What DeepMind AlphaFold does
AlphaFold Protein Structure Database is an open online resource from Google DeepMind and EMBL-EBI that provides 3D protein structure predictions made by the AlphaFold AI system from amino acid sequences. It is for researchers in academia and industry, including those studying pathogens, global health, and drug or vaccine targets. Users can search by sequence, UniProt description or text such as gene IDs and organism names, view predicted structures with per-residue confidence scores, download whole proteomes and the Swiss-Prot subset, and query the data through an API. The site also offers thematic collections, AlphaMissense variant effect predictions, literature-derived residue annotations and training materials. Access is free, with data licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for academic and commercial use.
How DeepMind AlphaFold compares with its closest alternatives
None of the 5 closest alternatives has a free plan, but DeepMind AlphaFold does. All 5 offer an API, as DeepMind AlphaFold does. DeepMind AlphaFold offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. DeepMind AlphaFold was founded in 2021; the alternatives were founded between 2008 and 2024, 2 of them earlier. DeepMind AlphaFold is based in London, United Kingdom; none of its 5 alternatives is in the United Kingdom. They are in the United States.