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Noteable vs Polynote:
a side-by-side comparison for 2024

Comparing two data science notebooks.

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Noteable

Noteable is a collaborative notebook platform that enables teams to use and visualize data, together.
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A screenshot of Polynote
Polynote logo

Polynote

Polynote 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.
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Noteable

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?

You can self-host (setup in hours)
You can self-host (setup in hours)

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
Scala
Python

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
Unknown

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
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
Notebook scheduling with additional tools

Management

Reproducibility

Reproducibility

Environments are reproducible by default
Execution is reproducible by default
Run notebooks in containers
With effort, you can make reproducible environments

Version history

Version history

Version history is built in
File-based (use Git)

Collaborative editing

Collaborative editing

Multiple editors at the same time
File-based (use Git)

Comments

Comments

Comment on items within a notebook
Comment on a notebook as a whole
File-based (use GitHub)

Notebook organization

Notebook organization

File-based
File-based

Licensing

License

License

Proprietary
Open-source (Apache 2.0)

Price

Price

Free tier
Pay-per-user
Pay for compute
Free

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