CLC Main Workbench Alternatives

CLC Main Workbench is described as 'QIAGEN CLC Main Workbench is ideal for DNA, RNA, & protein sequence data analysis with a wide variety of features, no advanced computer skills required! The workbench is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to CLC Main Workbench for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and SaaS apps. The best CLC Main Workbench alternative is Chromas, which is free. Other great apps like CLC Main Workbench are BioEdit, Genophore, Benchling and UGENE.

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  1. Chromas icon
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    Two software applications are available from Technelysium: Chromas and ChromasPro.

    27 Chromas alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Chromas is the most popular Windows alternative to CLC Main Workbench.

    • Chromas is the most popular free alternative to CLC Main Workbench.

    • Chromas is Freemium and ProprietaryCLC Main Workbench is Paid and Proprietary
  2. BioEdit icon
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    BioEdit is a biological sequence alignment editor written for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/7. An intuitive multiple document interface with convenient features makes alignment and manipulation of sequences relatively easy on your desktop computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Genophore icon
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    Genophore is an application for searching and designing proteins. It also provides a suite of bioinformatics utilities and collaboration tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Genophore is the most popular Web-based, SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to CLC Main Workbench.

    • Genophore is Free Personal and ProprietaryCLC Main Workbench is Paid and Proprietary
  4. UGENE icon
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    UGENE is free open-source cross-platform bioinformatics software.

    25 UGENE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • UGENE is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to CLC Main Workbench.

    • UGENE is the most popular Open Source alternative to CLC Main Workbench.

    • UGENE is Free and Open SourceCLC Main Workbench is Paid and Proprietary
  5. Rasmol icon
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    RasMol is a computer program written for molecular graphics visualization intended and used primarily for the depiction and exploration of biological macromolecule structures, such as those found in the Protein Data Bank.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    SnapGene Viewer is revolutionary software that allows molecular biologists to create, browse, and share richly annotated DNA sequence files up to 1 Gb in length.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Clustal X icon
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    Multiple sequence alignment software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. GeneDoc icon
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    A full featured multiple sequence alignment editor, analyser and shading utility for Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. PDRAW32 icon
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    Scientific software for the molecular biologist. Performs virtual DNA cloning, analyses DNA for restriction enzymes, homing enzymes and primer sites, dam and dcm methylation sites, finds and translates open reading frames. Calculates annealing temperatures for PCR.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Ridom TraceEdit is a cross-platform graphical DNA trace viewer and editor. TraceEdit displays the chromatogram files from Applied Biosystems automated sequencers and files in the Staden SCF format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Geneious icon
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    Geneious combines all the major DNA and protein sequence analysis tools into one revolutionary software solution!

    28 Geneious alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Geneious is the most popular commercial alternative to CLC Main Workbench.

    • Geneious is Paid and ProprietaryCLC Main Workbench is also Paid and Proprietary
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