Table 2.
Comparison of RASflow with the other workflows published between 2017 and 2019
| workflow | quality control | organism | mapping reference | workflow for DEA ∗ | hardware requirement | installation | programming requirement | year | ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RASflow | yes | all | genome transcriptome | GB & TB | low | easy | low | 2020 | NA |
| UTAP | yes | 5 | genome | GB | high | easy | low | 2019 | [12] |
| ARMOR | yes | all | genome transcriptome | TB | high | easy | low | 2019 | [13] |
| VIPER | yes | 2 | genome | GB | high | easy | low | 2018 | [14] |
| BioJupies | no | 2 | genome | GB | low | web application | low | 2018 | [15] |
| hppRNA | yes | 2 | genome transcriptome | GB & TB | low | medium | medium | 2018 | [16] |
| aRNApipe | yes | all | genome | GB | high | hard | high | 2017 | [17] |
| RNACocktail | no | all | genome transcriptome | GB & TB | low | hard | high | 2017 | [18] |
*GB: genome based — gene/transcript quantification and DEA based on reads mapped to a genome; TB: transcriptome based