AlphaFold vs Insilico Medicine vs Isomorphic Labs IsoDDE
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
AlphaFold
Google DeepMind's protein-structure prediction AI — the Nobel-winning...
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Isomorphic Labs IsoDDE
DeepMind's AI Drug Design Engine that doubles AlphaFold 3 accuracy in...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.5 / 10 | 8.7 / 10 | 8.2 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Free | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Free tier | Free AlphaFold Server (non-commercial) plus the open AlphaFold Protein Structure Database; AF3 model code released for non-commercial use. | Chemistry42 cloud offers academic/startup access tiers; contact required | None — no free or academic tier publicly available |
| Paid from | — | Enterprise licensing; upfront deals from $10M milestone to $115M (Lilly) | Enterprise partnership only; deals structured around R&D milestones (not per-seat or API) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | 3M+ researchers | 13 of top 20 global pharma cos; 18.3% YoY subscription growth (2025) | Not publicly disclosed; access limited to pharma partnership cohort |
| Founded | — | 2014 | 2021 |
| Maker | Google DeepMind | Insilico Medicine (independent; HKEX: 3696) | Alphabet Inc. (via Google DeepMind spinoff) |
| Verdict | What this is for: Predicting the 3D structure of proteins and their complexes with DNA, RNA and small molecules, accelerating structural biology and drug discovery. Who this is for: Academic and non-commercial researche... |
Insilico Medicine holds a lead no other AI-native drug company currently matches: a molecule it designed from scratch has reached Phase III, with published peer-reviewed efficacy data behind it. The Pharma.AI stack — Pan... |
Isomorphic Labs IsoDDE represents a genuine scientific leap in AI-driven drug design — its 50% accuracy on the hardest protein-ligand prediction benchmark, outperformance of physics-based gold standards in binding affini... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.