Factual comparison · verified 2026-08-28
Ancestrify vs Genoplot
A factual side-by-side of Ancestrify and Genoplot: hand-checked qpAdm versus automated model rotation, simulated versus official Global25 coordinates, whole-genome input, catalog coverage, free tools, credits versus one-time pricing.
What Genoplot is
Genoplot is a free-to-start analysis platform: a raw DNA upload, 500+ admixture calculators, an nMonte runner and G25 modelling, G25 coordinate simulation, whole-genome imputation, PCA plots, and — on its paid tiers — qpAdm, qpWave and f-statistics with AI-assisted population selection. Its breadth is the point of comparison; its pricing is credit-based.
Everything in the right-hand column was read on genoplot.com on the date below.
Side by side
| Criterion | Ancestrify | Genoplot |
|---|---|---|
| Method | Three methods, sold separately: formal qpAdm (ADMIXTOOLS 2, with a p-value), Global25 coordinate fitting (distances, nMonte-style admixture, PCA) and an Ancient Matches shared-segment scan | 500+ admixture calculators, nMonte / G25 modelling, PCA plots, whole-genome imputation, and Admix+ formal statistics (qpAdm, qpWave, f-statistics) with AI-driven source and outgroup selection |
| How a qpAdm model is chosen | By a person. Automated rotation was built, measured and removed for its false-discovery rate; every published model is selected and checked by hand | Guided mode: AI-driven selection picks time- and region-appropriate populations, then rotates combinations until models reach acceptable p-values. Expert mode exposes the ADMIXTOOLS 2 configuration surface |
| Runs on your raw file | Yes — qpAdm, Ancient Matches and Relative Finder run on the raw export directly | Yes — uploads from 23andMe, AncestryDNA, FTDNA and MyHeritage are listed |
| Whole-genome VCF input | Yes — whole-genome sequencing VCF up to 1 GB on qpAdm and Ancient Matches (€10 add-on); converted to the panel's markers at upload, not stored | Whole-genome imputation of the uploaded raw file is offered. VCF upload: not stated on their site |
| Global25 coordinates | Only the official row from the independent Global25 service — pasted, or obtained for you. Ancestrify never computes or simulates coordinates | Free Geno25 (G25) coordinate simulation; paid tiers add an annual bonus of one or two coordinate sets |
| Published p-value, SE and Z with the full right set | Every qpAdm report publishes the model p-value, each source's weight, standard error and z-score, and the full right (outgroup) set | qpAdm output is available on the Basic and Pro tiers. Which statistics are shown: not stated on their site |
| Run your own qpAdm models | Yes — the Model Lab (€10 one-time unlock on a published report): your own qpAdm runs with your sample as target, up to 100 per rolling day, plus the merged EIGENSTRAT bundle to download | Yes — Admix+ on the Basic and Pro tiers, spending compute credits |
| Hand-built Personalized Calculator | Yes — the Personalized Calculator (€10): an analyst hand-builds a G25 calculator around your own coordinates, published beside the standard result | Not stated on their site |
| Every-country catalog | Every sovereign state — 199 countries and 1,115 regions — for both qpAdm and Global25 | 800+ populations are advertised on the home page |
| Matches against individual ancient people | Yes — Ancient Matches scans your genome against every individual in the ancient panel (€29.99) | Not stated on their site |
| Free tools without an account | Yes — the Ancestrify Lab's in-browser tools (distance, admixture, PCA, averaging, authenticity, haplotrees, mapper) need no account | A Free tier with 100 compute credits after sign-up and upload |
| Pricing model | One-time payments: qpAdm from €29.99, Global25 €29.99, Ancient Matches €29.99. No subscription | Three tiers — Free (100 credits), Basic (1,000 credits per month) and Pro (3,000 credits per month). Prices in currency: not stated on their site on the pages read |
| Hosting and jurisdiction | EU infrastructure (Germany and Finland), operator registered in Albania, GDPR | Not stated on their site |
| PDF report | No PDF — an interactive on-screen report and server-rendered videos | Not stated on their site |
Where each is the better choice
Choose Genoplot if you want the widest library of calculators, whole-genome imputation and a self-serve, AI-guided qpAdm on a credit budget.
Choose Ancestrify if you want a qpAdm model chosen and checked by a person and published with its full statistics, official rather than simulated Global25 coordinates, a calculator hand-built around you, matches against individual ancient people, and one-time pricing with EU hosting.
Ancestrify's side of the table is stated on qpAdm, Global25, Ancient Matches and the Model Lab; the other comparisons are Illustrative DNA, Vahaduo, GEDmatch.
Questions
Both offer qpAdm — what is the difference?
Who chooses the model. Genoplot's guided mode rotates population combinations automatically until models reach acceptable p-values, and its expert mode hands you the full configuration surface. Ancestrify built the same kind of automated rotation, measured it, and removed it because the best-scoring rotated model is frequently not the right one; every published Ancestrify model is chosen and checked by hand, and the Model Lab then lets you run your own.
Genoplot offers free G25 coordinates — does Ancestrify?
No, and it never will compute them: official Global25 coordinates come only from the independent Eurogenes Global25 service. Genoplot's home page advertises free Geno25 coordinate simulation. Ancestrify's Global25 report runs on the official row you paste, or obtains that official row for you.
Which one has more calculators?
Genoplot advertises 500+ admixture and G25 calculators. Ancestrify's curated calculators are fewer and era-scoped, each with its own public page listing every source population — and the Personalized Calculator is built by hand around your own coordinates rather than chosen from a library.
Is Ancestrify credit-based?
No. Every Ancestrify product is a one-time payment for a report, with optional one-time add-ons. Genoplot's tiers allocate compute credits per month.
How were these facts checked?
Every cell in the Genoplot column was read on genoplot.com on the verification date shown on this page. Where a fact was not stated there, the cell says so.
See the statistics before you decide.
Every published qpAdm model on Ancestrify carries its p-value, standard errors, z-scores and full outgroup set — the numbers that let you check it, not just read it.