Table 2 Comparing different whole genome sequencing technologies

Sequencing by synthesis

Illumina

NovaSeq 6000

100–300

0.3^e

$

44^d

Single Molecule Real-Time

PacBio

Sequel IIE

~ 15 k

5^b

$$$

30^c

Nanopore

ONT

PromethION

Up to 4 m

30^f

$$

60

Tell-seq

Universal Sequencing Technology

TELL-Seq Library Prep Kit

100 k range information

5ng^g

$ⁱ + Illumina cost

3 + Illumina run

Illumina Complete Long-Read technology (previously announced as “Infinity”)

Illumina

N/A

Up to 10 k

50ng^j

$

N/A

AVITI

Element

Element AVITI System

2*150 or 10 k

0.1–0.5

$

48^a

Ultima

Ultima Genomics

UG 100

300

0.25

$^h

20

Sequencing by binding

PacBio (formerly Omniome)

N/A

200

N/A

N/A

N/A