Universities need to benchmark their research performance for strategic planning purposes. While numerous university ranking systems exist, they do not provide information in a form suitable for use in planning. Some benchmarking systems are commercially available, but at a cost that prices them out of reach of many universities, particularly in developing countries The Mahidol University Research Benchmarking System (MURBS) is designed to address these issues. MURBS provides flexible analytical functions with combined with detail level analyses. It provides a powerful and intuitive user interface that enables users to quickly explore the data and answer key questions.