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Databricks

A unified platform combining data storage, analytics, and AI capabilities in a single system

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Available worldwide · Popular in: US

What is Databricks?

Databricks is a data lakehouse platform that merges data lake scalability with warehouse reliability and performance. It enables organizations to ingest, prepare, and analyze data while building AI applications with integrated governance and compliance.

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Databricks pricing

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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 Engineering

From $0.15 / DBU per second

Orchestrate data processing, machine learning and analytics pipelines

  • Orchestrate data processing
  • Build streaming and batch pipelines
  • Ingest data from multiple sources

Data Warehousing

From $0.22 / DBU per second

Run SQL queries for BI reporting, analytics and visualization

  • SQL analytics
  • BI reporting
  • Available in Classic and Serverless compute

Interactive Workloads

From $0.40 / DBU per second

Run interactive data science and machine learning workloads

  • Data science workloads
  • Build custom applications
  • Security and governance

Operational Database

From $0.069 / CU per second

Fully-managed Postgres transactional database for data and feature serving

  • Postgres database
  • Data and feature serving

Artificial Intelligence

From $0.07 / DBU per second

Build production-quality GenAI or ML applications

  • GenAI applications
  • Model Serving
  • AI Functions
  • Model Training

Genie

Free
Free

AI assistance for every team with natural language query access

  • Natural language Q&A
  • AI Coding Assistant
  • Enterprise Knowledge access

What Databricks does

The capabilities that matter for data warehouse software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Deployment
Deployment
Managed cloud
Architecture
Architecture
Separated storage/compute
Compute model
Serverless
Query
SQL dialect
Vendor-specific
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
-
Interoperability
Table-format support
Delta, Iceberg
Scale
Concurrency scaling
Automatic
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
First-class
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
✓
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
✓
Licensing
Licence class
Proprietary
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • Web
  • Android
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Integrations (8)

Independently observed
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  • Microsoft Power Platform
chat
  • Microsoft Teams•
  • Teams
  • Slack
  • Confluence
  • Power Platform
  • Copilot Studio
  • Zerobus

Databricks FAQ

Common questions about Databricks, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is Databricks?

Databricks is a data lakehouse platform that merges data lake scalability with warehouse reliability and performance. It enables organizations to ingest, prepare, and analyze data while building AI applications with integrated governance and compliance. It is indexed under Data Warehouse Software.

Source: https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/pricing

Is Databricks free?

Databricks offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.07. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.

Source: https://databricks.com

What platforms does Databricks support?

Databricks supports the web and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.

Source: https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/pricing

Can Databricks be self-hosted?

We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Databricks, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.

Source: https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/session/creating-better-travel-experiences-all-confronting-airline-pricing

What does Databricks integrate with?

We have confirmed 6 integrations for Databricks, including Teams, Slack, Confluence, Power Platform, Copilot Studio and Zerobus. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.

Source: https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/pricing

Where is Databricks available?

Databricks is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.

Source: https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/session/creating-better-travel-experiences-all-confronting-airline-pricing

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Balanced composite 57 / 100
low · 49%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Reliability500.167.9✓
Pricing transparency1000.066.3✓
Price level800.043.4✓
Capabilities580.053.0✓
Integrations220.051.1✓
Security posture50.120.0-

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Content

AttributeValueEvidence
Faq6 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 63%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesIn db ml: Yes · Deployment: managed · Sql dialect: vendor · Architecture: separated · Data sharing: Yes · Compute model: serverlessmediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count5mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityPrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …highsource · 2026-08-13 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%
Modelfreemiummediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%
Price levellowmediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Trust centerhttps://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/session/genie-zeroops-data-quality-and-compliance-scalemediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60%
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%
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