Compare Databricks and Hive Software 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.1% of reviews)
Enterprise (54.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Databricks
Star Rating
(721)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(60)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (54.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Databricks excels in providing a comprehensive data workflow solution, with users appreciating features like Genie and Lakehouse Connect that streamline data processing and analysis. This all-in-one approach reduces the need to switch between multiple tools, enhancing productivity.
- Users say that Hive offers a highly customizable interface, which allows teams to effectively organize tasks and manage workflows. Reviewers highlight the ability to filter and sort data, creating views and generating reports that optimize their productivity.
- According to verified reviews, Databricks has a significant edge in user satisfaction, reflected in its higher G2 Score. Users frequently mention the value of Unity Catalog for centralized governance and fine-grained access control, which has been a game-changer for enterprise migrations.
- Reviewers mention that while Hive has a visually appealing UI and is straightforward for tracking and monitoring projects, it may not meet the same level of integration and advanced features that Databricks provides, particularly in machine learning and data analytics.
- Users highlight that Databricks' quality of support is notably higher, with many praising the responsiveness and helpfulness of the support team. In contrast, Hive's support has received mixed feedback, indicating room for improvement in this area.
- G2 reviewers note that while Hive performs well in data governance and security, Databricks outshines it in scalability and ease of setup, making it a more favorable option for organizations looking to grow and adapt their data strategies over time.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Databricks
No pricing availableHive
No pricing availableFree Trial
Databricks
Free Trial is available
Hive
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.9
567
8.2
52
Ease of Use
8.9
578
8.4
52
Ease of Setup
8.7
450
7.8
20
Ease of Admin
8.3
181
7.5
19
Quality of Support
8.7
542
7.7
46
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
185
8.2
16
Product Direction (% positive)
9.6
555
7.6
48
Features by Category
Reports
8.2
11
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.9
14
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Data Modeling and Blending
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.1
9
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
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
Not enough data
Self Service
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
Not enough data
Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms
8.1
7
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
8.3
11
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
8.8
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms
9.2
6
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Building Reports
9.0
148
Not enough data
8.6
143
Not enough data
7.6
123
Not enough data
8.4
144
Not enough data
Administration
8.8
99
Not enough data
8.6
93
Not enough data
9.0
94
Not enough data
8.7
97
Not enough data
Management
8.4
87
Not enough data
8.6
86
Not enough data
8.6
87
Not enough data
8.5
87
Not enough data
8.8
86
Not enough data
Compliance
8.8
98
Not enough data
8.7
92
Not enough data
8.9
94
Not enough data
8.7
94
Not enough data
Security
9.0
86
Not enough data
8.9
85
Not enough data
8.8
86
Not enough data
Data Quality
9.0
94
Not enough data
8.7
93
Not enough data
9.0
93
Not enough data
Maintainence
8.7
85
Not enough data
8.8
83
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.4
82
Not enough data
8.5
81
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Governance
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
Not enough data
Management
8.6
171
Not enough data
8.5
164
Not enough data
Functionality
9.1
172
Not enough data
9.2
174
Not enough data
9.1
172
Not enough data
9.0
167
Not enough data
9.1
167
Not enough data
Deployment
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
Not enough data
Deployment
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
Not enough data
Management
9.0
63
Not enough data
8.8
65
Not enough data
9.2
61
Not enough data
8.9
68
Not enough data
Operations
8.7
62
Not enough data
8.8
61
Not enough data
9.0
62
Not enough data
Management
8.8
60
Not enough data
8.7
61
Not enough data
9.1
59
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.3
28
Not enough data
8.3
28
Not enough data
System
8.9
180
Not enough data
Model Development
8.8
182
Not enough data
7.9
187
Not enough data
8.3
186
Not enough data
8.7
190
Not enough data
Model Development
8.5
172
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.2
174
Not enough data
8.5
180
Not enough data
8.3
172
Not enough data
8.2
172
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.4
158
Not enough data
8.4
160
Not enough data
Deployment
8.5
178
Not enough data
8.7
180
Not enough data
9.0
187
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.2
86
Not enough data
8.4
87
Not enough data
7.6
86
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
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
Not enough data
Data Management
9.0
185
|
Verified
9.2
10
|
Verified
8.9
180
|
Verified
8.0
11
|
Verified
8.9
179
|
Verified
8.2
11
|
Verified
8.8
180
|
Verified
8.3
11
|
Verified
8.7
167
|
Verified
7.1
8
|
Verified
9.1
171
|
Verified
8.1
9
|
Verified
Integration
8.8
168
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.8
166
|
Verified
7.8
9
|
Verified
9.1
174
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Deployment
7.9
156
|
Verified
8.0
11
|
Verified
9.1
178
|
Verified
9.2
6
|
Verified
Performance
9.1
177
|
Verified
7.9
11
|
Verified
Security
8.8
168
|
Verified
9.0
10
|
Verified
8.9
168
|
Verified
8.8
11
|
Verified
Generative AI
8.5
76
Not enough data
8.4
75
Not enough data
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
9.0
68
Not enough data
8.7
69
Not enough data
8.8
68
Not enough data
9.1
68
Not enough data
Agentic AI - DataOps Platforms
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
Not enough data
Analytics
8.8
67
Not enough data
8.5
67
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.6
67
Not enough data
8.6
68
Not enough data
Cloud Deployment
9.0
63
Not enough data
9.0
64
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.9
36
Not enough data
8.9
36
Not enough data
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
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
8.7
236
Not enough data
8.9
243
Not enough data
9.3
256
Not enough data
Integrations
8.3
220
Not enough data
9.1
256
Not enough data
Platform
9.0
246
Not enough data
8.8
246
Not enough data
9.1
256
Not enough data
Processing
9.0
242
Not enough data
9.0
242
Not enough data
Data Transformation
8.8
226
Not enough data
9.1
232
Not enough data
Connectivity
8.7
206
Not enough data
9.2
230
Not enough data
9.0
220
Not enough data
9.2
230
Not enough data
Operations
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
229
Not enough data
Building Reports
9.0
148
Not enough data
8.6
143
Not enough data
7.6
123
Not enough data
8.4
144
Not enough data
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
Databricks and Hive are categorized as Data Warehouse
Unique Categories
Databricks is categorized as DataOps Platforms, MLOps Platforms, Data Governance, ETL Tools, Big Data Processing and Distribution, Big Data Analytics, Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, Analytics Platforms, Database Management Systems (DBMS), Generative AI Infrastructure, AI Agent Builders, and AI Gateways
Hive has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Databricks
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Hive
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
15.4%
Financial Services
10.6%
Computer Software
8.5%
Consulting
3.7%
Hospital & Health Care
3.7%
Other
57.9%
Computer Software
19.3%
Internet
19.3%
Information Technology and Services
14.0%
Higher Education
7.0%
Retail
3.5%
Other
36.8%
Alternatives
Discussions
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
Hive has no discussions with answers
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