Compared · Sequencing.com
Sequencing.com takes any file and keeps it forever. This service takes a file and gives it back read.
Sequencing.com is a platform: free upload of any raw format, free storage, a subscription ladder, a marketplace of apps, an AI chat. On format breadth and storage it wins outright. What it does not sell is one fixed, attributed reading that ends.
Where Sequencing.com wins
Formats. Its terms describe "One Genome Technology", which aligns and calls "paired FASTQ files from whole genome sequencing (WGS) or whole exome sequencing (WES)" and calls from "a BAM, SAM, and/or CRAM file", besides accepting "compatible VCFs, TXT, and CSV files". We do not take a FASTQ at all. If you hold only unaligned reads, Sequencing.com will align them and we will not.
Free upload and storage. "Your raw DNA data files (such as VCF, BAM or FASTQ) are stored free of charge in your Sequencing account. You own your data and access is unlimited." Its Free plan costs $0. A whole-genome read here is €89, and we keep nothing by default.
Breadth at the top tier. Its membership page counts a rare-disease screen of "16,000 conditions" on the Premium and Professional plans and its homepage says "15,000+ diseases, conditions, and traits". Our panel is a few hundred named items. On count it is not close.
Where the two differ
| Sequencing.com | Aimosti | |
|---|---|---|
| Price for a file you own | Free plan $0 with a 100-condition screen; Plus $19/month; Premium $39/month, whole genome required; Professional $129/month, each "annual paid monthly" (its membership page) | €49 chip · €89 whole genome · €109 reads panel, one-time; optional €29/year re-analysis |
| What it reads | FASTQ, BAM, SAM, CRAM, VCF, TXT, CSV (its terms) | Chip exports, VCF, gVCF, BAM, CRAM; no FASTQ |
| What the report is | Genome Explorer, a browser and search engine over your data; a rare-disease screen and health areas by tier; apps from a partner marketplace | Fixed, named panels graded into three evidence tiers, each finding attributed to a pinned source version, plus a one-page clinician hand-off |
| Pharmacogenomics | A "Medications PGx" report and a "Medication & Drug Response" health area; no gene count, guideline source or copy-number statement found on its public pages | CPIC star alleles from a VCF; a 29-gene panel called from reads, CYP2D6 copy number included, per-gene callability measured |
| Where the file goes | "may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country" where it or its providers "maintain facilities"; stored as long as the account is open (its privacy policy) | Processed and stored in Finland; deleted after analysis by default |
| AI | SequencingAI on Premium and Professional; its AI policy says "some of your data, including your raw genetic data" "may be shared with third-party AI services, such as OpenAI", that the feature is "in beta phase" and that most outputs "do not undergo a human review" | None, by design |
| Refunds | "All Genome Plan subscription fees paid are non-refundable" (its refund policy) | Refund terms |
| Entity | Sequencing, Inc., Sioux Falls, South Dakota (its terms) | Aimosti Oy, Finland |
What one fixed read adds to a platform
A platform's answer to "what did this file show" changes with the plan you are on, the apps you install and the week the AI was asked. A read here is one document: the panel is listed before you pay, every finding is attributed to the version of the source it came from, and the report distinguishes what it found from what the file could examine. A variant-only VCF's silence is reported as silence; the aligned reads turn silence into a per-gene coverage figure and carry the pharmacogenes a variant list cannot, CYP2D6 first. Then the file is deleted and you keep the report.
If you want a place to keep a genome and query it for years, Sequencing.com is that place. If you want a second, independent reading of the file it stores, download the VCF and the BAM from your account and bring them here; the two are not in competition for the same job.
Sequencing.com is described from its own public pages as read on 3 September 2026. Prices are quoted as displayed that day, in the currency shown there, and features change. We do not speak for Sequencing.com. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
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