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Ardigen vs Cradle
Both are professional tools for the pharmaceutical industry. Cradle has a stronger GDPR profile.
ArdigenArdigen (Kraków, Poland; offices in the US)GDPR: Limitedon request
Stronger on 0 of the 1 points, with a clear difference
CradleCradle (Amsterdam, Netherlands and Zurich, Switzerland)GDPR: Strongon request (licence, no royalties or milestone payments)
Stronger on 1 of the 1 points, with a clear difference
The key differences
- Cradle has the stronger GDPR profile: Strong, versus Limited for Ardigen.
| Criterion | Ardigen | Cradle |
|---|---|---|
| GDPR profileOur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data. For a professional tool: whether the data is stored in the EU, whether there is a certification or GDPR guarantee, and whether the provider is based in the Netherlands or the EU. For a general model: EU hosting, no training on your data and self-hosting. From Strong to Unknown; Caution only for a model with a documented problem. How we measure | Limited | Strong |
| Price | on request | on request (licence, no royalties or milestone payments) |
| Origin | Outside EU | Outside EU |
Choose Ardigen if…
- what you are looking for: phenAID: Cell Painting and image analysis
- what you are looking for: hit prioritisation, MoA and toxicity profiling
- you are looking for this: target identification
Choose Cradle if…
- GDPR and confidentiality weigh heavily
- you're searching for: designing protein candidates
- you're searching for: optimising properties in parallel
Features of Ardigen
- phenAID: Cell Painting and image analysis
- Hit prioritisation, MoA and toxicity profiling
- Target identification
- Biologics: from candidate to lead optimisation
- Biomarker discovery
- Harmonising data and making it FAIR
- Knowledge graphs and multi-agent systems
- Storage in the cloud or on-prem
Features of Cradle
- Designing protein candidates
- Optimising properties in parallel
- Learns each round from your own lab data
- Antibodies, enzymes, vaccines, peptides
- Web app with point-and-click design
- All features also via API
Frequently asked questions
- Which is better: Ardigen or Cradle?
- Cradle has a stronger GDPR profile. What matters more to you determines the choice; the table sets everything side by side.
- Which is safer for your data: Ardigen or Cradle?
- Cradle has the stronger GDPR profile (Strong versus Limited). The profile summarises what the provider publishes; always sign a data processing agreement. See the GDPR check for the pharmaceutical industry.
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