Compare Amazon SageMaker and Databricks 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (34.9% of reviews)
Enterprise (44.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Amazon SageMaker
Star Rating
(48)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (34.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon SageMakerDatabricks
Star Rating
(724)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about DatabricksSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Databricks excels in providing a comprehensive data workflow solution, with features like Genie, Lakehouse Connect, and streaming tables that streamline data processing, analysis, and machine learning all in one platform. This integration is a significant advantage for users looking to minimize tool-switching.
- Users say that Amazon SageMaker offers a user-friendly experience, particularly for those new to machine learning. The straightforward login process and intuitive user interface make it easy to get started, which is especially beneficial for users without advanced hardware capabilities.
- Reviewers mention that Databricks has a higher overall satisfaction rating, reflecting its robust capabilities and support. Users appreciate the Unity Catalog for its centralized governance and fine-grained access control, which has been a game-changer for enterprise migrations.
- According to verified reviews, Amazon SageMaker shines in its ability to facilitate quick application deployment, making it a cost-effective choice for users looking to launch models without extensive setup time. This aspect is particularly appealing for smaller teams or startups.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Databricks has a slight edge in overall usability and feature richness, Amazon SageMaker's model training capabilities are well-regarded, especially for deep learning applications. Users have noted successful experiences with building complex models, such as object detection.
- Users report that Databricks' scalability is a strong point, with many praising its ability to handle large datasets efficiently. This is crucial for enterprises that require robust data handling capabilities, whereas some users feel that Amazon SageMaker may not scale as effectively in high-demand scenarios.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon SageMaker
No pricing availableDatabricks
No pricing availableFree Trial
Amazon SageMaker
No trial information availableDatabricks
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
38
8.9
574
Ease of Use
8.4
39
8.9
585
Ease of Setup
8.5
26
8.7
457
Ease of Admin
8.4
20
8.3
183
Quality of Support
8.6
34
8.7
549
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
20
8.9
187
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
37
9.6
562
Features by Category
Reports
Not enough data
8.3
12
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.9
14
Data Preparation
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.8
7
Data Modeling and Blending
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.8
8
Generative AI
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
9.2
6
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.3
5
Self Service
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
8.5
11
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
7.9
8
Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
9.0
12
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.6
6
Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.6
7
Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.3
7
Building Reports
Not enough data
9.0
148
Not enough data
8.6
143
Not enough data
7.6
123
Not enough data
8.4
145
Administration
Not enough data
8.8
99
Not enough data
8.6
93
Not enough data
9.0
94
Not enough data
8.7
97
Management
Not enough data
8.4
87
Not enough data
8.6
86
Not enough data
8.6
88
Not enough data
8.5
87
Not enough data
8.8
86
Compliance
Not enough data
8.8
98
Not enough data
8.7
92
Not enough data
8.9
94
Not enough data
8.7
94
Security
Not enough data
9.0
86
Not enough data
8.9
85
Not enough data
8.8
86
Data Quality
Not enough data
9.0
94
Not enough data
8.7
93
Not enough data
9.0
93
Maintainence
Not enough data
8.7
85
Not enough data
8.8
83
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.4
82
Not enough data
8.5
81
Agentic AI - Data Governance
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
9.0
14
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
9.0
13
Management
Not enough data
8.6
171
Not enough data
8.5
164
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
173
Not enough data
9.2
174
Not enough data
9.1
172
Not enough data
9.0
167
Not enough data
9.1
167
Deployment
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.9
66
Not enough data
8.9
66
Not enough data
9.0
67
Deployment
Not enough data
8.9
61
Not enough data
8.8
62
Not enough data
8.6
66
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
9.0
66
Management
Not enough data
9.0
63
Not enough data
8.8
65
Not enough data
9.2
61
Not enough data
8.9
68
Operations
Not enough data
8.7
62
Not enough data
8.8
61
Not enough data
9.0
62
Management
Not enough data
8.8
60
Not enough data
8.7
61
Not enough data
9.1
59
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
28
Not enough data
8.3
28
System
8.3
20
8.9
180
Model Development
8.7
29
8.8
182
8.2
28
7.9
187
8.3
33
8.3
186
8.9
33
8.7
190
Model Development
8.4
19
8.5
172
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.9
26
8.2
174
9.1
28
8.5
180
