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Count vs Polynote:
a side-by-side comparison for 2024

Comparing two data science notebooks.

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Count

Count helps your data team work closer with the business so everyone is working on the problems that matter. Fast.
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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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Count

Polynote

Setup

Is it managed?

Is it managed?

Fully managed (setup in minutes)
No, you must host it yourself

Can you self-host?

Can you self-host?

No, you must use a managed offering
You can self-host (setup in hours)

Features

Is it Jupyter compatible?

Is it Jupyter compatible?

Not Jupyter-compatible
Not Jupyter-compatible

Programming languages

Programming languages

SQL
Scala
Python

What kind of data sources can you connect to?

What kind of data sources can you connect to?

Connect to data warehouses (AWS, GCP, etc.)
Connect to databases (Postgres, MongoDB, etc.)
Unknown

What kind of data visualization can you do?

What kind of data visualization can you do?

UI for building charts
Unknown

Reactivity

Reactivity

Unknown
No reactivity, you decide the execution order

Notebook scheduling

Notebook scheduling

No notebook scheduling
Notebook scheduling with additional tools

Management

Reproducibility

Reproducibility

Unknown
With effort, you can make reproducible environments

Version history

Version history

Version history is built in
File-based (use Git)

Collaborative editing

Collaborative editing

Multiple editors at the same time
File-based (use Git)

Comments

Comments

Comment on items within a notebook
File-based (use GitHub)

Notebook organization

Notebook organization

View notebooks in a list
File-based

Licensing

License

License

Proprietary
Open-source (Apache 2.0)

Price

Price

Free tier
Pay-per-user
Free

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