Best Notebook Software in 2026
Updated
In short: Datalore is ranked #1 of 25 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of Deepnote and Hex. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Deepnote. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Saturn Cloud at $0.09/mo.
Notebook software gives you an interactive environment for working with code and analysis. Compare execution model, supported languages, and notebook formats, then consider whether GPU compute, real-time collaboration, or version history matters to your workflow. Free-plan availability and the listed paid-from price provide additional points of comparison. The ranking opens with Google Colab and Kaggle Notebooks, followed by Datalore and Deepnote; Hex and JupyterLab are also among the first entries. Focus on the runtime, formats, and collaboration features that fit how you build and revisit notebook work.
25 notebook software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
| # | Platform | Score | Why | From | Free plan | Paid from | Execution model | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Datalore | 7.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | hybrid | View |
| 2 |  Deepnote | 7.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $3,920/mo | Yes | 39 /user/mo | hybrid | View |
| 3 | Hex | 7.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $36/mo | Yes | 36 /user/mo | hosted | View |
| 4 | Google Colab | 7.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | 8.33 /user/mo | — | View |
| 5 | Kaggle Notebooks | 7.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | hosted | View |
| 6 | Nextjournal | 6.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $299/mo | Yes | — | hosted | View |
| 7 | Observable | 6.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $2,225/mo | Yes | 22 /user/mo | — | View |
| 8 | JupyterLab | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | local | View |
| 9 | marimo | 5.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | hybrid | View |
| 10 | Paperspace Notebooks | 5.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | hosted | View |
| 11 | JupyterHub | 5.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | hybrid | View |
| 12 | nteract | 5.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | local | View |
| 13 | Pluto.jl | 5.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | local | View |
| 14 | Dnote | 5.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | local | View |
| 15 | Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Financial Aid | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | hosted | View |
| 16 |  SageMath | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 17 | Saturn Cloud | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $0.09/mo | — | — | hosted | View |
| 18 | Apache Zeppelin | 5.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | hybrid | View |
| 19 | Oracle Machine Learning Notebooks | 5.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | hosted | View |
| 20 | BinderHub | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | hosted | View |
| 21 | Kubeflow Notebooks | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | hosted | View |
| 22 |  Polynote | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | local | View |
| 23 |  Quiver | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 24 | Mathematica | 4.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 25 | JupyterLite | 4.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
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Questions about this list
Which notebook software is ranked first on Inferse?
Datalore is ranked #1 of 25 with a score of 7.4. Deepnote is second and Hex third.
How many of these have a free plan?
8 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Saturn Cloud has the lowest first paid tier we found: $0.09/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it. Paid placements never change a rank.