Both of these browser-based notebooks are great for new arrivals to interactive notebooks. They are accessible and allow for users to get a sample of the power of computing. The main draw of Google Colab is the hardware accelerator feature, which is currently not supported within Deepnote. This means there is potential to take on bigger jobs more quickly. On the other hand, the main draw of Deepnote is the seamless real-time collaboration. Colab notebooks tend to lag with multiple users editing, while Deepnote keeps up. \nOf course, both have drawbacks that are solved when using the paid version of each, such as descheduling long-running projects.