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.
Polynote vs Zepl:
a side-by-side comparison for 2024
Comparing two data science notebooks.
Zepl
Notebook-powered analytics for enterprise teams.
Polynote
Zepl
Setup
Is it managed?
Is it managed?
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)
No, you must use a managed offering
Features
Is it Jupyter compatible?
Is it Jupyter compatible?
Not Jupyter-compatible
Unknown
Programming languages
Programming languages
Scala
Python
Python
R
What kind of data sources can you connect to?
What kind of data sources can you connect to?
Unknown
Unknown
What kind of data visualization can you do?
What kind of data visualization can you do?
Unknown
Unknown
Reactivity
Reactivity
No reactivity, you decide the execution order
Unknown
Notebook scheduling
Notebook scheduling
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
Version history
Version history
File-based (use Git)
Version history is built in
Collaborative editing
Collaborative editing
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
Unknown
Licensing
License
License
Open-source (Apache 2.0)
Proprietary
Price
Price
Free
Unknown