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Querybook vs Apache Zeppelin: catalog facts
QuerybookApache Zeppelin
Free

Free and open source; you host it yourself.

Free

Free and open source from the Apache Software Foundation.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Collaborative notebooks that combine queries, notes and charts
  • Schema-aware autocompletion in the query editor
  • Supports SQL, Scala, Python, R and Spark in one notebook
  • Connects to any JDBC data source
  • Needs a server deployment, not a simple desktop install
  • Geared to team data warehouses more than quick local database work
  • 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

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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