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Hex vs Zeppelin:
a side-by-side comparison for 2024

Comparing two data science notebooks.

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Hex

The Data Workspace for Teams. Work with data in collaborative SQL and Python notebooks. Share as interactive data apps that anyone can use.
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Zeppelin logo

Zeppelin

Web-based notebook that enables data-driven, interactive data analytics and collaborative documents with SQL, Scala and more.
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Hex

Zeppelin

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?

Jupyter-compatible
Not Jupyter-compatible

Programming languages

Programming languages

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

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)
Connect to data warehouses (Google BigQuery, ClickHouse, etc.)
Connect to databases (MariaDB, SQL Server, etc.)
Provided file storage

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
Unknown

Reactivity

Reactivity

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

Notebook scheduling

Notebook scheduling

Notebook scheduling is built in
Notebook scheduling is built in

Management

Reproducibility

Reproducibility

Environments are reproducible by default
Execution is reproducible by default
Run notebooks in containers
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)
Multiple editors, one at a time (asynchronous)

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
Pay for compute
Free

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