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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.1% of reviews)
Enterprise (38.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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Free
Databricks
Star Rating
(657)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about DatabricksGoogle Cloud BigQuery
Star Rating
(1,211)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (38.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Google Cloud BigQuery excels in overall user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher G2 Score compared to Databricks. Users appreciate its serverless architecture and the ability to focus on SQL without worrying about infrastructure, making data analysis feel efficient and smooth.
- Users say that Databricks Data Intelligence Platform shines in its interactive notebooks that support both SQL and Python, providing a unified interface for data visualization. This feature is particularly praised for enhancing usability and streamlining workflows.
- According to verified reviews, Google Cloud BigQuery's implementation process is notably quick and intuitive, with users highlighting the pay-as-you-go model that simplifies operations and allows for experimentation with larger datasets without the need for cluster provisioning.
- Reviewers mention that while Databricks offers good support, Google Cloud BigQuery has a slight edge in quality of support, with users noting that assistance is generally timely and effective, contributing to a smoother user experience.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Google Cloud BigQuery is particularly strong in data querying capabilities, receiving high praise for its performance in handling complex queries efficiently, which is a critical aspect for users dealing with large datasets.
- Users report that Databricks is excellent for scaling large language models and generative AI applications, making it a preferred choice for organizations focused on advanced analytics and machine learning, despite its lower overall satisfaction ratings compared to BigQuery.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Databricks
No pricing availableGoogle Cloud BigQuery
Free
Free
New customers get $300 in free Google Cloud credits to spend on BigQuery with free trial sign-up.
- 10 GB storage
- Up to 1 TB queries per month
Free Trial
Databricks
Free Trial is available
Google Cloud BigQuery
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
537
8.8
618
Ease of Use
8.9
548
8.7
634
Ease of Setup
8.7
421
8.8
409
Ease of Admin
8.3
175
8.5
225
Quality of Support
8.7
512
8.4
567
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
179
8.6
218
Product Direction (% positive)
9.6
526
9.3
607
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
8.8
12
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
9.0
8
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
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
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
8.3
10
Not enough data
7.9
11
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
8.2
10
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
8.8
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
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
8.9
6
Not enough data
Building Reports
8.9
136
Not enough data
8.5
136
Not enough data
7.6
121
Not enough data
8.4
139
Not enough data
Administration
8.8
97
Not enough data
8.6
93
Not enough data
9.0
93
Not enough data
8.7
95
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
8.7
85
Not enough data
Compliance
8.8
97
Not enough data
8.7
92
Not enough data
8.8
92
Not enough data
8.7
93
Not enough data
Security
9.0
85
Not enough data
8.9
85
Not enough data
8.8
86
Not enough data
Data Quality
9.0
93
Not enough data
8.7
93
Not enough data
8.9
92
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
169
8.6
121
8.5
163
8.3
119
Functionality
9.1
170
9.0
119
9.2
170
9.1
123
9.1
171
9.0
123
9.0
163
8.9
122
9.1
165
9.3
122
Deployment
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
8.9
66
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
62
Not enough data
8.8
63
Not enough data
9.1
59
Not enough data
8.9
67
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
60
Not enough data
9.1
59
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.3
28
Not enough data
8.3
28
Not enough data
System
8.8
178
Not enough data
Model Development
8.8
182
