Data Science Notebooks

Data science gets done in notebooks. This website exists to compare the features in different data science notebook tools.

Robert Lacok
About the author

My name is Robert Lacok, and I’m a data notebook enthusiast. Because I keep on top of the latest developments in the space, I wanted to share it with the world.

I’m also a product manager at Deepnote. I try to be unbiased — if you believe any tools are missing or misrepresented, please email me or open a pull request on GitHub.

Need help?

If you need help picking a data notebook for your next project, feel free to reach out to me at my personal email address. I’d be happy to chat about the pros and cons of each solution.

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Polynote vs Zepl

Comparing two data science notebooks.

Polynote

Zepl

A screenshot of Polynote

Polynote is a different kind of notebook. It supports mixing multiple languages in one notebook, and sharing data between them seamlessly. It encourages reproducible notebooks with its immutable data model.

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A screenshot of Zepl

Notebook-powered analytics for enterprise teams.

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Setup

Is it managed?

No, you must host it yourself

Is it managed?

Fully managed (setup in hours)

Can you self-host?

You can self-host (setup in hours)

Can you self-host?

No, you must use a managed offering

Features

Is it Jupyter compatible?

Not Jupyter-compatible

Is it Jupyter compatible?

Unknown

Programming languages

Scala
Python

Programming languages

Python
R

What kind of data sources can you connect to?

Unknown

What kind of data sources can you connect to?

Unknown

What kind of data visualization can you do?

Unknown

What kind of data visualization can you do?

Unknown

Reactivity

No reactivity, you decide the execution order

Reactivity

Unknown

Notebook scheduling

Notebook scheduling with additional tools

Notebook scheduling

Notebook scheduling is built in

Management

Reproducibility

With effort, you can make reproducible environments

Reproducibility

Environments are reproducible by default

Version history

File-based (use Git)

Version history

Version history is built in

Collaborative editing

File-based (use Git)

Collaborative editing

Multiple editors at the same time

Comments

File-based (use GitHub)

Comments

Comment on items within a notebook

Notebook organization

File-based

Notebook organization

Unknown

Licensing

License

Open-source (Apache 2.0)

License

Proprietary

Price

Free

Price

Unknown

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