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Comparison

Databricks vs Dremio

On the evidence we track, Dremio leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Databricks full profile →Dremio full profile →
Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
Databricks53
★Dremio72
Score
vioscaleAI score
Databricks53 / 100low · 47%
Dremio72 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
Databricks✓
Dremio✓
Model
Databricksfree
Dremiofreemium
Price level
Databricksfree
Dremiolow
Transparent
Databricks✗
Dremio✗
Integrations
Count
Databricks14
Dremio9
Security
Disclosure policy
Databricks✓
Dremio✓
Gdpr
Databricks–
Dremio✓
Iso27001
Databricks–
Dremio✓
Soc2
Databricks–
Dremio✓
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Databricks–
Dremio99.99
Status page
Databricks✓
Dremio✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Databricks6 items
Dremio6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for data warehouse software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Deployment
DatabricksManaged cloud
DremioHybrid
Architecture
Architecture
DatabricksSeparated storage/compute
DremioSeparated storage/compute
Compute model
DatabricksServerless
Dremio-
Query
SQL dialect
DatabricksVendor-specific
DremioVendor-specific
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
Databricks-
Dremio✓
Interoperability
Table-format support
DatabricksDelta, Iceberg
DremioApache Iceberg
Scale
Concurrency scaling
DatabricksAutomatic
Dremio-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
Databricks✓
Dremio✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
DatabricksFirst-class
DremioFirst-class
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
Databricks✓
Dremio-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
Databricks✓
Dremio-
Licensing
Licence class
DatabricksProprietary
DremioSource-available

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Databricks

An integrated data and AI platform built on open formats that merges transactional reliability with analytics and machine learning capabilities, enabling organizations to manage data, models, and AI applications together without vendor lock-in.

Independently observed

Dremio

Leader

An open-source lakehouse platform built on Apache Iceberg that enables data analytics and AI workloads with support for CDC, multi-source ingestion, and SQL-based querying.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Databricks

from $0.07/moUsage-basedFree tier

Pay-as-you-go usage-based pricing from $0.069 / DBU or CU per second. Committed Use Contracts available for volume discounts. Free tier available.

  • Data EngineeringFrom $0.15 / DBU per second
    • Orchestrate data processing
    • Build streaming and batch pipelines
    • Ingest data from multiple sources
  • Data WarehousingFrom $0.22 / DBU per second
    • SQL analytics
    • BI reporting
    • Available in Classic and Serverless compute
  • Interactive WorkloadsFrom $0.40 / DBU per second
    • Data science workloads
    • Build custom applications
    • Security and governance
  • Operational DatabaseFrom $0.069 / CU per second
    • Postgres database
    • Data and feature serving
  • Artificial IntelligenceFrom $0.07 / DBU per second
    • GenAI applications
    • Model Serving
    • AI Functions
    • Model Training
  • GenieFree
    • Natural language Q&A
    • AI Coding Assistant
    • Enterprise Knowledge access
as of verify ↗

Dremio

Leader
from $0.20/moconsumptionFree tier30-day trial

From $0.20 per DCU. Free Community Edition. 30-day free trial.

  • Dremio Cloud$0.20 per DCU. $400 credit free trial for 30 days.
    • Fully managed infrastructure (AWS, Azure coming soon)
    • Automatic scaling and optimization
    • Automatic feature releases
    • Zero infrastructure management
    • AI Agent
    • +4 more
  • Dremio EnterpriseContact sales
    • Self-managed on Kubernetes, on-premises, or cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
    • Full control over infrastructure, security, compliance
    • Flexible deployment options
    • AI Agent
    • AI Semantic Layer
    • +4 more
  • Dremio Community EditionFree
    • Query engine
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Databricks✓
Dremio✓
Android
Databricks✓
Dremio✗
CLI
Databricks✗
Dremio✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Databricks✓
Dremio✓
Self-hosted
Databricks✗
Dremio✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (3)
  • Apache Spark
  • Apache Iceberg
  • dbt

Databricks

22 total - 19 not shared
  • Teams
  • Slack
  • Confluence
  • Power Platform
  • Copilot Studio
  • Zerobus
  • Microsoft Power Platform
  • Microsoft Teams
  • MLflow
  • Delta Lake
  • Unity Catalog
  • Lakeflow
  • Databricks SQL
  • Databricks Genie
  • Lakebase
  • Trino
  • LangChain
  • PyTorch
  • DSPy
Independently observed

Dremio

Leader
15 total - 12 not shared
  • Apache Polaris
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • DynamoDB
  • Oracle
  • SQL Server
  • DB2
  • AWS EMR
  • AWS Glue
  • Postgres
  • Kafka
Independently observed
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Databricks or Dremio: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

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