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Redash vs Apache Zeppelin: catalog facts
RedashApache Zeppelin
Free

Free and open source.

Free

Free and open source from the Apache Software Foundation.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Connects to a wide range of SQL, NoSQL and API sources
  • Collaborative SQL editor with schema browser and snippets
  • Supports SQL, Scala, Python, R and Spark in one notebook
  • Connects to any JDBC data source
  • Needs a server to host it
  • Most useful for SQL-literate users
  • 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 not stated 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 September 24, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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