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Apache Superset vs Apache Zeppelin: catalog facts
Apache Superset	Apache Zeppelin
Free Free and open source as an Apache Software Foundation project.	Free Free and open source from the Apache Software Foundation.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
No-code chart builder alongside a SQL IDE Connects to many SQL-based databases and engines	Supports SQL, Scala, Python, R and Spark in one notebook Connects to any JDBC data source
Must be installed and operated on a server More of a BI platform than a quick desktop database client	Needs to be installed and run as a server Setup for clusters and multiple users takes some configuration
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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