Table 2. Comparison chart for various coordinate/interval annotation software.
CisGenome | PeakAnalyzer | Galaxy | BEDtools | Segtor | |
Input type | mostly aimed at ChIP-seq coordinates | intervals | intervals | coordinates or intervals | coordinates or intervals |
Platform | GUI | GUI and command line | web | command line | web and command line |
Features | closest and neighboring | closest gene + closest TSS | find closest and overlap | find closest and overlap at a specified range | closest TSS/overlap at multiple specified ranges |
Target database | genes | genes | must be customized | must be customized | genes/can be customized |
Supported Species | limited to a dozen | limited to Human and Mouse only | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Statistics | not readily | not readily | yes | not readily | yes |
A comparison chart for available software/platforms for coordinates/intervals annotation.