# Gradient Notebooks

## Overview

Gradient Notebooks provides a web-based Jupyter interactive development environment backed by powerful Paperspace machines. Compared to other cloud-based notebooks, Gradient  provides a better startup experience, a wider selection of free and paid GPU machines, and an unrivaled path to scale into production on the Gradient platform.  

![The Gradient Notebooks development environment.](https://3486137344-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LHZRFUkajubOAmgu6Rd-1459739844%2Fuploads%2FnExyGVHuRu9RpJgOg3Gc%2Fclipit%20loading%20dark.gif?alt=media\&token=e83c6f50-e234-4940-be02-bee29d6cd6fd)

Gradient Notebooks is used by data scientists and machine learning teams to explore data and code and build-out applications. 

## Where to start

To jump right into the Gradient Notebooks Tutorial, start here:

{% content-ref url="../get-started/tutorials-list/gradient-notebooks-tutorial" %}
[gradient-notebooks-tutorial](https://paperspace.gitbook.io/gradient/get-started/tutorials-list/gradient-notebooks-tutorial)
{% endcontent-ref %}

To learn how to configure a new notebook container and workspace, try the Runtimes section:

{% content-ref url="notebooks/notebook-containers" %}
[notebook-containers](https://paperspace.gitbook.io/gradient/explore-train-deploy/notebooks/notebook-containers)
{% endcontent-ref %}

To learn all about machines that are available to use with Gradient Notebooks, head over to the Machines section:

{% content-ref url="notebooks/machines" %}
[machines](https://paperspace.gitbook.io/gradient/explore-train-deploy/notebooks/machines)
{% endcontent-ref %}

Information on the Gradient Notebooks terminal can be found here:

{% content-ref url="notebooks/notebook-terminals" %}
[notebook-terminals](https://paperspace.gitbook.io/gradient/explore-train-deploy/notebooks/notebook-terminals)
{% endcontent-ref %}