Illumina alternatives
As of 5 November 2026, 29 lab informatics instruments are named by companies instead of Illumina: Waters Empower by 259 companies, Agilent by 152, IDEXX by 136.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Illumina, companies in postings
- 107
- Most used alternative
- Waters Empower · 259
- Fastest hiring, 90 days
- IDEXX
- Alternatives ranked
- 29
- Catalogue
- T-1.0.1-prov
lab informatics instruments companies choose instead of Illumina
Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.
| # | Alternative | Companies | companies | vs Illumina | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waters EmpowerWaters Corporation | 259 | 242% | 677 | Illumina vs Waters Empower → | |
| 2 | AgilentAgilent Technologies | 152 | 142% | 386 | Illumina vs Agilent → | |
| 3 | IDEXXIDEXX Laboratories | 136 | 127% | 1,058 | Illumina vs IDEXX → | |
| 4 | Varian TrueBeamVarian | 134 | 125% | 241 | Illumina vs Varian TrueBeam → | |
| 5 | Thermo Fisher ScientificThermo Fisher Scientific | 100 | 93% | 242 | Illumina vs Thermo Fisher Scientific → | |
| 6 | ÄKTACytiva | 91 | 85% | 173 | soon | |
| 7 | ImageJNIH | 85 | 79% | 97 | soon | |
| 8 | BenchlingBenchling | 83 | 78% | 224 | soon | |
| 9 | ChromeleonThermo Fisher Scientific | 82 | 77% | 132 | soon | |
| 10 | LabWareLabWare | 71 | 66% | 163 | soon | |
| 11 | FlowJoBD | 61 | 57% | 110 | soon | |
| 12 | Hamilton MicrolabHamilton Company | 61 | 57% | 99 | soon | |
| 13 | LabVantageLabVantage Solutions | 58 | 54% | 131 | soon | |
| 14 | UNICORNCytiva | 58 | 54% | 116 | soon | |
| 15 | Oxford NanoporeOxford Nanopore Technologies | 48 | 45% | 72 | soon | |
| 16 | SkylineUniversity of Washington MacCoss Lab | 47 | 44% | 91 | soon | |
| 17 | WatersWaters Corporation | 33 | 31% | 56 | soon | |
| 18 | Agilent ChemStationAgilent | 31 | 29% | 60 | soon | |
| 19 | ChemDrawRevvity Signals | 30 | 28% | 44 | soon | |
| 20 | Varian EthosVarian | 30 | 28% | 44 | soon | |
| 21 | SediVueIDEXX | 28 | 26% | 72 | soon | |
| 22 | OptosNikon | 24 | 22% | 152 | soon | |
| 23 | STARLIMSAbbott | 23 | 21% | 64 | soon | |
| 24 | CadwellCadwell Industries | 20 | 19% | 45 | soon | |
| 25 | SoftMax ProMolecular Devices | 16 | 15% | 24 | soon | |
| 26 | CellProfilerBroad Institute | 15 | 14% | 19 | soon | |
| 27 | VisionRTVision RT | 14 | 13% | 19 | soon | |
| 28 | TomoTherapyAccuray | 13 | 12% | 20 | soon | |
| 29 | Varian HypersightVarian | 10 | 9% | 11 | soon |
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29 lab informatics instruments are named by companies instead of Illumina: Waters Empower by 259 companies, Agilent by 152, IDEXX by 136, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/illumina/alternatives)
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- RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
- 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
- Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
Illumina alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to Illumina?
Waters Empower: 259 companies name it in their own job postings, against 107 for Illumina.
How is this list ranked?
By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.
Does this say which is better?
No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.
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