| Method | %MAF | Err. Rate | TAT | Cost-per-Sample |
| Sanger sequencing | 10–20% | 10−1 | 1 day | low |
| Quantitative PCR (qPCR) | 5–10% | 10−3–10−2 | 3–5 h | very low |
| NGS (amplicon based) | 1% | 10−3–10−2 | 2–3 days | medium |
| NGS (hybrid capture based) | 0.1% | 10−3–10−2 | 3–5 days | high |
| Allele specific PCR (ARMS) | 0.1% | 10−3 | 3–5 h | low |
| NGS (with UMI) | 0.01% | 10−5 | 4–7 days | very high |
| Droplet-digital PCR | 0.01% | 10−4 | 6–8 h | low |