Table 3 Comparison of some existing Galaxy heatmap and clustering tools.

From: GIANT: galaxy-based tool for interactive analysis of transcriptomic data

Heatmap and clustering tool

Generic input

Interactive output

Filter options

Cross studies

Param. clustering

Cluster assignation

Side colors

Colors definition

GIANT heatmap tool

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

LIMMA-voom5

  

\(\checkmark \)

   

\(\checkmark \)

 

heatmap

\(\checkmark \)

      

\(\checkmark \)

heatmap_colormanipulation

\(\checkmark \)

   

\(\checkmark \)

  

\(\checkmark \)

plotHeatmap

  

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

   

ggplot2_heatmap26

\(\checkmark \)

   

\(\checkmark \)

  

\(\sim \)

  1. Compared functionalities from left to right are: generic input, interactivity in generated files, input filtering options, possibility to cross information with another dataset, advanced clustering parameters, retrieve cluster assignation, display colored side bar and color personalization. \(\checkmark \)and \(\sim \) signs indicate that the corresponding functionality is fully and partially available in the heatmap and clustering tool respectively. (heatmap available at https://toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/view/guru-ananda/heatmap/dbd447fcd3e4 ; heatmap_colormanipulation available at https://toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/view/mir-bioinf/heatmap_colormanipulation/58772ebbeb9f ; plotHeatmap available at https://toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/view/earlhaminst/plotheatmap/bd8fd161908b).