIGHT MMG, INSIGHT DBT and INSIGHT CXR Triage hold FDA 510(k) clearances. INSIGHT Risk, the five year risk prediction model, has been filed but was not cleared at the time of writing.

Techcyte: Is Techcyte FDA cleared?

Not uniformly. Several United States offerings, including the Fusion Parasitology Suite, are labelled research use only and not for diagnostic use in the United States. Check the regulatory status of each specific module for your country before purchase.

Lunit: Can Lunit replace a second human reader in screening?

That depends entirely on your jurisdiction and professional body guidance, not on the software. The CE mark permits clinical use; it does not authorise a workforce model.

Techcyte: Can we use it clinically in Europe?

Techcyte solutions are CE marked and clinically deployed across Europe, which is where its regulatory position is strongest. Confirm the current certificate for the specific module.

Lunit: What did the Volpara acquisition add?

Volumetric breast density measurement, dose tracking and RiskPathways high risk programme management, which are the things American breast centres buy for density notification compliance rather than for detection.

Techcyte: Does it eliminate the need for a technologist?

No. AI pre screens and prioritises, but a qualified reviewer still releases results. The saving is in review time per slide.

Lunit: Is pricing published?

No. It is quoted per study or per annual volume, by product, with on premises and cloud priced differently.

Techcyte: Do we need a specific scanner?

Techcyte works with several scanner vendors, but disciplines such as parasitology and haematology need multi plane imaging that many histology scanners cannot produce, so confirm hardware compatibility early.

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