CoCalc
Your best choice for teaching remote scientific courses.
CoCalc vs JupyterLab:
a side-by-side comparison for 2024
Comparing two data science notebooks.
JupyterLab
JupyterLab is the next-generation web-based user interface for Project Jupyter.
CoCalc
JupyterLab
Setup
Fully managed (setup in minutes)
No, you must host it yourself
Can you self-host?
Can you self-host?
You can self-host (setup in hours)
You can self-host (setup in hours)
Features
Is it Jupyter compatible?
Is it Jupyter compatible?
Jupyter-compatible
Jupyter-compatible
Programming languages
Programming languages
Jupyter languages (e.g. Python, R)
Jupyter languages (e.g. Python, R)
What kind of data sources can you connect to?
What kind of data sources can you connect to?
Connect with Jupyter libraries (e.g. SQLAlchemy, psycopg2)
Provided file storage
Connect with Jupyter libraries (e.g. SQLAlchemy, psycopg2)
What kind of data visualization can you do?
What kind of data visualization can you do?
Jupyter data visualization (e.g. Matplotlib, Altair, Plotly)
Jupyter data visualization (e.g. Matplotlib, Altair, Plotly)
Reactivity
Reactivity
No reactivity, you decide the execution order
No reactivity, you decide the execution order
No notebook scheduling
Notebook scheduling with additional tools
Management
Reproducibility
Reproducibility
Environments are reproducible by default
With effort, you can make reproducible environments
Version history is built in
File-based (use Git)
Multiple editors at the same time
File-based (use Git)
Experimental JupyterLab support
Comments
Comments
No support for comments
File-based (use GitHub)
Notebook organization
Notebook organization
View notebooks in a list
File-based
Licensing
License
License
Open-source (GNU AGPLv3)
Open-source (BSD)
Price
Price
Free tier
Pay for compute
Free