Sequencing cost calculator
Turn your own quoted run price into cost per sample, per Gb and per genome. All prices are your inputs — no vendor pricing is built in or implied.
How it works
Formula
cost per sample = run price ÷ samples; cost per Gb = run price ÷ total Gb; cost per genome = cost per Gb × genome size (Gb). Every input is your own number.
Worked example
A run priced at 10,000 producing 1,000 Gb across 50 samples: 10,000 ÷ 50 = 200 per sample; 10,000 ÷ 1,000 = 10 per Gb; × 3.2 Gb (human) = 32 per genome-equivalent of data.
When to use it
To compare quotes, allocate budget across samples, or sanity-check a per-sample price before committing to a run or platform.
Sensible defaults
The defaults are illustrative round numbers in no particular currency. Pricing is entirely user-supplied — seqrun embeds no vendor prices, which go stale quickly. Replace every field with your own quote.
FAQ
- Which currency does this use?
- Whatever you enter. The tool is unit-agnostic: outputs are in the same currency as the run price you type in.
- Why no built-in platform prices?
- Sequencing prices change constantly and vary by region, contract and volume. Hardcoding them would mislead, so the tool only ever uses the price you supply.