Best Data Science Platforms in 2026
Updated
In short: Deepnote is ranked #1 of 32 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of Paperspace Gradient and KNIME Analytics Platform. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Paperspace Gradient. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Alibaba Cloud Machine Learning Platform for AI at $0.06/mo.
Data science platforms provide environments for working with data, code, models, and project workflows. Compared on hosted notebooks, supported languages, version control, workflow automation, and model deployment, the entries make it possible to weigh both development and delivery capabilities. Deployment options, free-plan availability, and paid-from pricing add further points for assessing fit. Deepnote, Paperspace Gradient, and KNIME Analytics Platform are among the products to consider. Check which languages and workflow features are listed, and whether the deployment choices and model capabilities suit the way you work across data science projects.
32 data science platforms ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
32ranked
10free plans on this page
$0.06/molowest paid tier
4 Oct 2026last checked
Input list Data Science Platforms 25 channels on this page · 61 of 200 spec lines stated by the makers
Ch Tool Free planPaid fromHosted notebooksDeployment optionsWorkflow automationModel deploymentVersion controlSupported languages Spec sheet Score
01 Deepnote Free planYesPaid from39/user/moHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesPython, SQL, R, Stata 3/8spec lines stated 7.7
02 Paperspace Gradient Free planYesPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesnot stated 1/8spec lines stated 7.6
03 KNIME Analytics Platform Free planYesPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesnot stated 1/8spec lines stated 7.5
04 Datalore Free planYesPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesPython, SQL, R, Scala, Kotlin 2/8spec lines stated 7.4
05 NETVIBES Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesnot stated 0/8spec lines stated 7.3
06 Hex Free planYesPaid from36/user/moHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesSQL, Python, R 3/8spec lines stated 7.2
07 MLJAR Studio Free planYesPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksNoDeployment optionsbothWorkflow automationYesModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlYesSupported languagesPython 6/8spec lines stated 7.2
08 Amazon SageMaker Autopilot Free planNoPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesnot stated 1/8spec lines stated 7.1
09 JupyterLab Free planYesPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesPython, R, C++, Julia, GNU Octave, Ruby, Scheme 2/8spec lines stated 7.1
10 Snowflake CoCo Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesnot stated 0/8spec lines stated 7.1
11 Anaconda Notebooks Free planYesPaid from15/user/moHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesnot stated 2/8spec lines stated 7.0
12 NVIDIA ShadowPlay Free planYesPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksNoDeployment optionsbothWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlYesSupported languagesPython 5/8spec lines stated 7.0
13 Siemens Building X Free planYesPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesnot stated 1/8spec lines stated 7.0
14 SAS Visual Statistics Free planNoPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesnot stated 1/8spec lines stated 6.9
15 Google Colab Free planYesPaid from8.33/user/moHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesnot stated 2/8spec lines stated 6.7
16 Cloudera Data Lake Service Free planNoPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksYesDeployment optionsbothWorkflow automationYesModel deploymentYesVersion controlYesSupported languagesPython, R, Scala, Spark 7/8spec lines stated 6.5
17 C3 AI Demand Planning Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksYesDeployment optionsbothWorkflow automationYesModel deploymentYesVersion controlYesSupported languagesnot stated 5/8spec lines stated 6.3
18 Glycerine Workbench Free planYesPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksNoDeployment optionscloudWorkflow automationNoModel deploymentNoVersion controlNoSupported languagesnot stated 6/8spec lines stated 6.3
19 NVIDIA AI Workbench Free planYesPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksNoDeployment optionsbothWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlYesSupported languagesPython 5/8spec lines stated 6.1
20 Alibaba Cloud Machine Learning Platform for AI Free planYesPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesnot stated 1/8spec lines stated 6.0
21 Saturn Cloud Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesPython, R, Julia, Java 1/8spec lines stated 5.9
22 ML Workspace Free planYesPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksYesDeployment optionsself hostedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlYesSupported languagesPython; R (R flavor); Scala, Go, and others via additional kernels 5/8spec lines stated 5.7
23 Oracle Code Assist Free planNoPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesnot stated 1/8spec lines stated 5.6
24 DataRobot Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesnot stated 0/8spec lines stated 5.4
25 H2O.ai Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedHosted notebooksnot statedDeployment optionsnot statedWorkflow automationnot statedModel deploymentnot statedVersion controlnot statedSupported languagesnot stated 0/8spec lines stated 5.4
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | Tool | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Hosted notebooks | Deployment options |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deepnote | 7.7 | Free plan | $3,920/mo | Yes | 39 /user/mo | — | — |
| 2 | Paperspace Gradient | 7.6 | Free plan | $8/mo | Yes | — | — | — |
| 3 | KNIME Analytics Platform | 7.5 | Free plan | — | Yes | — | — | — |
| 4 | Datalore | 7.4 | Free plan | — | Yes | — | — | — |
| 5 | NETVIBES | 7.3 | No | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Hex | 7.2 | Free plan | $36/mo | Yes | 36 /user/mo | — | — |
| 7 | MLJAR Studio | 7.2 | Free plan | $20/mo | Yes | — | No | both |
| 8 | Amazon SageMaker Autopilot | 7.1 | No | — | No | — | — | — |
| 9 | JupyterLab | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | — | — |
| 10 | Snowflake CoCo | 7.1 | No | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Anaconda Notebooks | 7.0 | Free plan | $15/mo | Yes | 15 /user/mo | — | — |
| 12 | NVIDIA ShadowPlay | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | No | both |
| 13 | Siemens Building X | 7.0 | No | — | Yes | — | — | — |
| 14 | SAS Visual Statistics | 6.9 | No | — | No | — | — | — |
| 15 | Google Colab | 6.7 | Free plan | — | Yes | 8.33 /user/mo | — | — |
| 16 | Cloudera Data Lake Service | 6.5 | No | — | No | — | Yes | both |
| 17 | C3 AI Demand Planning | 6.3 | No | — | — | — | Yes | both |
| 18 | Glycerine Workbench | 6.3 | No | A$15/mo | Yes | — | No | cloud |
| 19 | NVIDIA AI Workbench | 6.1 | No | — | Yes | — | No | both |
| 20 | Alibaba Cloud Machine Learning Platform for AI | 6.0 | No | $0.06/mo | Yes | — | — | — |
| 21 | Saturn Cloud | 5.9 | No | $0.09/mo | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | ML Workspace | 5.7 | No | — | Yes | — | Yes | self_hosted |
| 23 | Oracle Code Assist | 5.6 | No | — | No | — | — | — |
| 24 | DataRobot | 5.4 | No | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | H2O.ai | 5.4 | No | — | — | — | — | — |
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Questions about this list
Which data science platform is ranked first on Specifiction?
Deepnote is ranked #1 of 32 with a score of 7.7. Paperspace Gradient is second and KNIME Analytics Platform third.
How many of these have a free plan?
10 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Alibaba Cloud Machine Learning Platform for AI has the lowest first paid tier we found: $0.06/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.
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