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. 2022 Jun 1;13(7):1016–1029. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00662

Table 1. Various Commercial Software Tools Available for Cheminformatics (CI)-Based and Structure-Based Drug Design (SBDD).

vendor application CI SBDD main function Web site
Schrödinger Maestro7   workhorse platform for all-purpose molecular modeling https://www.schrodinger.com/maestro
AutoQSAR8   automated creation and application of predictive QSAR models https://www.schrodinger.com/autoqsar
ConfGen9   accurate and efficient bioactive conformational searching https://www.schrodinger.com/confgen
Desmond10   high-performance MD simulations https://www.schrodinger.com/desmond
FEP+11   high-performance free energy calculations for drug discovery https://www.schrodinger.com/fep
Glide12   solution for ligand–receptor docking https://www.schrodinger.com/glide
Induced Fit13   fast and accurate prediction of ligand-induced changes in receptor active sites https://www.schrodinger.com/induced-fit
LigPrep14   versatile generation of accurate 3D molecular models https://www.schrodinger.com/ligprep
MacroModel15   molecular modeling platform https://www.schrodinger.com/macromodel
Phase16   easy-to-use pharmacophore modeling solution for ligand- and structure-based drug design https://www.schrodinger.com/phase
PyMOL17   high-performance molecular graphics platform for 3D visualization https://www.schrodinger.com/pymol
QSite18   high-performance QM/MM program https://www.schrodinger.com/qsite
Shape Screening19   VLS using 3D shape-based similarity https://www.schrodinger.com/shape-screening
Core Hopping20   comprehensive ligand- and receptor-based scaffold exploration tool for lead optimization https://www.schrodinger.com/core-hopping
e-Pharmacophores21   energetically optimized structure-based pharmacophores https://www.schrodinger.com/e-pharmacophores
Field-Based QSAR22 discover and optimize new lead compounds using quantitative predictions of binding-site chemistry https://www.schrodinger.com/field-based-qsar
Jaguar23   rapid ab initio QM electronic structure package https://www.schrodinger.com/jaguar
LiveDesign24 next-generation platform for collaborative drug design https://www.schrodinger.com/livedesign/drug-discovery
QikProp25   rapid ADME prediction of drug candidates https://www.schrodinger.com/qikprop
WaterMap26   solution for desolvation thermodynamics https://www.schrodinger.com/watermap
SiteMap27   fast, accurate, and practical binding site predictor https://www.schrodinger.com/sitemap
Canvas28   comprehensive cheminformatics computing environment https://www.schrodinger.com/canvas
EPIK29   fast and robust pKa predictions https://www.schrodinger.com/epik
CovDock30   work-flow for pose prediction for covalently bound ligands https://www.schrodinger.com/covdock
 
Cresset Forge31 ligand-based workbench for molecular design and SAR analysis https://www.cresset-group.com/software/forge/
Activity Atlas32   component of Forge for SAR interpretation and visualization https://www.cresset-group.com/software/forge-activity-atlas/
Activity Miner32   component of Forge to find and understand activity cliffs https://www.cresset-group.com/software/forge-activity-miner/
FieldTemplater32 component of Forge to generate the most accurate field pharmacophores available https://www.cresset-group.com/software/field-templater/
Flare33   protein–ligand analysis platform for advanced SBDD https://www.cresset-group.com/software/flare/
Spark32 scaffold hopping and R-group replacement for innovative molecular design https://www.cresset-group.com/software/spark/
Blaze34   ligand-based virtual screening https://www.cresset-group.com/software/blaze/
PickR32   advanced electrostatic diversity monomer selection tool for library design https://www.cresset-group.com/software/pickr/
Lead Finder35   high-throughput docking and scoring for VLS https://www.cresset-group.com/software/lead-finder/
Torx32   next-generation platform for smallmolecules team-working and collaboration https://www.cresset-group.com/software/torx/
 
