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CoCalc vs Google Colab: catalog facts
CoCalc	Google Colab
Freemium Hosted plans and licences are offered; see the pricing page for current terms.	Freemium Free to use with a Google account; Google also offers paid compute plans.
Web, Self-hosted	Web
Notebooks, terminals, files and documents in one shared project Live collaborative editing with version history and recovery	No local setup needed to run notebooks Built-in AI assistance for notebook code
Main use is through a hosted service that needs an account Claude Code support is an experimental preview	Requires a Google account Code runs on Google's servers rather than your own machine
Web application, Self-hosted, Hosted service	Web application
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Account needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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