Observable vs Husprey
Comparing two data science notebooks.
Observable
Husprey
Make sense of the world with data, together. Explore, visualize, and analyze data. Collaborate with the community. Learn and be inspired. Share insights with the world.
Husprey provides a SQL data workspace designed for Data Analytics teams. Collaborate, analyze and share within your data team and with Business teams.
Setup
Is it managed?
Fully managed (setup in minutes)
Is it managed?
Fully managed (setup in minutes)
Can you self-host?
No, you must use a managed offering
Can you self-host?
No, you must use a managed offering
Features
Is it Jupyter compatible?
Not Jupyter-compatible
Is it Jupyter compatible?
Not Jupyter-compatible
Programming languages
JS
Programming languages
SQL
What kind of data sources can you connect to?
Connect with JS libraries (e.g. REST APIs)
Connect to databases (MySQL, Postgres)
Connect to data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake)
Provided file storage
What kind of data sources can you connect to?
Connect to data warehouses (Google BigQuery, ClickHouse, etc.)
Connect to databases (PostgreSQL)
What kind of data visualization can you do?
JS data visualization (e.g. D3, Vega)
What kind of data visualization can you do?
UI for building charts
Reactivity
Full, realtime reactivity
Reactivity
Unknown
Notebook scheduling
No notebook scheduling
Notebook scheduling
Notebook scheduling is built in
Management
Reproducibility
Environments are reproducible by default
Execution is reproducible by default
Reproducibility
Unknown
Version history
Version history is built in
Version history
Version history is built in
Collaborative editing
Multiple editors at the same time
Collaborative editing
Multiple editors, one at a time (asynchronous)
Comments
Comment on items within a notebook
Comments
Comment on items within a notebook
Notebook organization
View notebooks in a list
Notebook organization
View notebooks in a list
Licensing
License
Proprietary
License
Proprietary
Price
Free tier
Free trial (1 month)
Pay-per-user
Price
Free tier
Pay-per-user
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observable | Fully managed | None | JS | Visualize with code | Realtime collaboration | Free and paid options | Proprietary |
| Husprey | Fully managed | None | SQL | Visualization UI builder | File-based or asynchronous collaboration | Free and paid options | Proprietary |
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