A Global25 analysis is arithmetic on a 25-number coordinate row: distances to reference populations, a mixture of source populations that lands closest to your point, and a projection onto a scatter of other samples. The arithmetic is public and free, which is why the honest question is not "who can compute this" but "what do I get on top of the arithmetic, and can I check it". This directory lists every service I could find that sells or offers a Global25 analysis in 2026, with the same facts for each.
I run one of them, the Ancestrify Global25 analysis, so every competitor entry is kept to what is readable on the competitor's own site, with "not stated on their site" where it is not. Facts were read on each site on 2026-09-01 and may have changed since.
What separates the services#
Four things, in the order they matter.
Whether the coordinates are official. Official Global25 rows come only from Davidski's independent G25 Requests portal; some services compute a derived or simulated row of their own. Every downstream number inherits the row. Where to buy G25 coordinates covers that market on its own.
Whether the source panels are published. An admixture percentage means nothing without the panel it was fitted against. A service that shows you the percentages but not the populations the model was offered, including the ones it rejected, has shown you half a result.
Whether anyone builds a calculator around you. Every published calculator is a compromise chosen to work for a whole region. A calculator hand-built around one customer's row is a different product, and as of the date above only one service on this list advertises it.
The price model. One-time reports, subscriptions, credit budgets and lifetime packs are all represented below. None is wrong; each suits a different way of using the tools.
Ancestrify#
| Type | One-time analysis, automated and then optionally extended by hand |
| Coordinates | Official row only: pasted, or obtained from the G25 Requests portal on your behalf (Coordinate Concierge, 15 EUR pass-through) |
| What comes back | Distances, admixture and PCA across six eras against 1,535 curated populations from 30,386 individual samples; Notable Matches against 172 famous ancient individuals, free; one rendered video per analysis |
| Transparency | Every era lists the full source panel the model was offered, split into the populations it used and the ones it rejected; the scope, calculator, declared ethnicity and panel size are stated on every era; every fit is reported with its fit distance; every curated calculator has a public page listing its whole panel |
| Personalized Calculator | Yes: for 10 EUR an analyst hand-builds a source panel around your own coordinates and publishes it as a second version beside the standard result |
| Price model | 29.99 EUR one-time; optional one-time add-ons only (Personalized Calculator 10 EUR, Calculator Explorer 10 EUR, Coordinate Concierge 15 EUR, fast compute 10 EUR) |
| Hosting | European Union, under GDPR |
The Personalized Calculator is the part of this product that does not exist elsewhere on this list. Its rationale, and why a lower fit distance is not the goal, is in the explainer. The free half of the product, the same distance, admixture and PCA arithmetic in the browser with no account, is at /lab.
Illustrative DNA (DeepAncestry)#
| Type | Coordinate-based ancient-ancestry report across six periods |
| Coordinates | Their own coordinate system; raw DNA file input |
| What comes back | Distances, an unsupervised analysis enumerating top-ranked three-component mixtures of averaged coordinates, PCA and hierarchical clustering |
| Transparency | Population lists per period; whether rejected sources are shown is not stated on their site |
| Personalized Calculator | Not advertised on their site |
| Price model | Prices not stated on the pages read; AdmixLab, their separate qpAdm environment, is a subscription |
Choose it if you want a six-period coordinate report in one purchase and prefer a larger company. The full side-by-side is at /compare/illustrative-dna.
DNAGENICS (G25 Studio)#
| Type | Tool platform with a free tier and one-time packs |
| Coordinates | Their own derived G25 coordinates, sold at 14 EUR or included in packs |
| What comes back | A studio of calculators (their explorer lists over 400 by community authors), PCA and UMAP projections, plus deep-ancestry reports inside the packs |
| Transparency | Each community calculator lists its populations; the projection behind the coordinates is described as G25-derived |
| Personalized Calculator | Not advertised on their site |
| Price model | Free tier after upload; Starter Pack listed at 90 EUR and Explorer Pack at 140 EUR, both shown discounted on their site, lifetime access |
Choose it if you want the widest catalog of community calculators under one roof and are content with a derived row. The full side-by-side is at /compare/dna-genics.
Genoplot#
| Type | Free-to-start platform with credit-based tiers |
| Coordinates | Free Geno25 simulation of a coordinate row from the uploaded file |
| What comes back | Over 500 admixture calculators, an nMonte runner, PCA plots and whole-genome imputation |
| Transparency | Calculator populations are listed; model output is the tool's own |
| Personalized Calculator | Not advertised on their site |
| Price model | Free tier with 100 credits; Basic and Pro tiers allocate monthly credits, prices not stated in currency on the pages read |
Choose it if you want the largest self-serve library and an active forum, and do not need the official row. The full side-by-side is at /compare/genoplot.
ExploreYourDNA#
| Type | Free browser tools plus paid focus reports |
| Coordinates | Their tools take an official row; their site sends visitors to the G25 Requests portal to get one, and offers a free simulated row via a K36 converter |
| What comes back | A G25 analyzer with 2-, 4-, 8- and 16-way models, a decoder, PCA viewers, and regional reports (Anatolian, Jewish, African-diaspora and Levant-Caucasus focus reports) with a generated narrative |
| Transparency | Model inputs are visible in the tools; the narrative reports' source panels are not stated on the pages read |
| Personalized Calculator | Not advertised on their site |
| Price model | Tools free; reports listed at 15 EUR each, a larger analysis at 25 EUR |
Choose it if you want many free browser tools and a themed narrative report for a specific background.
Vahaduo#
| Type | Free browser tools |
| Coordinates | Takes an official row; provides the reference spreadsheets for download |
| What comes back | Admixture proportions and distances, custom PCA, 2D and 3D views |
| Transparency | Complete: you choose every source yourself |
| Personalized Calculator | You are the calculator author |
| Price model | Free, Patreon-supported |
The workbench most of the hobby uses. It is the right choice for anyone who already knows how to choose a source panel; the Vahaduo tutorial covers a defensible routine. The full side-by-side is at /compare/vahaduo.
Side by side#
| Service | Official row | Panels published in full | Rejected sources shown | Calculator built around you | Price model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancestrify | Yes | Yes, every calculator and every era | Yes | Yes, 10 EUR | One-time, 29.99 EUR |
| Illustrative DNA | Own system | Per period | Not stated | No | Not stated |
| DNAGENICS | Derived | Per calculator | Not stated | No | Free tier; packs 90 and 140 EUR list |
| Genoplot | Simulated | Per calculator | Tool output | No | Free tier; credit tiers |
| ExploreYourDNA | Official or simulated | In the tools | Tool output | No | Free tools; 15 EUR reports |
| Vahaduo | Official | You choose them | You decide | You build it | Free |
A checklist for choosing#
- Start from the row. If it is not the official row, stop comparing analyses and fix that first.
- Ask to see the panel. If the service cannot show every population the model was offered, the percentages cannot be judged.
- Decide whether you want a calculator built around you. For a mixed or under-served background it is the difference between a regional compromise and a fit that explains your row.
- Match the price model to your habits. Weekly experiments suit free tools or a subscription; one answer done properly suits a one-time report.
- Remember what no analysis can say. A coordinate distance is a statement about position in a reference space, never about who your ancestors were. A service that tells you otherwise is selling a story.
Terms used here are defined in the glossary.