Open-Eye cheminformatics tool kits
FastROCS TK36   real-time shape similarity for VLS, lead hopping, and shape clustering https://www.eyesopen.com/molecular-modeling-fastrocs
OEChem TK40   core chemistry handling and representation https://www.eyesopen.com/oechem-tk
OEDepict TK   2D molecule rendering and depiction https://www.eyesopen.com/oedepict-tk
Grapheme TK   Advanced molecule rendering and report generation https://www.eyesopen.com/grapheme-tk
GraphSim TK41   2D molecular similarity (e.g., fingerprints) https://www.eyesopen.com/graphsim-tk
Lexichem TK42   name-to-structure and structure-to-name translator https://www.eyesopen.com/lexichem-tk
MolProp TK   molecular property calculation and filtering https://www.eyesopen.com/molprop-tk
Quacpac TK43   tautomer enumeration and charge assignment https://www.eyesopen.com/quacpac-tk
MedChemTK   matched molecular pair analysis, fragmentation, and molecular complexity metrics https://www.eyesopen.com/oemedchem-tk
modeling tool kits
OEDocking TK44   molecular docking and scoring https://www.eyesopen.com/oedocking-tk
Omega TK45   conformer generation https://www.eyesopen.com/omega-tk
Shape TK46   3D shape description, manipulators, and interrogation https://www.eyesopen.com/shape-tk
Spicoli TK   surface generation, manipulation, and interrogation https://www.eyesopen.com/spicoli-tk
Szmap TK   understanding water interactions in binding sites https://www.eyesopen.com/szmap-tk
Zap TK47   calculate Poisson–Boltzmann electrostatic potentials https://www.eyesopen.com/zap-tk
Szybki TK48   general purpose optimization with MMFF94 https://www.eyesopen.com/szybki-tk
Orion cloud-based platform to develop custom computational drug discovery workflows and visualizations https://www.eyesopen.com/orion
 
BioSolve-IT SeeSAR49 visual compound prioritization and evolution; structure-based design work supporting MPO; visualize binding affinity at interfaces https://www.biosolveit.de/SeeSAR/
infiniSee50   finds molecules chemically similar to given molecule or template; navigates through “almost infinite space” and employs FTrees technology https://www.biosolveit.de/infiniSee/
FlexX51   structure-based docking; binding mode prediction https://www.biosolveit.de/FlexX/
HYDE52 structure-based scoring; compound classification https://www.biosolveit.de/HYDE/
FlexS53 ligand-based alignment in 3D; prep for 3D QSAR; find scaffold/compound mimics; virtual screening https://www.biosolveit.de/FlexS/
FTrees54   ligand-based similarity; fuzzy matching to detect novel molecular scaffolds https://www.biosolveit.de/FTrees/
ReCore54   fragment-based; replace central elements in known bioactive molecules to create new custom 3D scaffold https://www.biosolveit.de/ReCore/
FTrees-FS54   combinatorial fragment space extension module for FTrees; builds up compounds from fragments while still comparing and searching for similarity https://www.biosolveit.de/products/#FTrees
CoLibri54   toolkit for chemical space exploration; generate chemical space; focus on synthetically accessible entities https://www.biosolveit.de/CoLibri/
REAL Space Navigator   collaboration with Enamine, “world’s largest, ultrafast” searchable chemical space; 13 billion compounds https://www.biosolveit.de/REALSpaceNavigator/
GalaXi   explore chemical space commercially available on demand from Wuxi https://www.biosolveit.de/2019/10/10/launch-of-galaxi/
KnowledgeSpace   virtual chemical space containing 100+ literature reactions to produce likely synthetically accessible compounds https://www.biosolveit.de/CoLibri/spaces.html
 
Dotmatics Browser   searching and browsing across all corporate scientific databases https://www.dotmatics.com/products/browser
D40   “Dotmatics for Microsoft Office” connector to integrate with Microsoft Office suite https://www.dotmatics.com/products
Blueprint   Web-based platform for visualization and scientific data analysis for small-molecule design https://www.dotmatics.com/products/blueprint
Vortex   chemically intuitive data visualization and analysis’ expansion on the “spreadsheet”; can do statistical analysis and create visualizations https://www.dotmatics.com/products/vortex/
 
Discngine Assay   design and manage cellular, molecular, and high-content screening campaigns https://www.discngine.com/assay
3Decision   store, analyze, and share protein–ligand structures, sequences, and associated data https://3decision.discngine.com/
Chemistry Collection   generate and visualize scaffold networks, perform molecular fragmentation, or use Pharmacophore Graph to design matched molecule pairs analysis https://www.discngine.com/chemistry-collection
Network Collection   represent, manage, and analyze complex network structures using advanced graph theory https://www.discngine.com/network-collection
 