8.9
25
8.3
172
9.0
28
8.2
172
Machine/Deep Learning Services
9.2
17
8.4
158
9.2
18
8.4
160
Deployment
8.7
33
8.5
178
8.7
33
8.7
180
9.0
31
9.0
187
Generative AI
8.6
6
8.2
86
9.2
6
8.4
87
8.3
5
7.6
86
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.3
7
Data Management
Not enough data
9.0
185
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Verified
Not enough data
8.9
180
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
179
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
180
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
167
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
171
|
Verified
Integration
Not enough data
8.8
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
166
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
174
|
Verified
Deployment
Not enough data
7.9
156
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
178
|
Verified
Performance
Not enough data
9.1
177
|
Verified
Security
Not enough data
8.8
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
168
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.5
76
Not enough data
8.4
75
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Maintenance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
9.0
68
Not enough data
8.7
69
Not enough data
8.8
68
Not enough data
9.1
68
Agentic AI - DataOps Platforms
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.4
8
Analytics
Not enough data
8.8
67
Not enough data
8.5
67
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.6
67
Not enough data
8.6
68
Cloud Deployment
Not enough data
9.0
63
Not enough data
9.0
64
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.9
36
Not enough data
8.9
36
Scalability and Performance - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cost and Efficiency - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration and Extensibility - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security and Compliance - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Usability and Support - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customization - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data and Analytics - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Ingestion & Preparation - Low-Code Machine Learning Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Model Construction & Automation - Low-Code Machine Learning Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Traffic Management & Performance - AI Gateways
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Governance & Observability - AI Gateways
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Database
Not enough data
8.7
237
Not enough data
8.9
243
Not enough data
9.3
257
Integrations
Not enough data
8.3
220
Not enough data
9.1
258
Platform
Not enough data
9.0
250
Not enough data
8.8
248
Not enough data
9.1
258
Processing
Not enough data
9.0
243
Not enough data
9.0
246
Data Transformation
Not enough data
8.8
226
Not enough data
9.1
232
Connectivity
Not enough data
8.7
206
Not enough data
9.2
230
Not enough data
9.0
220
Not enough data
9.2
230
Operations
Not enough data
8.4
227
Not enough data
8.8
224
Not enough data
8.6
212
Not enough data
8.6
209
Not enough data
9.3
230
Building Reports
Not enough data
9.0
148
Not enough data
8.6
143
Not enough data
7.6
123
Not enough data
8.4
145
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon SageMaker and Databricks are categorized as MLOps Platforms, Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, and Generative AI Infrastructure
Unique Categories
Amazon SageMaker is categorized as Low-Code Machine Learning Platforms
Databricks is categorized as DataOps Platforms, Data Governance, ETL Tools, Big Data Processing and Distribution, Big Data Analytics, Analytics Platforms, Data Warehouse, Database Management Systems (DBMS), AI Agent Builders, and AI Gateways
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon SageMaker
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Databricks
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
20.9%
Computer Software
16.3%
Marketing and Advertising
4.7%
Internet
4.7%
Education Management
4.7%
Other
48.8%
Information Technology and Services
15.7%
Financial Services
10.5%
Computer Software
8.6%
Consulting
4.0%
Hospital & Health Care
3.7%
Other
57.5%
Alternatives
Discussions
What is the best way to integrate Sagemaker models with Kubernetes?
1 Comment
VJ
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/introducing-amazon-sagemaker-operators-for-kubernetes/Read more
How do i make this platform reach to most of my developers?
1 Comment
VJ
you can manage the access via IAM users and roles and give them access as per their need, Sagemaker by default has all the basic AWS feature and you can...Read more
Amazon SageMaker has no more discussions with answers
What is Lakehouse in Databricks?
4 Comments
BR
Lakehouse is a new and open data management architecture solution that combines the best features of the data lake and warehouse.Read more
What are the features of Databricks?
4 Comments
SA
It supports large amount of data with capability to write code in SQL, Spark, Python and R.
In the backend, it stored the data in the parquet file which...Read more
What is Databricks unified analytics platform?
3 Comments
CA
Databricks' Unified Data Analytics Platform helps organizations accelerate innovation by unifying data science with engineering and business. With Databricks...Read more
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