Kaggle
Vertex AI
Setup
Is it managed?
Is it managed?
Fully managed (setup in minutes)
Fully managed (setup in hours)
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?
Programming languages
Programming languages
Jupyter languages (e.g. Python, R)
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)
What kind of data visualization can you do?
What kind of data visualization can you do?
Jupyter data visualization (e.g. Matplotlib, Altair, Plotly)
Reactivity
Reactivity
No reactivity, you decide the execution order
Notebook scheduling
Notebook scheduling
Limited scheduling capabilities
Notebook scheduling is built in
Management
Reproducibility
Reproducibility
Environments are reproducible by default
Version history
Version history
Version history is built in
Collaborative editing
Collaborative editing
No support for collaborative editors
Multiple editors at the same time
Comments
Comments
Comment on a notebook as a whole
Notebook organization
Notebook organization
Licensing
License
License
Price
Price