Databricks
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How to Replace DatabricksOverview
Features
29 features across 17 categories
AI(7)
Boost GenAI ROI with AI agents for real-world applications
Context-aware natural language search and discovery for data exploration
Automate experiment tracking and governance for model development
Develop generative AI applications on your data without sacrificing data privacy or control
Create, tune and deploy your own generative AI models
Deploy and monitor models at scale
Empower everyone in your organization to discover insights from your data using natural language
Data Integration(1)
Intelligent data processing for batch and real time with a single solution for all ETL use cases
Data Quality(1)
Maintain quality control across the entire AI workflow
Data Sharing(1)
The first open approach to secure data sharing means you can easily share live data sets, models, dashboards and notebooks
Data Warehouse(1)
Achieve 12x better price/performance for SQL and BI workloads by moving from legacy cloud data warehouses to a lakehouse
Database(1)
Serverless Postgres for applications that scale
Education(1)
Generative AI Fundamentals training with 4 short videos for LLMs and organizational use
Governance(2)
Unify governance for data, analytics and AI with a single model of data governance for all structured and unstructured data
Maintain data lineage across the entire AI workflow
Infrastructure(4)
Automatic reliability and optimization at scale with minimal manual intervention
Intelligent selection of compute type based on workload requirements
Simplified management with serverless infrastructure for data and AI workloads
Automatic autoscaling based on specific workload requirements
Integration(1)
Open formats and APIs to avoid lock-in
Marketplace(1)
Monetize sharing with the Databricks Marketplace
Monitoring(2)
AI-powered monitoring and observability for data and AI workloads
Monitor data pipelines and ETL processes end-to-end
Orchestration(1)
Manage pipelines to business requirements with intelligent optimization to deadlines and budget
Performance(1)
Optimized query execution for improved performance on AI workloads
Reliability(1)
Automatic remediation of errors in data pipelines
Security(2)
Maintain data privacy across the entire AI workflow
Single permission model for data and AI governance
Workflow Automation(1)
Simple workflow authoring for batch and streaming ETL processes
Pricing
Pay-as-you-go
Popular- ✓No up-front costs
- ✓Only pay for products you use
- ✓Per second granularity
Committed Use Contracts
- ✓Discounts based on usage commitments
- ✓Greater benefits with larger commitments
- ✓Flexible use across multiple clouds
- ✓Custom pricing
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Build vs Buy
Should you build a Databricks alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 29 features.
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Better ValueBuild Your Own
Buying Databricks saves ~$18,480 over 3 years vs building.
Estimates based on 29 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.