Deepnote vs Pluto.jl

Deepnote is an AI workspace for data professionals working on data analysis, exploration, and machine learning. Its copilot can chat with data, make charts, and write code; notebooks can also become dashboards or interactive apps with live data. Teams can collaborate in notebooks, comment on blocks, and share work by link or email invitation. Notebooks can run on hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly schedules, or be deployed as APIs. Listed integrations include PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Amazon S3, MySQL, Snowflake, GitHub, and dbt. Deepnote supports Python, SQL, R, and Stata, with a hybrid execution model and notebook formats including .deepnote, .ipynb, .qmd, .py, and PDF. The free plan allows up to three editors and five projects, with seven-day revision history. Paid pricing starts at $39/user/mo (annual); a 14-day trial is listed. Deepnote says it has SOC 2 Type II certification, encrypts data at rest and in transit, and does not use customer data to improve AI or ML models.

Pluto.jl is a free, open-source reactive notebook for the Julia programming language, developed for education. Its cells track dependencies, and changes cause affected cells to rerun. PlutoUI provides widgets such as sliders, text fields, and buttons; custom widgets can be built with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Pluto analyzes package use, manages a separate package environment for each notebook, and stores environment details in the notebook file. Its documentation says there is no mutable workspace, so the visible code describes the program state. Notebooks can be exported with cell outputs as HTML or PDF. The software is available under the MIT License at free and supports real-time collaboration. To use the package, install Julia and start Pluto from Julia's terminal or REPL; the site lists Julia 1.10 through 1.12. It also links to an online editor powered by mybinder.org and featured notebooks that can run in a browser. Pluto was developed alongside MIT's Introduction to Computational Thinking course and is designed for students and teachers.