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# Amazon Athena vs Databricks Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Pricing

**Amazon Athena**
No pricing available

**Databricks**
Free Trial

**$99.00** Per Feature Per Month · Basic

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Perceived Cost

**Amazon Athena**
$$$$$

**Databricks**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Amazon Athena**
10%

**Databricks**
14%4% more

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Time to Implement

**Amazon Athena** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Databricks** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

Return on Investment

**Amazon Athena** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Databricks** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Pros & Cons**
from reviews

**Amazon Athena**

Analytics (1)

Big Data Handling (1)

Function Limitations (1)

Limited SQL (1)

**Databricks**

Features (288)

Ease of Use (278)

Learning Curve (112)

Expensive (97)

Integrations

**Amazon Athena**
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Amazon Quick

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Amazon Simple Storage...

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AWS Glue

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Microsoft Power BI

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**Databricks**
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Slack

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Screenshots

**Amazon Athena**
No screenshot available

**Databricks**
 ![Databricks screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/1231334/automated-etl-processing-img.png)

**Ratings**
from reviews

Meets Requirements

**Amazon Athena**

**8.4** /10

Based on 127 responses

**Databricks**

**9.0** /10

Based on 683 responses

Ease of Use

**Amazon Athena**

**8.9** /10

Based on 127 responses

**Databricks**

**8.8** /10

Based on 1,070 responses

Ease of Setup

**Amazon Athena**

**9.1** /10

Based on 62 responses

**Databricks**

**8.4** /10

Based on 918 responses

Ease of Admin

**Amazon Athena**

**8.5** /10

Based on 55 responses

**Databricks**

**8.4** /10

Based on 203 responses

Quality of Support

**Amazon Athena**

**8.5** /10

Based on 109 responses

**Databricks**

**8.7** /10

Based on 667 responses

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Amazon Athena**

**8.7** /10

Based on 55 responses

**Databricks**

**8.9** /10

Based on 206 responses

Product Direction (% positive)

**Amazon Athena**

**9.2** /10

Based on 100 responses

**Databricks**

**9.6** /10

Based on 673 responses

**Features**
ratings from reviews

Business Intelligence

Not enough data

**8.9** /10

Based on 399 responses

Data Visualization

Not enough data

**9.5** /10

Based on 44 responses

Analytics Platforms

Not enough data

**9.2** /10

Based on 404 responses

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Data Governance

Not enough data

**8.8** /10

Based on 144 responses

ETL Tools

Not enough data

**9.0** /10

Based on 220 responses

MLOps Platforms

Not enough data

**9.0** /10

Based on 99 responses

Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms

Not enough data

**8.7** /10

Based on 244 responses

Data Warehouse

Not enough data

**8.9** /10

Based on 245 responses

Database Management Systems (DBMS)

**8.5** /10

Based on 33 responses

Not enough data

DataOps Platforms

Not enough data

**9.1** /10

Based on 102 responses

Generative AI Infrastructure

Not enough data

**9.5** /10

Based on 31 responses

AI Agent Builders

Not enough data

**10.0** /10

Based on 22 responses

Database as a Service (DBaaS)

**8.9** /10

Based on 56 responses

Not enough data

Big Data Processing and Distribution

Not enough data

**9.0** /10

Based on 542 responses

Big Data Analytics

Not enough data

**8.9** /10

Based on 286 responses

Big Data

Not enough data

**8.7** /10

Based on 367 responses

User Insights

**Reviewers' Company Size**

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
22.2%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
25.9%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
51.9%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
22.2%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
25.9%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
51.9%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
15.3%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
37.7%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
47.0%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
15.3%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
37.7%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
47.0%

**Reviewers' Industry**

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Amazon Athena

Information Technology and Services
14.9%

Computer Software
12.4%

Financial Services
8.1%

Computer & Network Security
4.3%

Retail
4.3%

Other
55.9%

[![Databricks](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/135d1c9e39e19ef56dc8d0bf90fce20f/databricks.svg "Databricks")](https://www.g2.com/products/databricks/reviews)
Databricks

Information Technology and Services
13.5%

Financial Services
11.9%

Computer Software
7.7%

Consulting
4.8%

Manufacturing
4.7%

Other
57.4%

Alternatives

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