User interfaces employ standard data operation commands and procedures.
Its uses range from professional biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography to collection management and public interfaces. In the Reader version bundled with databases on CD, it is used as a platform for illustrated resources in libraries and schools. CompuStrat runs multiple databases simultaneously, coordinating characterization, biozonation, age range, geographic location, bibliography, ecology, and other attributes that are specific to each group. The number of species, and illustrations, that can be handled is limited only by the capacity of the computer. 140 data channels are available for characterizing each group, together with as many as 20 online image windows per specimen and unlimited offline image inventory.