genetickom

Genetickom is a web‑based platform that provides cloud storage, bioinformatics tools, and collaborative features for genetic data. The service was launched in 2018 by a team of computational biologists and software engineers in Tallinn, Estonia, with the aim of simplifying the management of genome sequencing data for academic and commercial researchers. The platform supports a variety of file formats commonly used in genomics, including FASTQ, BAM, VCF, and CRAM. Users can upload raw sequencing reads, reference genomes, and variant call files, then organize them in project workspaces that can be shared with collaborators.

A central feature of Genetickom is its built‑in toolset for data quality assessment and basic analyses. The platform integrates with popular variant callers such as GATK and FreeBayes, providing streamlined pipelines that can be configured through a graphical interface. It also offers annotation services, linking variants to databases such as ClinVar and dbSNP, and allows users to generate visual reports for publication. Data security and privacy are addressed by encrypting data both at rest and in transit, and by implementing role‑based access controls. The platform complies with GDPR and other international data protection regulations.

The company behind Genetickom has maintained a commitment to open science, releasing an API that enables programmatic access to data and tools. Partners include several universities and biotech firms, and the platform has been cited in over thirty peer‑reviewed articles. In 2022, Genetickom expanded its services to include support for long‑read sequencing technologies from Oxford Nanopore and PacBio, expanding its user base into structural variant discovery and metagenomics. The service operates on a subscription model, with a free tier that allows limited storage, and paid tiers that increase storage limits, computational resources, and priority support.