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Velsera Seven Bridges

Cloud genomics analysis platform for multi-omics pipelines, now part of Velsera's precision-medicine suite.

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Seven Bridges built its reputation running the NCI's Cancer Genomics Cloud and other large biomedical data commons, giving it deep experience curating and running pipelines against datasets like TCGA and TOPMed. It executes workflows written in the Common Workflow Language (CWL) and follows GA4GH interoperability standards, so pipelines built on it are more portable across platforms than proprietary alternatives. The company merged into Velsera in 2023 alongside Pierian and UgenTec, repositioning the combined business around precision medicine rather than genomics infrastructure alone. Pricing remains quote-based per institution, reflecting its enterprise and government-contract customer base. It's a natural comparison to DNAnexus for teams choosing a managed cloud genomics platform over self-hosted HPC.

At a glance

Vendor Velsera
Pricing model Quote only
Free tier No
Deployment Cloud
Open source No
Best for Cancer and precision-medicine research teams running CWL pipelines against large public biomedical datasets.

Pricing

Usage-based cloud compute and storage, negotiated per organization; no public price list.

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Features

  • CWL-based workflow execution engine
  • Curated access to TCGA, TOPMed and other public biomedical datasets
  • GA4GH interoperability standards support
  • Cancer Genomics Cloud heritage infrastructure
  • Collaborative task monitoring and pipeline sharing
  • Access to biomedical data commons

Integrations

Profile last reviewed September 21, 2026

Head to head

Alternatives

DNAnexus Cloud genomics platform for secure, large-scale storage, analysis and collaboration on multi-omics data. Galaxy Open-source, web-based platform for building and sharing reproducible bioinformatics workflows without programming. LatchBio Cloud platform for building and running bioinformatics workflows with a no-code interface and pay-as-you-go compute.

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Terms to know

Data pipeline The automated sequence of steps that moves data from source systems to a destination, transforming it along the way. Genomics analysis Computational analysis of DNA sequence data to identify genes, variants and patterns linked to traits or disease.

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