Verinome vs 23andMe: an honest comparison
Read and interpret your 23andMe raw file in 2026 without re-uploading your genome. 23andMe genotypes and stores your DNA on its servers, and in the 2025 bankruptcy that database was sold as a corporate asset. Verinome parses the file you already own in your browser and stores nothing.
| Verinome | 23andMe | |
|---|---|---|
| Your raw DNA file | Parsed in your browser, never uploaded | Mail a saliva kit; genotyped and stored on their servers |
| Genetic data stored | None kept | Stored indefinitely unless you delete; the database was sold in the 2025 bankruptcy |
| Pricing | $15 once, keep forever | Kit purchase plus a renewing membership (about $69/year) for premium reports |
| How findings are rated | A–D evidence grade, every finding cites its source | Several reports are FDA-authorized; newer polygenic reports are not |
| The report is yours to keep | Yes, a permanent PDF you download | Reports live in your account, gated by an active membership |
23andMe details from 23andMe/TTAM press materials and public reporting on the 2025 sale, verified August 2026. 23andMe holds genuine FDA authorizations for several reports; Verinome is a consumer-educational tool and is not FDA-authorized. Prices and policies change, so check the source before relying on them.
The reason you are reading this.
In 2025, 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 and its database of millions of customers’ genetic data was sold as part of the business. That is the exact risk regulators had warned about: once a company stores your genome, it can move in a sale, a merger, or a bankruptcy, whatever the privacy policy said the day you signed up.
Verinome is built so that cannot happen here. Your raw file is parsed in your browser and never uploaded. There is no account before you analyze, and no genetic database on our side to become an asset. Nothing is stored, so there is nothing to leak, sell, or be compelled to hand over later.