Optibrium Stardrop   small-molecule design, optimization, and data analysis; can do predictive modeling and QSAR https://www.optibrium.com/stardrop/stardrop-features.php
Asteris   iPad app for drug discovery https://www.asteris-app.com/
Ocura   load and browse molecular structures; data viewer https://www.optibrium.com/ocura/
 
TIBCO Spotfire   AI-powered search-driven experience; built-in data wrangling and advanced analytics https://www.tibco.com/products/tibco-spotfire
TIBCO Data Science   share and deploy analytics models across organizations for increased collaboration https://www.tibco.com/products/data-science
 
Dassault Systemes Biovia Pipeline Pilot   data pipelining tool for creating simple as well as advanced workflows for various data science initiatives such as cheminformatics, bioinformatics, ML, etc. https://www.3ds.com/products-services/biovia/products/data-science/pipeline-pilot/
Discovery Studio   data pipelining tool for advanced 3D design such as molecular mechanics, free energy calculations, biotherapeutics developability, and more in a common environment https://www.3ds.com/products-services/biovia/products/molecular-modeling-simulation/biovia-discovery-studio/
 
CCDC mercury   knowledge-based geometry and interaction preferences https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/mercury/
GOLD   protein–ligand docking https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/solutions/csd-discovery/components/gold/
CSD-CrossMiner   discovery-oriented data mining of protein and small-molecule crystal structures https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/solutions/csd-discovery/components/csd-crossminer
SuperStar   knowledge-based pharmacophore prediction https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/solutions/csd-discovery/components/superstar/
CSD Python API   Python-based programmatic access to the tools https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/solutions/csd-materials/components/csd-python-api/
Mogul   knowledge-based library of molecular geometry derived from the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/solutions/csd-system/components/mogul/
 
CCG Molecular Operating Environment (MOE)55   integrated computer-aided molecular design platform; includes 3D visualization, structure-based design, SAR explorer, data modeling, virtual screening, simulations, QSAR, etc. for small molecules as well as antibody–drug conjugates and biologics https://www.chemcomp.com/Products.htm
MOESaic55   allows small-molecule SAR analysis such as MMPs, R-group, etc. https://www.chemcomp.com/Products.htm#MOEsaic-SAR_Explorer
PSILO55   data repository and visualization application to store curated RCSB protein structures, pocket similarity, and other features for data analysis https://www.chemcomp.com/Products.htm#PSILO-Structure_Database
 
Medchemica MCPairs   AI/ML-based SAR analysis application to generate match pairs and new ideas https://www.medchemica.com/products/
 
ChemAlive ConstruQt   high-throughput quantum chemistry for molecular design; allows automated library-scale deployment of quantum chemical calculations https://www.chemalive.com/construqt/
 
CDD Vault CDD Vault   informatics platform; molecular/data viewing and browsing https://www.collaborativedrug.com/benefits/
 
BioSymetrics Augusta   biomedical-specific ML framework; drug discovery through small-molecule activity prediction https://www.biosymetrics.com/products/moa-prediction/
 
Eidogen Sertanty Target Informatics Platform (TIP)   interrogate the druggable genome from a structural perspective; bridge the gap between bio- and cheminformatics https://www.eidogen.com/tip.php
TIP Calculation Engine (STRUCTFAST, SiteSeeker, SiteSorter, SLiC)   structure determination; binding site annotation; similarity assessment https://www.eidogen.com/tae.php
Eidogen Visualization Environment (EVE)   visualize and compare small-molecule binding sites of targets of interest https://www.eidogen.com/eve.php
Oncology Knowledgebase (OKB)   database of structure–activity data across targets of oncological interest https://www.eidogen.com/oncologykb.php
Kinase Knowledgebase (KKB)   database of kinase structure–activity and chemical synthesis data https://www.eidogen.com/kinasekb.php
ChIP   algorithm-driven enumeration engine for automated generation of medicinally relevant, novel molecules with proven synthetic access https://www.eidogen.com/chip.php
 
