The story
Luke Waddison, a senior ecologist at Wharton, spotted BioSonic on LinkedIn and signed up for the free trial. He handed it to a colleague to test on a real survey night that was already halfway through analysis in Kaleidoscope Pro.
The result was clear enough to make the business case on its own.
The test
One survey night. Same 4,200 files. Two tools.
| Kaleidoscope Pro | BioSonic | |
|---|---|---|
| Data volume | 10.3 GB | 10.3 GB |
| Time to analyse | ~2 h 30 min | ~50 min |
66% less time on the same data. Most of the saving came from BioSonic automatically filtering out ~3,000 noise files.
Scaled to a full season
- 822,729 files across the 2025 season
- ~490 hours estimated in Kaleidoscope
- ~163 hours estimated in BioSonic
- ~327 hours saved per year
At a typical UK rate of ~£65/hour, that’s roughly £21,000 in labour value.
What happened next
Within four weeks, Wharton decided to use BioSonic for their entire 2026 season and the backlog from 2025. The whole team was onboarded in January 2026.
The freed-up hours went back into the work that matters: more detailed assessments, faster reports to clients, and capacity for additional survey contracts.
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