You cannot buy qpAdm. It is a method inside ADMIXTOOLS 2, a free, open-source R package from the Reich laboratory, and anyone with a laptop and a merged dataset can run it for nothing. What you can buy is one of two things: a hand-checked analysis, where a person builds, tests and audits a model on your genome and publishes the numbers, or a do-it-yourself environment, where someone has done the heavy merging and hosts the software so you can run models yourself. Those are different products with different prices, and most of the confusion in this market comes from not saying which one is on offer.
This directory lists every service I could find that sells or provides qpAdm in 2026, with the same five facts for each. I run one of them, the Ancestrify qpAdm analysis, so I have kept every competitor entry to what is readable on the competitor's own site and written "not stated on their site" where it is not. All facts were read on each site on 2026-08-30 and may have changed since.
The two things being sold#
A hand-checked analysis takes your raw file, merges it into a reference panel, and has an analyst compose and run models until one clears a stated bar. What you receive is a report with a p-value, weights, standard errors and Z-scores, the outgroup set, and someone's name on the result. The price is analyst time.
A DIY environment hosts ADMIXTOOLS 2 (or a reimplementation of it) and a reference panel behind a web page. You choose sources and outgroups and press run. What you receive is the raw output; the interpretation, the search and the audit are yours. The price is compute, usually as a subscription or a run allowance.
Neither is better in the abstract. If you already know how to choose a right set and read a nested-model table, a DIY tool is the cheaper route. If you do not, a DIY tool will produce a passing model for you within an hour, and the model will very likely be wrong, for the reasons set out in the tutorial.
Ancestrify#
| Type | Hand-built and hand-checked analysis, with an optional DIY workbench afterwards |
| Input | Raw DNA export (23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA, LivingDNA and similar, up to 50 MB); whole-genome VCF up to 1 GB via a 10 EUR add-on |
| Reference data | AADR v66, merged on our own infrastructure |
| What comes back | A report per era with p-value, weight, SE, Z-score and 95% CI per source, the complete right set with sample counts, the nested-model table and rank test, an analyst explanation, maps and two rendered videos; the full model record downloads as plain text |
| Price model | One-time. Four tiers: 29.99, 39.99, 49.99 and 59.99 EUR. Model Lab 10 EUR (run your own models on your merged sample, 100 runs per rolling 24 hours, plus the EIGENSTRAT bundle download). Refined re-analysis version 15 EUR when one is offered |
Every tier publishes against the same bar: p > 0.05, every |Z| > 3, every SE < 0.10, for every source in every era. Since 2026-08-29 every tier also receives the same exhaustive search over every proxy label of every candidate source; the tiers differ in how deeply the result is presented and explained, which is spelled out in How much does a qpAdm analysis cost. A free Raw DNA File Check tells you before paying whether the file's coverage can support the bar, and the free AdmixTools 2 Lab runs real ADMIXTOOLS 2 over the public panel so you can learn the method first. There is a demo that mirrors a real report. Product page: /qpadm.
SpartaDNA#
| Type | Their site describes a qpAdm analysis service |
| Input | Not stated on their site |
| Reference data | Not stated on their site |
| What comes back | Not stated on their site |
| Price model | Not stated on their site |
spartadna.com describes offering qpAdm analysis. Beyond that description I could not read the accepted inputs, the panel version, the contents of the deliverable or a price on the site on 2026-08-30. If you are considering it, ask for those five facts directly, and in particular whether the complete right set and the standard errors are published with the weights.
Illustrative DNA (AdmixLab)#
| Type | DIY: qpAdm and Fst inside their AdmixLab |
| Input | A raw DNA file uploaded to their platform |
| Reference data | AADR v62 and v66 panels, as listed on their site |
| What comes back | The tool's own qpAdm output for the models you compose |
| Price model | Subscription; the price is not stated on their site |
Illustrative DNA's AdmixLab is a DIY environment that lists qpAdm and Fst among its tools, with both AADR v62 and v66 available as panels and a stated allowance of up to 100 runs daily. It is a sound place to run your own models if you already know how to choose a right set. What it does not do, by design, is build or audit a model for you. Our fuller comparison is at /compare/illustrative-dna.
