Databricks

databricks.com
AI & Machine Learning
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Leading Data and AI Platform for Enterprises

How to Replace Databricks

Overview

Databricks is a unified data and AI platform that brings AI to your data to help enterprises develop generative AI applications, democratize insights, and drive down costs. It combines data warehousing, ETL, analytics, and AI capabilities in a single lakehouse architecture that works across all major cloud providers.

Features

29 features across 17 categories

AI(7)

AI AgentsAI

Boost GenAI ROI with AI agents for real-world applications

Context-aware Natural Language SearchAI

Context-aware natural language search and discovery for data exploration

Experiment TrackingAI

Automate experiment tracking and governance for model development

Generative AI Application DevelopmentAI

Develop generative AI applications on your data without sacrificing data privacy or control

Model Creation and TuningAI

Create, tune and deploy your own generative AI models

Model Deployment at ScaleAI

Deploy and monitor models at scale

Natural Language InsightsAI

Empower everyone in your organization to discover insights from your data using natural language

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Data Integration(1)

ETL - Batch and Real-time

Intelligent data processing for batch and real time with a single solution for all ETL use cases

Data Quality(1)

Data Quality Control

Maintain quality control across the entire AI workflow

Data Sharing(1)

Open Data Sharing

The first open approach to secure data sharing means you can easily share live data sets, models, dashboards and notebooks

Also in: Snowflake, CropX

Data Warehouse(1)

Lakehouse Architecture

Achieve 12x better price/performance for SQL and BI workloads by moving from legacy cloud data warehouses to a lakehouse

Also in: Matomo, Rivery

Database(1)

Lakebase

Serverless Postgres for applications that scale

Also in: Microsoft 365, Lacework, Airtable

Education(1)

Training and Education

Generative AI Fundamentals training with 4 short videos for LLMs and organizational use

Also in: Ironclad, Moz, Wagmo

Governance(2)

AI GovernanceAI

Unify governance for data, analytics and AI with a single model of data governance for all structured and unstructured data

Data Lineage

Maintain data lineage across the entire AI workflow

Also in: MuleSoft, Looker, Okta

Infrastructure(4)

Hands-off Reliability and Optimization

Automatic reliability and optimization at scale with minimal manual intervention

Intelligent Compute SelectionAI

Intelligent selection of compute type based on workload requirements

Serverless Compute

Simplified management with serverless infrastructure for data and AI workloads

Workload-specific Autoscaling

Automatic autoscaling based on specific workload requirements

Integration(1)

Open Formats and APIs

Open formats and APIs to avoid lock-in

Marketplace(1)

Databricks Marketplace

Monetize sharing with the Databricks Marketplace

Monitoring(2)

AI-powered Monitoring and ObservabilityAI

AI-powered monitoring and observability for data and AI workloads

End-to-end Pipeline Monitoring

Monitor data pipelines and ETL processes end-to-end

Orchestration(1)

Pipeline Orchestration

Manage pipelines to business requirements with intelligent optimization to deadlines and budget

Performance(1)

AI-Optimized Query ExecutionAI

Optimized query execution for improved performance on AI workloads

Reliability(1)

Automatic Error RemediationAI

Automatic remediation of errors in data pipelines

Security(2)

Data Privacy

Maintain data privacy across the entire AI workflow

Single Permission Model

Single permission model for data and AI governance

Workflow Automation(1)

Simple Workflow Authoring

Simple workflow authoring for batch and streaming ETL processes

Pricing

Pay-as-you-go

Popular
Pay per second
  • No up-front costs
  • Only pay for products you use
  • Per second granularity

Committed Use Contracts

Custom
  • Discounts based on usage commitments
  • Greater benefits with larger commitments
  • Flexible use across multiple clouds
  • Custom pricing

Cost Calculator

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Build vs Buy

Should you build a Databricks alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 29 features.

Buy Databricks

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$12,000
Maintenance$180/mo
3-year total$18,480
Dev time~1 months

Buying Databricks saves ~$18,480 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 29 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.