Google Colab comparisons
Google Colab is compared head-to-head with Jupyter Notebook, JupyterLab and Kaggle Notebooks and more: 7 head-to-heads in Notebook Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Google Colab head-to-head
- Google Colab vs Jupyter Notebook
- Google Colab vs JupyterLab
- Google Colab vs Kaggle Notebooks
- Google Colab vs Datalore
- Google Colab vs Deepnote
- Google Colab vs Hex
- Google Colab vs marimo
Google Colab vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Execution model | Real-time collaboration | Version history | GPU compute | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google Colab | Yes | $8.33/user/mo | 9.4 | ||||
| 2 | Jupyter Notebook | Yes | Free | Local | Yes | Yes | 9.2 | |
| 3 | JupyterLab | Yes | Free | Hybrid | Yes | Yes | 9.1 | |
| 4 | Kaggle Notebooks | Yes | Free | Hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 5 | Datalore | Yes | Hybrid | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.9 | |
| 6 | Deepnote | Yes | $39/seat/mo | Hybrid | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.8 |
| 7 | Hex | Yes | $36/user/mo | Hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.7 |
| 8 | marimo | Yes | Free | Hybrid | No | Yes | 8.5 |
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