Table 2.
Comparison of applications for metagenome analysis
| MGX | MG-RAST | IMG/M | EBI Metagenomics | CloVR | CyVerse | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality control | x | x | x | x | – | x |
| Taxonomic/functional profiling | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Assembly support | – | (x)a | (x)a, b | (x)a | – | x |
| Charts/visualizations | x | x | x | x | x | – |
| Custom pipelines | x | – | – | – | – | x |
| User-provided databases | x | – | – | – | – | x |
| Fragment recruitment | x | – | – | – | – | – |
| Free of charge | x | x | x | x | (−)c | x |
aSupports analysis of preassembled data
bSubmission restricted to assembled data
cNo cost to run standalone virtual machine, but typical metagenome sizes will require additional compute resources on Amazon EC2