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Google Colab vs Hyperquery:
a side-by-side comparison for 2024

Comparing two data science notebooks.

A screenshot of Google Colab
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Google Colab

Colab notebooks allow you to combine executable code and rich text in a single document, along with images, HTML, LaTeX and more.
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A screenshot of Hyperquery
Hyperquery logo

Hyperquery

Hyperquery is a data notebook that enables you to easily build shareable analyses in SQL and Python.
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Google Colab

Hyperquery

Setup

Is it managed?

Is it managed?

Fully managed (setup in minutes)
Fully managed (setup in minutes)

Can you self-host?

Can you self-host?

No, you must use a managed offering
No, you must use a managed offering

Features

Is it Jupyter compatible?

Is it Jupyter compatible?

Jupyter-compatible
Not Jupyter-compatible

Programming languages

Programming languages

Jupyter languages (e.g. Python, R)
Python
SQL

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)
Google Drive
Connect to data warehouses (AWS, GCP, etc.)
Connect to databases (Postgres, MS SQL, etc.)
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)
UI for building charts
Jupyter data visualization (e.g. Matplotlib, Altair, Plotly)

Reactivity

Reactivity

No reactivity, you decide the execution order
No reactivity, you decide the execution order

Notebook scheduling

Notebook scheduling

No notebook scheduling
No notebook scheduling

Management

Reproducibility

Reproducibility

There is no support for reproducibility
Environments are reproducible by default

Version history

Version history

No version history
Version history is built in

Collaborative editing

Collaborative editing

No support for collaborative editors
Multiple editors at the same time

Comments

Comments

No support for comments
Comment on items within a notebook

Notebook organization

Notebook organization

View notebooks in a list
View notebooks in a tree, like a wiki

Licensing

License

License

Proprietary
Proprietary

Price

Price

Free tier
Pay-per-user
Pay for compute
Free tier
Pay-per-user

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