CLC bio Alternatives

CLC bio is described as 'DNA analysis for the workbench' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to CLC bio for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best CLC bio alternative is Chromas, which is free. Other great apps like CLC bio are BioEdit, Genophore, Geneious and Benchling.

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  1. Chromas icon

    Chromas

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

    27 Chromas alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Chromas is the most popular Windows alternative to CLC bio.

    • Chromas is the most popular free alternative to CLC bio.

    • Chromas is Freemium and ProprietaryCLC bio is Paid and Proprietary
  2. BioEdit icon

    BioEdit

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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.

    28 BioEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Genophore icon

    Genophore

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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)
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    • Genophore is the most popular Web-based, SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to CLC bio.

    • Genophore is Free Personal and ProprietaryCLC bio is Paid and Proprietary
  5. Geneious icon

    Geneious

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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 screenshot 1
     

    • Geneious is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to CLC bio.

    • Geneious is the most popular commercial alternative to CLC bio.

    • Geneious is Paid and ProprietaryCLC bio is also Paid and Proprietary
  6. Benchling icon

    Benchling

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    Online lab notebook software, including DNA design tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. UGENE icon

    UGENE

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    UGENE is free open-source cross-platform bioinformatics software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • UGENE is the most popular Open Source alternative to CLC bio.

    • UGENE is Free and Open SourceCLC bio is Paid and Proprietary
  9. SnapGene Viewer icon

    SnapGene Viewer

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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.

    30 SnapGene Viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. PDRAW32 icon

    PDRAW32

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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
    pDRAW32 on Windows 7 RC
     
  11. DNADynamo icon

    DNADynamo

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    DNADynamo - for Windows, OSX and Linux. Download it now for abi/scf trace alignments, sub cloning and plasmid management, blast/sequence retrieval, sequence annotation and structure viewing - all in one integrated and easy to use bioinformatics program.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Serial Cloner icon

    Serial Cloner

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    Serial Cloner is a Molecular Biology software.

    It provides tools with an intuitive interface that assists you in DNA cloning, sequence analysis and visualization.

    25 Serial Cloner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  13. DNASTAR Lasergene icon

    DNASTAR Lasergene

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    The DNASTAR Lasergene package is the most robust of our software offerings, and includes all of the applications from our genomics, structural biology, molecular biology, and cloning suites.

    24 DNASTAR Lasergene alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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