Not enough data
7.9
187
Not enough data
8.3
184
Not enough data
8.6
187
Not enough data
Model Development
8.5
171
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.2
173
Not enough data
8.5
179
Not enough data
8.2
170
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
176
Not enough data
8.7
179
Not enough data
9.0
185
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
9.1
9
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
Data Management
9.0
181
|
Verified
8.9
220
|
Verified
8.9
180
|
Verified
8.3
210
|
Verified
8.8
174
|
Verified
8.9
215
|
Verified
8.8
178
|
Verified
8.6
216
|
Verified
8.7
167
|
Verified
8.3
203
|
Verified
9.1
170
|
Verified
8.7
200
|
Verified
Integration
8.8
167
|
Verified
8.5
202
|
Verified
8.8
165
|
Verified
8.6
213
|
Verified
9.1
172
|
Verified
8.6
200
|
Verified
Deployment
7.9
155
|
Verified
7.7
186
|
Verified
9.1
176
|
Verified
9.1
217
|
Verified
Performance
9.1
176
|
Verified
9.2
226
|
Verified
Security
8.8
165
|
Verified
8.7
207
|
Verified
8.9
166
|
Verified
9.1
213
|
Verified
Generative AI
8.5
76
7.6
127
8.4
75
7.8
124
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
Storage
Not enough data
9.1
70
Not enough data
8.8
70
Availability
Not enough data
8.4
62
Not enough data
8.5
66
Not enough data
8.6
68
Performance
Not enough data
8.5
65
Security
Not enough data
8.7
70
Not enough data
8.8
69
Not enough data
8.4
69
Not enough data
8.7
65
Support
Not enough data
8.7
66
Not enough data
8.9
66
Data Management
9.0
66
Not enough data
8.7
67
Not enough data
8.8
67
Not enough data
9.1
66
Not enough data
Agentic AI - DataOps Platforms
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
Analytics
8.8
66
Not enough data
8.5
64
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.6
66
Not enough data
8.6
66
Not enough data
Cloud Deployment
9.1
62
Not enough data
9.0
62
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.9
35
Not enough data
8.9
35
Not enough data
Centralized computation
Not enough data
9.1
27
Localized computation
Not enough data
8.5
28
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
Statistical Tool
Not enough data
8.7
78
Not enough data
9.0
78
Not enough data
8.8
79
Data Analysis
Not enough data
9.3
78
Not enough data
9.1
79
Decision Making
Not enough data
8.8
79
Not enough data
8.7
77
Not enough data
8.7
79
Not enough data
8.7
77
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
50
Not enough data
7.8
50
Marketing Operations
Not enough data
8.8
65
Not enough data
9.2
64
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
9.4
65
Not enough data
8.8
63
Not enough data
8.4
62
Campaign Activity
Not enough data
9.1
67
Not enough data
9.5
67
Not enough data
8.7
64
Not enough data
9.2
61
Not enough data
8.9
62
Not enough data
9.0
64
Agentic AI - Marketing Analytics
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
9.6
15
Not enough data
8.2
15
Database
8.7
228
8.8
175
8.9
234
8.9
173
9.3
241
8.7
167
Integrations
8.3
216
8.4
136
9.1
243
8.5
133
Platform
9.0
235
8.9
151
8.8
233
8.9
165
9.1
243
8.5
133
Processing
9.0
232
9.2
168
9.0
229
9.1
161
Data Transformation
8.8
223
8.8
283
9.0
229
9.3
293
Connectivity
8.7
205
8.1
251
9.2
229
8.2
249
9.0
219
8.7
278
9.2
227
8.7
269
Operations
8.4
225
8.5
278
8.8
220
8.7
277
8.6
210
8.3
255
8.6
209
8.4
262
9.3
224
8.5
254
Building Reports
8.9
136
Not enough data
8.5
136
Not enough data
7.6
121
Not enough data
8.4
139
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 Google Cloud BigQuery are categorized as ETL Tools, Big Data Processing and Distribution, Big Data Analytics, and Data Warehouse
Unique Categories
Databricks is categorized as DataOps Platforms, MLOps Platforms, Data Governance, Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, Analytics Platforms, Database Management Systems (DBMS), Generative AI Infrastructure, and AI Agent Builders
Google Cloud BigQuery is categorized as Columnar Databases, Big Data Integration Platforms, Marketing Analytics, Predictive Analytics, and Data Clean Room
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Databricks
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Google Cloud BigQuery
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
15.0%
Financial Services
11.1%
Computer Software
8.3%
Consulting
3.8%
Hospital & Health Care
3.6%
Other
58.3%
Information Technology and Services
16.1%
Computer Software
13.5%
Retail
7.0%
Financial Services
6.4%
Marketing and Advertising
5.1%
Other
51.8%
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