JupyterLab
WebsiteJupyterLab is the next-generation web-based user interface for Project Jupyter.
JupyterLab vs Mode Notebooks:
a side-by-side comparison for 2024
Comparing two data science notebooks.
Mode Notebooks
WebsiteNative R & Python Notebooks. From SQL, explore your analysis using R or Python Notebooks.
JupyterLab
Mode Notebooks
Setup
No, you must host it yourself
Fully managed (setup in minutes)
Can you self-host?
Can you self-host?
You can self-host (setup in hours)
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)
SQL
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)
Connect to databases (MariaDB, PostgreSQL, etc.)
Connect to data warehouses (Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, etc.)
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
No reactivity, you decide the execution order
Notebook scheduling with additional tools
Notebook scheduling is built in
Management
Reproducibility
Reproducibility
With effort, you can make reproducible environments
Environments are reproducible by default
File-based (use Git)
No version history
File-based (use Git)
Experimental JupyterLab support
Multiple editors, one at a time (asynchronous)
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
Unknown