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Deepnote: Collaborative analytics & data science notebook Review

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Should I use Deepnote: Collaborative analytics & data science notebook?

Explore data with Python & SQL, work together with your team, and share insights that lead to action — all in one place with Deepnote. - deepnote.com

· 1 month ago

Buy if your data team shares Python/SQL notebooks and your warehouse is cloud-reachable — start on the free tier. Skip it if you work solo, your data sits behind a VPN, or you need a full BI tool instead.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~18 public sources; independent reviews and exact pricing tiers were thin.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • Data science teams collaborating on notebooks
  • Jupyter users tired of sharing friction
  • Mixed Python and SQL analytics teams
  • Regulated teams needing SOC 2/HIPAA

Not for

  • Solo analysts fine with plain local Jupyter
  • Teams whose data lives behind VPNs
  • Non-technical users wanting drag-and-drop BI dashboards
  • Guess: orgs needing self-hosted/on-prem notebooks

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Your data must be reachable from Deepnote's cloud; VPN-only warehouses won't connect

medium

Guess: cloud lock-in — moving projects back to local Jupyter takes effort

medium

Freemium entry; confirm per-seat and compute limits before a team-wide rollout

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Improves the core Jupyter pain points: collaboration and sharing
  • Built on Jupyter-compatible notebooks, so migration is familiar
  • Freemium entry; free to start before committing
  • Compliant with SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR; data encrypted
  • Built-in access controls replace separate permission systems

Cons

  • Cloud-only: one team blocked because datastores sat behind VPN
  • Exact pricing hidden across third-party pages; costs past free tier unclear
  • Positioning keeps shifting — hero already moved from notebook to 'open data workspace'

Sources & method

- 8 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x1review x3security x1news x3

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 8

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Freemium tier; one user cites 15% cost savings
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Testimonials cite seconds-fast setup; vendor-sourced
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Jupyter-compatible plus code reviews, apps, access controls
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 4/5. SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR claimed; no breaches found
  • 4.5/5 User rating AI App Spot directory
  • Yes Free tier Listed as freemium
  • $20M Funding Raised Jan 2022 (TechCrunch)
  • 500,000+ Claimed users Data professionals, vendor-claimed

Pricing

Free tier: Yes

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Users praise fast setup and Jupyter-compatible collaboration; the main complaint is cloud access to behind-VPN data.

“We're very much fed up with collaborating on Jupyter notebooks . Sadly my team can't use Deepnote yet because all our datastores are behind VPN.”
Hacker News
“Deepnote was incredibly easy to set up and allows us to start new notebooks in seconds.”
Deepnote customer testimonial
“Deepnote is quickly becoming a drop-in replacement for Jupyter — but with a modern, AI-first...”
LinkedIn post

Alternatives

Compare Deepnote: Collaborative analytics & data science notebook with each alternative.

  • Kaggle Notebooks

    Free hosted notebooks, good for learning and sharing

Companies that use it

  • Retool
  • Segment
  • Productboard
  • Sourcegraph
  • Mux
Full analysis

Based on ~18 public sources; independent reviews and exact pricing tiers were thin.

Strong collaborative Jupyter replacement for data teams; skip if your data is VPN-only or you work solo.

Methodology

Based on ~18 public sources; independent reviews and exact pricing tiers were thin.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Deepnote homepagedeepnote.com
    official
  2. Deepnote product security pagedeepnote.com
    security
  3. Deepnote raises $20M (TechCrunch)techcrunch.com
    news
  4. Deepnote comes out of beta (Martech360)martech360.com
    news
  5. Deepnote (YC S19) Hacker News discussionnews.ycombinator.com
    review
  6. Deepnote listing with rating and freemium noteaiappspot.com
    review
  7. Deepnote company overview (SwellPulse)swellpulse.ai
    news
  8. Deepnote pricing analysis (Intellrise)intellrise.com
    review

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