Price comparison PCR reagents

A rough price comparison (w/o VAT) put together in 2018 from a European perspective although many companies are international. Prices will vary with time, your location, and lab specific discounts. Nevertheless, it's worthwhile to compare since some companies, esp. Life Technologies, now Thermo Fisher, will try to overcharge you on reagents whose price is not justified by biochemical differences. Feel free to add products and update prices.

Taq polymerase

• Geneon €39 500U [1]
• Bioron €39 500U 101005
• NEB €46/$61 400U M0273S
• Thermo €39/$52 100U EP0401
• Promega $34 100U M3001
• Life technologies €184 500U 18038-042
• Roche $67 100U 11146165001 $167 250U

dNTP mixes

• Geneon €48 1ml 40mM [2]
• Bioron €43 1ml 10mM 110002
• Roth €57 1ml 10mM 0179.2
• Thermo €78 1ml 10mM [3]
• Enzo €47 0.5ml 10mM ENZ-NUC102-0500
• Promega €100 1ml 10mM [4]
• Life technologies €730 (!!) 1ml 10mM 18427088

DNA ladders

• Bioron €27 50µg 304005
• NEB €36 (€180 5x50µg) SM0322
• Roth €115 (€46 20µg) T833.1

PCR Mastermixes =

• GeneON starting from €69 - 2,5 ml - 2x : [5]

Note on brand/company overlap

• GeneON - Molecular Biology - Germany
• Bioron - PCR products, German
• Enzo - detection, NY USA
• Life Technologies - brand owned by Thermo Fisher
• NEB - enzymes, MA USA
• Promega - mol bio, WI USA