Our lab is trying to decide whether to go with commercial software, freeware, or a combination for our NGS data analysis.
I am not a programmer or bioinformaticist, and I'm a bit overwhelmed by the number of tools out there and the whole command line / Linux environment. I've tried Galaxy online as I thought I don't need to know command line or Linux to use it, but again I am a bit overwhelmed by all the tools and options included in it that I have no idea how to configure.
So my question to the community, is which is more cost effective? Hire a bioinformaticist to help me install, configure, and run these tools, or go with a commercial software package? Why do you feel this way? Note: I am not looking for recommendations on a particular package, just a general discussion.
I am not a programmer or bioinformaticist, and I'm a bit overwhelmed by the number of tools out there and the whole command line / Linux environment. I've tried Galaxy online as I thought I don't need to know command line or Linux to use it, but again I am a bit overwhelmed by all the tools and options included in it that I have no idea how to configure.
So my question to the community, is which is more cost effective? Hire a bioinformaticist to help me install, configure, and run these tools, or go with a commercial software package? Why do you feel this way? Note: I am not looking for recommendations on a particular package, just a general discussion.
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