Mode Notebooks
Native R & Python Notebooks. From SQL, explore your analysis using R or Python Notebooks.
Mode Notebooks vs Vertex AI:
a side-by-side comparison for 2024
Comparing two data science notebooks.
Vertex AI
Vertex AI is Google Cloud's comprehensive machine learning platform that enables businesses to build, deploy, and scale AI models effortlessly.
Mode Notebooks
Vertex AI
Setup
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?
Not Jupyter-compatible
Jupyter-compatible
Programming languages
Programming languages
SQL
R
Python
SQL
JS
Julia
R
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.)
Provided file storage
What kind of data visualization can you do?
What kind of data visualization can you do?
UI for building charts
UI for building charts
Reactivity
Reactivity
No reactivity, you decide the execution order
Reactivity with caveats
Notebook scheduling is built in
Notebook scheduling is built in
Management
Reproducibility
Reproducibility
Environments are reproducible by default
Unknown
No version history
No version history
Multiple editors, one at a time (asynchronous)
Multiple editors at the same time
Comments
Comments
No support for comments
No support for comments
Notebook organization
Notebook organization
View notebooks in a list
View notebooks in a list
Licensing
License
License
Proprietary
Proprietary
Price
Price
Unknown
Free tier
Pay for compute