Noteable
Noteable is a collaborative notebook platform that enables teams to use and visualize data, together.
Noteable vs Observable:
a side-by-side comparison for 2024
Comparing two data science notebooks.
Observable
Make sense of the world with data, together. Explore, visualize, and analyze data. Collaborate with the community. Learn and be inspired. Share insights with the world.
Noteable
Observable
Setup
Fully managed (setup in minutes)
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
JS
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 (Trino, Snowflake, CockroachDB, PostgreSQL)
Connect to data warehouses (Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, Databricks)
Provided file storage
Connect with JS libraries (e.g. REST APIs)
Connect to databases (MySQL, Postgres)
Connect to data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake)
Provided file storage
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
JS data visualization (e.g. D3, Vega)
Reactivity
Reactivity
No reactivity, you decide the execution order
Full, realtime reactivity
Notebook scheduling is built in
Notebook scheduling with additional tools
No notebook scheduling
Management
Reproducibility
Reproducibility
Environments are reproducible by default
Execution is reproducible by default
Run notebooks in containers
Environments are reproducible by default
Execution is reproducible by default
Version history is built in
Version history is built in
Multiple editors at the same time
Multiple editors at the same time
Comments
Comments
Comment on items within a notebook
Comment on a notebook as a whole
Comment on items within a notebook
Notebook organization
Notebook organization
File-based
View notebooks in a list
Licensing
License
License
Proprietary
Proprietary
Price
Price
Free tier
Pay-per-user
Pay for compute
Free tier
Free trial (1 month)
Pay-per-user