Table 4.
Key characteristics of selected platforms
| Platform | Reference | Typing approach | Central instance/ Local instance | Commercial (C)/ Academic (A) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIGSdb | [151] | wg/cgMLST | Both possible | A |
| Bionumerics | http://www.applied-maths.com/applications/wgmlst | wg/cgMLST and SNP | Both possible | C |
| CGE | [152] | cgMLST and SNP | Cloud | A |
| COMPARE | [153] | cgMLST and SNP | Cloud | A |
| Enterobase | [16] | wg/cgMLST and SNP | Cloud | A |
| INNUENDO | [154] | wg/cgMLST | Local | A |
| IRIDA | [155] | wg/cgMLST and SNP | Local | A |
| NCBI Pathogens | [156] | wg/cgMLST and SNP | Cloud | A |
| PathogenWatch | https://pathogen.watch | cgMLST | Cloud | A |
| PATRIC | [68, 150] | SNP | Cloud | A |
| SeqSphere+ | https://www.ridom.de/seqsphere/ | wg/cgMLST | Local | C |