Deepnote vs Hex vs Quadratic
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Deepnote
Collaborative notebook that went open-source, drop-in for Jupyter
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Hex
SQL, Python and AI agents in one collaborative data notebook
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Quadratic
The spreadsheet where Python, SQL and JS run natively in every cell.
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.3 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 | 8.1 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | — | Free plan: limited AI usage, limited files, limited sharing and connections |
| Paid from | — | Roughly $36-75/editor/month (Professional/Team); Enterprise custom | Pro $18/user/month (annual) or $20/month; Business $36/user/month (annual) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — | 250,000+ (self-reported on homepage, 2026) |
| Founded | — | 2019 | 2022 |
| Maker | — | — | Quadratic Growth Inc. |
| Verdict | Deepnote is what Jupyter would look like rebuilt for teams: Google-Docs-style live editing, native SQL blocks, scheduling, deployable data apps, and an AI agent that writes queries and code. The 2025 open-source move is... |
Collapsing three separate tools — SQL editor, Python notebook, BI dashboard — into one workspace is Hex's real trick, and its AI layer is good enough that reviewers describe cutting two-to-three-day analyses down to half... |
Quadratic's pitch — Python, SQL, and JS running natively in spreadsheet cells, no environment setup — is genuinely different, and the August 2025 agentic update lets the AI write, run, and debug that code itself from a p... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.