Table 1.

Comparison of single cell sequencing platforms and costs (modified from (Ziegenhain et al., 2017))

Method	Cell Number per Group*	Minimal Cost ($)
CEL-seq2/C1	85/100/110	~2,420/2,310/2,250
Drop-seq	99/135/254	~1,010/700/690
MARS-seq	110/135/160	~1,380/1,030/820
SCRB-seq	64/90/166	~900/810/1,080
Smart-seq/C1	150/172/215	~9,010/9,440/11,290
Smart-seq2 (commercial Tn5)	95/105/128	~10,470/11,040/13,160
Smart-seq2 (in-house Tn5)	95/105/128	~1,520/1,160/1,090

^*Cell groups listed for sequencing depth of 1, 0.5, and 0.25 million reads.