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Databricks

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Leading Data and AI Platform for Enterprises

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Last updated: Aug 28, 2026
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Databricks is a unified data and AI platform for enterprises, enabling the building and deployment of AI agents and applications on a single, open, and governed foundation. It is trusted by over 20,000 customers globally, including Fortune 500 companies like adidas and Novo Nordisk. Databricks offers a free edition for learning and a pay-as-you-go model with committed use contracts.

About DatabricksAI

Databricks is a unified data and AI platform that runs analytical and operational workloads on an open, governed foundation. It enables organizations to build BI and AI applications, stream and analyze data, and process daily operations with consistent security, performance, and governance. The platform offers a free edition for learning and a pay-as-you-go model with committed use contracts for.

What Makes It UniqueAI

Databricks' Lakehouse architecture unifies data lakes and data warehouses, eliminating silos and simplifying data estates for faster data and AI initiatives, all built on open source standards.

AI-extracted from public sources. May contain errors. Methodology · Report an error

Decision Intelligence

Best For

AI
Enterprise data teams building and deploying AI agents and applications at scale
Organizations seeking to unify data, analytics, and AI workloads on a single platform
Companies needing robust data governance and security across their data assets
Businesses looking to reduce legacy data warehouse costs and improve TCO
Data professionals requiring interactive data science and machine learning environments

Consider Alternatives If

AI
Small businesses or individual users with minimal data processing needs
Organizations seeking a simple, fixed-price SaaS solution without usage-based billing
Teams without existing cloud infrastructure or expertise in cloud data management
Pricing Overview

Type

Enterprise

Starting Price

$0.069/mo

Billing Cycle

Usage Based

Free Trial

No

Credit Card

Not Required

Free Plan

No

Dimension Scores

· 6.4 avg

How good it is, across universal quality axes

Ease of Use6/10
Output Quality8/10
Value for Money7/10
Customization3/10
Support9/10
Integration6/10
Accuracy & Reliability8/10
Compliance & Data Protection3/10
Performance8/10
AI-analyzed from product data·Medium confidenceHow we score

Task Scores

· 7.6 avg

What it can do, on category-specific tasks

Data Integration9/10
Natural Language Queries8/10
Predictive Analytics8/10
Automated Insights8/10
Collaboration Sharing8/10
Data Visualization7/10
Dashboard Creation7/10
Data Cleaning7/10
Report Generation7/10
Anomaly Detection7/10

Scores are AI-estimated from publicly available data — not an independent test or a verified user rating. How we rank →

Capabilities
Data Analysis
Automation
Agent
RAG
Fine-Tuning
Embedding
Forecasting
Classification
ProsAI
  • +Unified platform for data, analytics, and AI reduces complexity and data copying
  • +Built on open source and open standards like Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow
  • +Scalable architecture supports startups to global enterprises with automatic optimization
  • +Comprehensive security features including encryption, network controls, and auditing
  • +Offers a free edition for learning and a pay-as-you-go pricing model with discounts for committed usage
LimitationsAI
  • -Pricing can be complex due to usage-based billing (DBUs, DSUs) and cloud provider variations
  • -Requires understanding of cloud infrastructure costs in addition to Databricks platform costs
  • -Free edition has limited functionality, primarily for learning Spark
  • -Full benefits require significant commitment and integration into existing cloud accounts
  • -Migration from existing data systems may require substantial effort
Fit Score

Complexity

Advanced

Company Size

Medium
Enterprise

Target Team Size

Large Team

Target Skill Level

Expert
Technical Specifications
SDK Available
MCP Compatible
Team Features
Webhook Support
Has DemoOpen demo
Function Calling (unknown)
Sandbox Mode
Audit Logs
No Signup
Works Offline
Requires Host App
Framework
MCP Server
Inference API
IDE Plugins
Developer Access
Sandbox
Login required
Deployment:
Cloud
Runtime:
CUDA
CPU
Response time (est.):
Fast
MCP Servers:
Databricks managed MCP servers
Compliance, Privacy & Trust
GDPR (as claimed): No
SOC 2 (as claimed): No
HIPAA (as claimed): No
Privacy & data handling
Trains on user data: Yes

Region restricted in:

China
Human review:
Recommended

The Model(s) Behind It

Model details — extracted from public vendor sources by our pipeline (Smart Generator + A3 cross-referencing) or admin-entered. Shown as claimed by the vendor; not independently audited by Intelloro.

