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Jupyter vs Vertex AI:
a side-by-side comparison for 2024

Comparing two data science notebooks.

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Jupyter

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Project Jupyter exists to develop open-source software, open-standards, and services for interactive computing across dozens of programming languages. There's a number of vendors offering Jupyter notebooks as a managed service.
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Vertex AI

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Vertex AI is Google Cloud's comprehensive machine learning platform that enables businesses to build, deploy, and scale AI models effortlessly.
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Jupyter

Vertex AI

Setup

Is it managed?

Is it managed?

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

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)
SQL
JS
Julia
R
Python

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

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

Reactivity

Reactivity

No reactivity, you decide the execution order
Reactivity with caveats

Notebook scheduling

Notebook scheduling

Notebook scheduling with additional tools
Notebook scheduling is built in

Management

Reproducibility

Reproducibility

With effort, you can make reproducible environments
Unknown

Version history

Version history

File-based (use Git)
No version history

Collaborative editing

Collaborative editing

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

Comments

Comments

File-based (use GitHub)
No support for comments

Notebook organization

Notebook organization

File-based
View notebooks in a list

Licensing

License

License

Open-source (BSD)
Proprietary

Price

Price

Free
Free tier
Pay for compute

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