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CoCalc vs RStudio Server: catalog facts
CoCalcRStudio Server
Freemium

Hosted plans and licences are offered; see the pricing page for current terms.

Free

The open-source edition is free; Posit AI features are offered separately with a free…

Web, Self-hosted Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • Notebooks, terminals, files and documents in one shared project
  • Live collaborative editing with version history and recovery
  • Full RStudio workbench reachable from any browser
  • Several users can share one server
  • Main use is through a hosted service that needs an account
  • Claude Code support is an experimental preview
  • Focused on R; other languages are secondary
  • Requires running and maintaining a server
Web application, Self-hosted, Hosted service Self-hosted
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: AGPL-3.0
Account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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