VeraChem VM2   software package for molecular-binding free energy calculations http://www.verachem.com/products/vm2
VConf   2D-to-3D small-molecule conversion http://www.verachem.com/products/vconf
VCharge   accurate partial atomic charges of drug-like molecules http://www.verachem.com/products/vcharge
VFilter analyze ensembles of molecular conformations and remove repeats http://www.verachem.com/products/vfilter
Vrms provides symmetry-corrected root-mean-square deviation between molecular conformers https://www.verachem.com/products/vrms/
VDisplay   3D molecular viewer https://www.verachem.com/products/vdisplay/
 
NextMove Arthor56   fast, state-of-the-art substructure and chemical similarity search capabilities for ultra-large databases of 100s of millions of compounds, using SMARTS optimization, Just-In-Time compilation, and/or GPUs https://www.nextmovesoftware.com/arthor.html
Matsy57   set of tools for creating and analyzing matched molecular series (the general form of MMPS); In particular, can be used to suggest what compound to make next in a med-chem program https://www.nextmovesoftware.com/matsy.html
MPSearch57   rapidly searches a database to find matched pairs related to a query molecule This type of search is used to explore previous medicinal chemistry strategies https://www.nextmovesoftware.com/mpsearch.html
Patsy58   speed up SMARTS pattern matching by creating optimized SMARTS patterns of source code; speed gains are particularly large when multiple SMARTS patterns are matched against a single structure https://www.nextmovesoftware.com/patsy.html
SmallWorld59   index of chemical space based on more than 230 billion substructures; can be used to measure similarity based on graph-edit distance, find the maximum common subgraph of two or more molecules, analyze HTS results, and more https://www.nextmovesoftware.com/smallworld.html
CaffeineFix60   rapidly match chemical names or terms against a dictionary of grammar (e.g., a grammar for IUPAC names); use in text mining; can be used to provide autocomplete functionality and spell-correction https://www.nextmovesoftware.com/caffeinefix.html
LeadMine61   extracts chemical names and terms from text; incorporates CaffeineFix technology to find terms that match appropriate dictionaries or grammars; has enhanced functionality to handle patent literature https://www.nextmovesoftware.com/leadmine.html
Casandra62   server for delivering real-time safety warning of experimental hazards straight to pharmaceutical ELNs https://www.nextmovesoftware.com/casandra.html
HazELNut63   suite of tools used to extract, normalize, and analyze information in ELNs; can be used to implement a search interface, find/eliminate duplicates, find similar reactions, etc. https://www.nextmovesoftware.com/hazelnut.html
NameRxn64   used to classify and name reactions; particularly useful in the context of ELN analysis but also as a plug-in to chemical drawing software; builds on NextMove Patsy technology https://www.nextmovesoftware.com/namerxn.html
Pistachio65   reaction dataset browser providing loading, querying, and analytics of chemical reactions; with over 9 million chemical reactions extracted from U.S. and EPO patents, it demonstrates an AI interface to faceted (structure) search https://www.nextmovesoftware.com/pistachio.html
 
Alvascience alvaMolecule   visual analytics platform allowing users to standardize and organize chemistry project data https://www.alvascience.com/alvamolecule/
alvaModel   build and deploy QSAR/QSPR regression models; consists of two pieces of software: alvaModel and alvaRunner https://www.alvascience.com/alvamodel/
alvaDesc   allows calculation of over 5000 0D/1D/2D/3D molecular descriptors https://www.alvascience.com/alvadesc/
alvaBuilder   molecule design platform utilizing user-selected property criteria https://www.alvascience.com/alvabuilder/
 
Datagrok Datagrok for Cheminformatics   chemistry data visualization and analytics; provides a structure/substructure search as well as mechanism to build ML models https://datagrok.ai/cheminformatics
 
Molsoft ICM Chemist Pro   allows scientists to draw and edit chemicals, create and view chemical spreadsheets, and perform chemical searching, chemical clustering, and many other routine cheminformatics functionalities https://www.molsoft.com/icm-chemist-pro.html
ICM Pro   desktop software environment for high-quality protein structure analysis, modeling, and docking https://www.molsoft.com/icm_pro.html