Table 4:
Computing resources for bioinformatics projects
| Provider | Access Model | Restrictions |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services | Paid | |
| Bionimbus Protected Data Cloud | Research allocation | Users with eRA commons account |
| Cyverse Atmosphere | Free with limits | Storage and compute hours |
| EGI federated cloud | Access by contact | European partner countries |
| Galaxy | Free with storage limits | Data storage limits |
| Google Cloud Platform | Paid | |
| Google Colab | Free | Computational notebooks, no resource guarantees |
| Microsoft Azure | Paid | |
| NSF XSEDE | Research allocation | USA researchers or collaborators |
| Open Science Data Cloud | Research allocation | |
| Wasabi | Paid | Data storage solution only |
Bioinformatics projects often require additional computing resources. If a local or university-run high-performance computing cluster is not available, computing resources are available via a number of grant-based or commercial providers.