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24 alternatives to MinION

Portable DNA Sequencer

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. MinION launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   MinION▲3

   Portable human DNA sequencer that costs $1,000

   2018 · nanoporetech.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Tinycon▲197

   A small library for manipulating the favicon

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   One Codex ▲67

   The Google For Genomic Data

   2014 · onecodex.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Y Combinator Startups▲159

   An Interactive Database

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   AlphaGenome Atlas▲149

   Google's AI map of every possible human DNA mutation

   Sep 2026 · blog.google · its alternatives →

6. 6
   tinylab▲5

   prototype easier than ever

   2016 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   SCiO▲94

   A pocket molecular sensor for all

   2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

8. 8FA
   Franklin an open source DNA sequence annotation tool▲6

   2016 · franklin.lelab.tailordev.fr · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Minicule▲121

   Use AI to visualize biomedical knowledge

   2025 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    ARRVLS - Alpha-1▲66

    A story about a family and their genetic map

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Tinylab▲5

    Prototype easier than ever

    2016 · robotistan.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Main Street Genome▲62

    Operations research optimization for small businesses

    2014 · moviebarf.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Mini Mammoth▲87

    Powerful research companion from Mammoth

    2015 · mammothhq.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    precisionFDA▲4

    Scientific collaboration for Next-Generation Sequencing

    2015 · precision.fda.gov · its alternatives →

15. 15
    SmidgION▲4

    Smallest human DNA sequencer

    2018 · nanoporetech.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    FamilyTreeDNA▲77

    The largest ancestry DNA database in the world

    2014 · familytreedna.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    LittleBits - the bitLab▲84

    The Marketplace For User-Generated Hardware

    2014 · edu.sphero.com · its alternatives →

18. 18IG
    Instant genetic classification▲8

    2014 · helix.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Biomeme▲63

    DNA diagnostics and disease tracking on your smartphone

    2014 · biomeme.com · its alternatives →

20. 20MF
    Minim – Fast, Flat and File-Based BMS▲8

    2017 · minim.one · its alternatives →

21. 21WA
    Web app for DNA sequence manipulation and PCR Primer design▲40

    Online DNA and Protein Sequence Tools, Alignments, Reverse complement, Translation, Sequence annotation, design Primers

    2017 · genewarrior.com · its alternatives →

22. 22PA
    Protozoa, a micro-app generator▲7

    2017 · guscost.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23JA
    jq, a lightweight commandline JSON processor▲5

    2012 · stedolan.github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24NE
    Nucleotid.es – benchmarking bioinformatics software using docker▲6

    continuous, objective and reproducible evaluation of genome assemblers using docker containers

    2014 · nucleotid.es · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →