Mode Notebooks vs Nextjournal: a side-by-side comparison for 2024
Comparing two data science notebooks.
Mode Notebooks
Native R & Python Notebooks. From SQL, explore your analysis using R or Python Notebooks.
Nextjournal
Runs anything you can put into a Docker container. Improve your workflow with polyglot notebooks, automatic versioning and real-time collaboration. Save time and money with on-demand provisioning, including GPU support.
Mode Notebooks
Nextjournal
Setup
Is it managed?
Is it managed?
Fully managed (setup in minutes)
Fully managed (setup in minutes)
Can you self-host?
Can you self-host?
No, you must use a managed offering
No, you must use a managed offering
Features
Is it Jupyter compatible?
Is it Jupyter compatible?
Not Jupyter-compatible
Jupyter-compatible
Programming languages
Programming languages
SQL
R
Python
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 to databases (MariaDB, PostgreSQL, etc.)
Connect to data warehouses (Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, etc.)
Connect with Jupyter libraries (e.g. SQLAlchemy, psycopg2)
Connect to data warehouses (AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, etc.)
Connect to databases (SQLite, PostgreSQL, etc.)
What kind of data visualization can you do?
What kind of data visualization can you do?
UI for building charts
Jupyter data visualization (e.g. Matplotlib, Altair, Plotly)