Pluto.jl
WebsiteWriting a notebook is not just about writing the final document — Pluto empowers the experiments and discoveries that are essential to getting there.
Pluto.jl vs Zeppelin:
a side-by-side comparison for 2024
Comparing two data science notebooks.
Zeppelin
WebsiteWeb-based notebook that enables data-driven, interactive data analytics and collaborative documents with SQL, Scala and more.
Pluto.jl
Zeppelin
Setup
Is it managed?
Is it managed?
No, you must host it yourself
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?
Not Jupyter-compatible
Not Jupyter-compatible
Programming languages
Programming languages
Julia
Python
SQL
Spark
What kind of data sources can you connect to?
What kind of data sources can you connect to?
Unknown
What kind of data visualization can you do?
What kind of data visualization can you do?
Unknown
Unknown
Reactivity
Reactivity
Full, realtime reactivity
No reactivity, you decide the execution order
Notebook scheduling
Notebook scheduling
No notebook scheduling
Notebook scheduling is built in
Management
Reproducibility
Reproducibility
Execution is reproducible by default
With effort, you can make reproducible environments
Version history
Version history
File-based (use Git)
File-based (use Git)
Collaborative editing
Collaborative editing
File-based (use Git)
File-based (use Git)
Multiple editors, one at a time (asynchronous)
Comments
Comments
File-based (use GitHub)
File-based (use GitHub)
Notebook organization
Notebook organization
File-based
File-based
Licensing
License
License
Open-source (MIT)
Open-source (Apache 2.0)
Price
Price
Free
Free