Mode Notebooks
WebsiteNative R & Python Notebooks. From SQL, explore your analysis using R or Python Notebooks.
Mode Notebooks vs Polynote:
a side-by-side comparison for 2024
Comparing two data science notebooks.
Polynote
WebsitePolynote is a different kind of notebook. It supports mixing multiple languages in one notebook, and sharing data between them seamlessly. It encourages reproducible notebooks with its immutable data model.
Mode Notebooks
Polynote
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?
Not Jupyter-compatible
Not Jupyter-compatible
Programming languages
Programming languages
SQL
R
Python
Scala
Python
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.)
Unknown
What kind of data visualization can you do?
What kind of data visualization can you do?
UI for building charts
Unknown
Reactivity
Reactivity
No reactivity, you decide the execution order
No reactivity, you decide the execution order
Notebook scheduling
Notebook scheduling
Notebook scheduling is built in
Notebook scheduling with additional tools
Management
Reproducibility
Reproducibility
Environments are reproducible by default
With effort, you can make reproducible environments
Version history
Version history
No version history
File-based (use Git)
Collaborative editing
Collaborative editing
Multiple editors, one at a time (asynchronous)
File-based (use Git)
Comments
Comments
No support for comments
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
Unknown
Free