tellmeGen vs Sequencing WGS
Hi everyone.
I am curious about DTC WGS. Sequencing is often suggested, though I notice that they have had controversies which I'm sure people are mostly already aware of. Recently they had controversy in how they presented research on hEDS.
I also find their pricing structure odd for custom packages. They charge $100 going from 10 to 20 reports, but then $300 going from 20 to 30 reports. They also seem to pretend that their prices are discounted. Do they ever charge the full price?
I don't know what their reports are like as they don't provide examples, and shipping is not as good for European customers.
I found tellmeGen are now offering WGS. They offer this at a cheaper price and they are in Europe. They have example reports though they appear limited. They do not provide specific genotype information for their "genetic vulnerability to health conditions" reports. It would be good to see specific information of relevant variants.
Sequencing has a genome explorer (not sure how useful that is), whereas tellmeGen does not. I'm not sure how easy it is to take the VCF file and search for specific SNPs or genes. The data could be uploaded to another site but ideally that should be avoided.
I notice tellmeGen uses the outdated GRCh37 reference genome. I'm not sure how much this matters in practice. Worst case, they provide the FASTQ file for reanalysis somewhere else if needed.
A red flag for me is how they have a spelling mistake on their front page with "encripted". I know they are a Spanish company but I'd expect a competent company to avoid English spelling errors on their front page.
I'm curious what people think.