WastewaterSCAN alternatives

3 tools to consider instead of WastewaterSCAN, shown against it.

WastewaterSCAN Biobot Analytics HealthMap Epi Info
Vendor Stanford University and Emory University (WastewaterSCAN) Biobot Analytics Boston Children's Hospital U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Pricing model Free Quote only Free Free
Free tier Yes No Yes Yes
Deployment Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud, Self-hosted
Open source No No No No
Best for Health officials, researchers, and journalists wanting free, public, multi-pathogen wastewater trend data. Health departments and public agencies wanting population-level, anonymous early-warning signals without individual clinical testing. Public health agencies and travelers wanting free, early, text-based situational awareness of emerging outbreaks. Health departments and field epidemiologists needing free outbreak data collection and statistics without a commercial license.
Pricing

Dashboard and published sewershed data are free and public; the program is philanthropically funded rather than sold commercially.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

Sampling and analysis services are quoted per contract directly with Biobot; no public price list.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

Freely accessible website and mobile app; not a paid product.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

Free public-domain software published directly by the CDC; no license fee or paid tier.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

Features
  • Public sewershed-level data dashboard
  • Monitoring of roughly a dozen pathogens beyond SARS-CoV-2
  • Influenza, RSV, mpox, and norovirus tracking
  • Nationwide U.S. sampling network
  • Academic research partnership (Stanford, Emory)
  • Lab processing via Verily Life Sciences
  • Freely published trend and level data
  • Wastewater sampling kits and logistics
  • Laboratory analysis for pathogens and substances
  • Population-level trend dashboards
  • SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and mpox monitoring
  • Opioid and substance-use wastewater testing
  • Support for CDC's National Wastewater Surveillance System
  • 1-3 business day result turnaround
  • Automated NLP mining of online news and reports
  • Real-time outbreak map visualization
  • Coverage across nine languages
  • Informal-source (eyewitness/social) signal detection
  • 'Outbreaks Near Me' consumer mobile app
  • Multi-disease, global outbreak tracking
  • Free public access
  • Custom questionnaire and data-entry form builder
  • Outbreak line-listing and case management
  • Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis
  • Epidemiologic measures (odds ratios, attack rates)
  • Windows desktop, mobile, and web/cloud versions
  • Data visualization and mapping
  • No-cost distribution with no license required

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