Zeppelin vs Zepl
Comparing two data science notebooks.
Zeppelin
Zepl
Web-based notebook that enables data-driven, interactive data analytics and collaborative documents with SQL, Scala and more.
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
Python
SQL
Spark
Programming languages
Python
R
What kind of data sources can you connect to?
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 is built in
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)
Multiple editors, one at a time (asynchronous)
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
Price
Free
Price
Unknown
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