Table 3.

Comparison of CSI NGS Portal to other NGS data analysis platforms.

Platform Name	Number of Pipelines/ NGS Data Types	Full Pipelines	Data Visualisation	Data Sharing	Custom Workflow Building	Code Availability	Local Installation	Registration/Login
CSI NGS Portal	16 a	Yes	Static f	Yes	No	Pipeline level	In progress	Not required
Galaxy	Multiple b	No	Dynamic	Yes	Yes	Source level	Yes	Required
Maser	7 c	Yes	Dynamic	Yes	Limited	No	No	Required
RAP	1 d	Yes	Static	No	No	No	No	Required
miRMaster	1 e	Yes	Static	No	No	No	No	Not required

Features common to all platforms such as user data upload, results download, job log, pipelines documentation, etc. are omitted, and commercially available or paid platforms are excluded from the comparison. ^a DNA-Seq, RNA-Seq, Diff-Exp, Pathway-Enrichment, RNA-Editing, smallRNA, 4C-Seq, ChIP-Seq, RIP-Seq, SHAPE-Seq, rMATS, circRNA, eCLIP-Seq, Bisulfite-Seq, scRNA-Seq, ngsplot-deepTools; ^b Pipelines are available as workflows for different data types; ^c RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, Bisulfite-Seq, Exome-Seq, De novo genome sequencing, Metagenome, CAGE/SAGE-Seq; ^d RNA-Seq; ^e miRNA-Seq; ^f Diverse plots in pdf format, comprehensive interactive html reports, links to IGV and UCSC track hubs are provided depending on the pipeline and accessible via single clicks on the browser.