Polynote vs Zeppelin: a side-by-side comparison for 2024
Comparing two data science notebooks.
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.
Zeppelin
Web-based notebook that enables data-driven, interactive data analytics and collaborative documents with SQL, Scala and more.
Polynote
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
Scala
Python
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
No reactivity, you decide the execution order
No reactivity, you decide the execution order
Notebook scheduling
Notebook scheduling
Notebook scheduling with additional tools
Notebook scheduling is built in
Management
Reproducibility
Reproducibility
With effort, you can make reproducible environments
With effort, you can make reproducible environments