nteract
nteract is an open-source organization committed to creating fantastic interactive computing experiences that allow people to collaborate with ease.
nteract vs Deepnote:
a side-by-side comparison for 2024
Comparing two data science notebooks.
Deepnote
Deepnote is a new kind of data notebook that’s built for collaboration — Jupyter compatible, works magically in the cloud, and sharing is as easy as sending a link.
nteract
Deepnote
Setup
No, you must host it yourself
Fully managed (setup in minutes)
Can you self-host?
Can you self-host?
You can self-host (setup in minutes)
No, you must use a managed offering
Features
Is it Jupyter compatible?
Is it Jupyter compatible?
Jupyter-compatible
Jupyter-compatible
Programming languages
Programming languages
Jupyter languages (e.g. Python, R)
Jupyter languages (e.g. Python, R)
SQL
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 with Jupyter libraries (e.g. SQLAlchemy, psycopg2)
Connect to data warehouses (AWS, GCP, etc.)
Connect to databases (Postgres, MongoDB, etc.)
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)
Jupyter data visualization (e.g. Matplotlib, Altair, Plotly)
UI for building charts
Reactivity
Reactivity
No reactivity, you decide the execution order
Full, realtime reactivity
Notebook scheduling with additional tools
Notebook scheduling is built in
Management
Reproducibility
Reproducibility
With effort, you can make reproducible environments
Environments are reproducible by default
Run notebooks in containers
File-based (use Git)
Version history is built in
File-based (use Git)
Multiple editors at the same time
Comments
Comments
File-based (use GitHub)
Comment on items within a notebook
Notebook organization
Notebook organization
File-based
View notebooks in a tree, like a wiki
Licensing
License
License
Open-source (BSD 3-Clause)
Proprietary
Price
Price
Free
Free tier
Pay for compute
Pay-per-user