Genoplot#
| Type | Free tools, with qpAdm and f-statistics stated among them |
| Input | Stated on their site per tool |
| Reference data | Not stated on their site in one place |
| What comes back | Tool output; a community forum for discussing it |
| Price model | Free, as stated on their site |
Genoplot offers a set of free population-genetics tools and states that qpAdm and f-statistics are among them, with a community forum where users share and discuss models. For someone who wants to learn the method with other people around, it is the friendliest free entry point. It is a DIY route: no one builds or checks a model for you. Comparison: /compare/genoplot.
qpadm.app#
| Type | DIY, client-side qpAdm in the browser |
| Input | 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage and FamilyTreeDNA raw files, as stated on their site; an upload code is required |
| Reference data | Not stated on their site |
| What comes back | The tool's qpAdm output |
| Price model | No price stated on their site |
qpadm.app runs qpAdm client-side, in the browser, on a consumer raw file. Their site lists the accepted vendors and requires an upload code to use it; I could not read where the code comes from, which panel is used, or a price. Running the computation in the browser is a genuine privacy advantage, since the file need not leave your machine. Whether the panel behind it is current enough for your question is something to ask before relying on a result.
Insights on Ancestry#
| Type | DIY: qpAdm and Fst |
| Input | Raw DNA file |
| Reference data | AADR version not stated on their site |
| What comes back | The tool's qpAdm output for the models you compose |
| Price model | Monthly subscription, stated on their site at 5.99 USD and 10.99 USD, each with a compute balance |
ioancestry.com is a subscription DIY environment. Their site states two monthly plans, 5.99 USD and 10.99 USD, each carrying a compute balance that runs draw down. It offers qpAdm and Fst; the AADR version behind the panel is not stated on the site. If you plan to run many models over months, the arithmetic of a subscription versus a one-time analysis is worked through in the cost post linked above.
DNAGENICS#
| Type | Sells Global25 coordinates; hosts calculators |
| Input | Raw DNA file, for the coordinate product |
| Reference data | Not applicable to qpAdm |
| What comes back | A Global25 coordinate row (14 EUR as stated on their site); calculator output |
| Price model | Per product |
DNAGENICS belongs in this list mainly to clear up a name. Their site sells Global25 coordinates at 14 EUR, and hosts a calculator called "Mini Qpadam V2" by TheEventTrooper. Despite the name, that calculator is a Global25 coordinate-fitting calculator: it fits a 25-number row to a source panel and returns percentages with a fit distance. It is not qpAdm. It has no f4-statistics, no outgroups, no standard errors and no p-value, and it cannot reject a model. The distinction is the subject of qpAdm vs Global25. Note also that Global25 coordinates issued by anyone other than Davidski's Eurogenes G25 Requests portal are not the official rows that portal produces; see What are Global25 coordinates.
Side by side#
| Service | Type | Reference data | p, SE, Z published | Price model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancestrify | Hand-checked analysis + optional DIY Lab | AADR v66 | Yes, with the full right set and nested table | One-time, 29.99 to 59.99 EUR; Lab 10 EUR |
| SpartaDNA | Describes a qpAdm analysis service | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Illustrative DNA AdmixLab | DIY qpAdm, Fst | AADR v62 and v66 | Tool output | Subscription, price not stated |
| Genoplot | DIY, free | Not stated in one place | Tool output | Free |
| qpadm.app | DIY, client-side | Not stated | Tool output | Not stated; upload code required |
| Insights on Ancestry | DIY qpAdm, Fst | Not stated | Tool output | 5.99 / 10.99 USD monthly |
| DNAGENICS | G25 coordinates + calculators | Not applicable | No (not qpAdm) | 14 EUR for coordinates |
"Tool output" means the numbers are there if you run a model, but nobody has checked the model.
A checklist for choosing#
- Which of the two things do you want? If you can explain, unprompted, why an outgroup that shares drift with a source breaks the test, a DIY tool will serve you. If not, buy the analysis, and consider a DIY tool afterwards.
- Is the reference panel named and versioned? AADR v66 is the current release; a product that will not say which panel it uses cannot be compared with anything.
- Are the p-value, every standard error and every Z-score published beside the weights, and is the right set complete? Without those the weights cannot be evaluated by anyone.
- Does it state a bar before the run? "Good fit" is not a bar. Numbers are.
- Can you download the record? A model you cannot hand to another analyst is a claim, not a finding.
- What does your file's coverage support? Check it for free before paying anyone; no product can shrink a standard error the file has fixed.
- Does the price make sense for how you will use it? A subscription is cheaper for someone who runs models every week; a one-time analysis is cheaper for someone who wants one answer done properly.
The full comparison pages, kept to what each site states, are at /compare. The coordinate and Global25 markets have their own directories: where to buy G25 coordinates and where to buy a G25 analysis. If the answer to the checklist is "the analysis", ours starts at 29.99 EUR at /buy-qpadm-analysis.