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Base Models

Model Weight Availability
Closed API (no weights)
Training Data Provenance
Not disclosed
Relevant to EU AI Act Art. 53 / Annex XI (GPAI)
Video

Trust Score

70/100

Good

Based on 9 data signals

Confidence: Medium

Reflects publicly available data, not an independent audit

Compliance & Verified8/38
Human ReviewYes
Operational35/35
Uptime (measured)99.98%
Status PageYes
Data ResidencyUS, EU, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, India
Market Proof10/10
Notable CustomersAT&T, OpenAI, Burberry
Company17/17
Company ListedYes
Team Size10001+
User Base10K-100K
FundingSeries F+
Health

Not yet checked

AI-Assisted Data

Some details are AI-generated estimates — verify with the vendor.

AI-generated estimate: Best For, Description, Limitations, Not Good For, Pros, Quick Answer, What Makes Unique

How we source data

AI Governance & Regulatory Disclosures

Legally-sensitive fields — extracted from public vendor sources by our pipeline (Smart Generator + A3 cross-referencing) or admin-entered. Shown as claimed by the vendor; not independently audited by Intelloro.

EU AI Act Risk Tier
Unclassified
EU AI Act Article 50 Disclosure
Not declared
COPPA Compliance (US under-13)
Not declared

Switching & Migration

Migration Difficulty
Significant Effort
Data portable as:
HTML
CSV
PARQUET
JSON
TXT
XML

Customer Support

Quick Stats
Base ModelDBRX +1
PlatformsWeb, API, CLI
Integrations6+
User Base10K-100K
LaunchedJun 2015
Company & Links
CompanyDatabricks Inc.
Founded2013
Based inUnited States
Last major updateAug 2026
FundingSeries F+ · $20200M
DocumentationChangelog
All Features
Lakehouse Architecture
AI Assistant (Genie)
Application Development
Business Intelligence
Customer Data Platform
Data Engineering (Lakeflow)
Data Warehousing (Databricks SQL)
Unified Governance (Unity Catalog)
Data Engineering
$0.15/usage-based
  • Orchestrate data processing, ML, and analytics pipelines
  • Build streaming and batch pipelines
  • Ingest data from a wide variety of sources with in-built connectors
Data Warehousing
$0.22/usage-based
  • Run SQL queries for BI reporting, analytics, and visualization
  • Get timely insights from data lakes
  • Available in Classic and Serverless Compute
Interactive workloads
$0.4/usage-based
  • Run interactive data science and machine learning workloads
  • Build and deploy custom applications
  • Full security and governance of the Data + AI Platform
Operational Database
$0.069/usage-based
  • Fully-managed Postgres transactional database
  • Serve data and features to support applications built on Databricks
Artificial Intelligence
$0.07/usage-based
  • Build production-quality GenAI or ML apps
  • AI Gateway
  • Agent Bricks
  • AI Functions
  • Model Serving
  • Foundation Model Serving
  • Proprietary Foundation Model Serving
  • AI Search
  • Agent Evaluation
  • Model Training
  • AI Runtime
Genie
$0.07/usage-based
  • AI assistance for every team
  • Across code, analytics, and enterprise knowledge
  • Ask in natural language and get trusted, governed answers from your data
  • Genie One - Enterprise Knowledge
  • Genie Spaces - Natural Language Q&A
  • Genie Code - AI Coding Assistant

Pricing verified from the vendor pricing page.

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Who It's For
3 roles
Data ScientistsComputer Systems AnalystsManagement Analysts
Platform, Content & Languages
3 content types
1 languages
Data VisualizationTextCodeEnglish+6 more

Content Types

Data Visualization
Text
Code

Accepts

Text
Code
API

Produces

Text
Code
API
Languages: English

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