Polynote
WebsitePolynote 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.
Polynote vs Vertex AI:
a side-by-side comparison for 2024
Comparing two data science notebooks.
Vertex AI
WebsiteVertex AI is Google Cloud's comprehensive machine learning platform that enables businesses to build, deploy, and scale AI models effortlessly.
Polynote
Vertex AI
Setup
No, you must host it yourself
Fully managed (setup in hours)
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
Jupyter-compatible
Programming languages
Programming languages
Scala
Python
SQL
JS
Julia
R
Python
What kind of data sources can you connect to?
What kind of data sources can you connect to?
Unknown
Provided file storage
What kind of data visualization can you do?
What kind of data visualization can you do?
Unknown
UI for building charts
Reactivity
Reactivity
No reactivity, you decide the execution order
Reactivity with caveats
Notebook scheduling with additional tools
Notebook scheduling is built in
Management
Reproducibility
Reproducibility
With effort, you can make reproducible environments
Unknown
File-based (use Git)
No version history
File-based (use Git)
Multiple editors at the same time
Comments
Comments
File-based (use GitHub)
No support for comments
Notebook organization
Notebook organization
File-based
View notebooks in a list
Licensing
License
License
Open-source (Apache 2.0)
Proprietary
Price
Price
Free
Free tier
Pay for compute