VS Code vs Zepl: a side-by-side comparison for 2024
Comparing two data science notebooks.
VS Code
Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor. It supports working with Jupyter Notebooks natively, as well as through Python code files.
Zepl
Notebook-powered analytics for enterprise teams.
VS Code
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?
Jupyter-compatible
Unknown
Programming languages
Programming languages
Jupyter languages (e.g. Python, R)
Python
R
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)
Unknown
What kind of data visualization can you do?
What kind of data visualization can you do?
Jupyter data visualization (e.g. Matplotlib, Altair, Plotly)