--- title: Azure Databricks Reviews meta\_title: 'Azure Databricks Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 239 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Azure Databricks works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 239 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-11' parent\_category: name: Big Data url: https://www.g2.com/categories/big-data --- # Azure Databricks Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Azure Databricks but has limited features. Are you part of the Azure Databricks team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Azure Databricks is a unified, open analytics platform developed collaboratively by Microsoft and Databricks. Built on the lakehouse architecture, it seamlessly integrates data engineering, data science, and machine learning within the Azure ecosystem. This platform simplifies the development and deployment of data-driven applications by providing a collaborative workspace that supports multiple programming languages, including SQL, Python, R, and Scala. By leveraging Azure Databricks, organizations can efficiently process large-scale data, perform advanced analytics, and build AI solutions, all while benefiting from the scalability and security of Azure. Key Features and Functionality: - Lakehouse Architecture: Combines the best elements of data lakes and data warehouses, enabling unified data storage and analytics. - Collaborative Notebooks: Interactive workspaces that support multiple languages, facilitating teamwork among data engineers, data scientists, and analysts. - Optimized Apache Spark Engine: Enhances performance for big data processing tasks, ensuring faster and more reliable analytics. - Delta Lake Integration: Provides ACID transactions and scalable metadata handling, improving data reliability and consistency. - Seamless Azure Integration: Offers native connectivity to Azure services like Power BI, Azure Data Lake Storage, and Azure Synapse Analytics, streamlining data workflows. - Advanced Machine Learning Support: Includes pre-configured environments for machine learning and AI development, with support for popular frameworks and libraries. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: Azure Databricks addresses the challenges of managing and analyzing vast amounts of data by offering a scalable and collaborative platform that unifies data engineering, data science, and machine learning. It simplifies complex data workflows, accelerates time-to-insight, and enables the development of AI-driven solutions. By integrating seamlessly with Azure services, it ensures secure and efficient data processing, helping organizations make data-driven decisions and innovate rapidly. * * * Seller [Microsoft](https://www.g2.com/sellers/microsoft) Discussions [Azure Databricks Community](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-databricks/discuss) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Avinash Kumar (Senior Software Engineer(Data Science) at Mindtree) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 3 months ### Return on Investment 23 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-databricks/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Alteryx](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Alteryx") Alteryx 4.6/5(893) ](https://www.g2.com/products/alteryx/reviews) [ ![Snowflake](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Snowflake") Snowflake 4.6/5(764) ](https://www.g2.com/products/snowflake/reviews) [ ![Splunk Enterprise](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Splunk Enterprise") Splunk Enterprise 4.3/5(434) ](https://www.g2.com/products/splunk-enterprise/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-databricks/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 239 real user reviews. Implementation Time 3 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Azure Databricks Integrations (5) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. 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System Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/23/2024 "Azure Data Bricks : an excellent symphony between Apache Spark and Cloud technology" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Databricks? Harness the power of a top analytics system (Apache Spark) with the ease and flexibility of a cloud platform (Azure) and seamless integration with Power BI to transform the massive amounts of data into visualization .One click deployment adds to its advantages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Databricks? User needs to be aware of the billing and monitor the usage pattern well to avoid incurring high cost .UI could do with few more enhancements.Also more in depth learning material w and an active support community would be very advantageous for new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Databricks solving and how is that benefiting you? I use it to integrate, transform and process the Big Data before using it as source in my Power BI dashboard to generate visualization for business users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Senthil K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Senthil K.") SK Senthil K. Senior Cloud Solution Architect - Accenture Data & AI (Applied Intelligence) Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/19/2023 "Databricks - Unleashing the Power of Modern Lakehouse with Unified governance !!!" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Databricks? Delta Live tables Schema evolution feature in Autoloader Unity Catalog with unified governance Data quality expectations as part of DLT CDC - Change data feed option DELTA format - time travel, ACID & VACCUM capabilities Serverless SQL warehouse with Photon acceleration Delta Sharing through marketplace Good community support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Databricks? Cost of databricks cluster for all-purpose cluster data engineering workpsace cluster is not serverless unless DLT is used DLT has some extra cost associated with it Even using cluster pool, start up time of job cluster is taking some time But all these challenges are currently encountered through DLT serverless options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Databricks solving and how is that benefiting you? CDC - Incremental delta tables with Change data feed is easier Continous streaming of data using DLT pipelines Schema evolution issues can be sorted out when upstream schema changes Unity Catalog with unified governance for fine grained access row level & column level control wth dynamic views Data quality expectations built-in feature for DLT pipelines DELTA format supports time travel, ACID & VACCUM capabilities Serverless SQL warehouse with Photon acceleration for faster inetractive analytics & concurrent access by multiple users Delta Sharing through marketplace through producers & consumers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 11/30/2025 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Siddharth S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Siddharth S.") SS Siddharth S. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/3/2023 "Empowering Data with Azure Databricks" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Databricks? It's like magic for data. It makes big data and analytics easy, and we can all work together seamlessly. It's user-friendly, powerful, and scales like a champ. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Databricks? The prricing structure, which can get a bit complex. It requires careful management to ensure you're not surprised by unexpected costs, especially when dealing with large datasets and workloads. While the platform offers great value, transparent pricing would be a welcome improvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Databricks solving and how is that benefiting you? It simplifies the most complex data processing tasks, making them more manageable and efficient as this saves us valuable time and resources and it also promotes collaboration, Ensures scalability, Boosts performance, Unlocks data-driven insights. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Naresh N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Naresh N.") NN Naresh N. Associate - Capital Markets Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/8/2023 "Unified Data platform - Databricks" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Databricks? The most impressive thing which I liked about the Azure Databricks is that It helps to simply our Data science and Data engineering workloads. As we use Azure as our cloud provider including Databricks from the same vendor allows us to do all billing without any hazel. The optimised notebook in Databricks help us to write efficient pyspak code which can handle big data processing like a charm. Also it get easily integrated with Azure DataFactory to build some pipeline for automation purpose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Databricks? 1. We use Azure Databricks to build som code in notebook which can process and transform complex data problems, but when it comes to automate, the Databricks native workflow and job scheduler doesn't give that much features when comparing to other platforms like Azure DataFactory. 2. When we use SQL environment for data warehousing purpose, since it use Photon engine the upfront cost of having it is much higher than other platforms like snowflake. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Databricks solving and how is that benefiting you? We used Azure Databricks to handle big data analytics problems. We developed code using notebook which contains complete data integration and data transform steps. Using the product along with Azure give use more flexibility in terms on management and billing as all the resources are under same billing account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Pratiksha S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Pratiksha S.") PS Pratiksha S. Associate Consultant Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/21/2023 "Having great experience working with Databricks!" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Databricks? As Platform engineer it's easy to use and understand databricks. User friendly portal. Workflows and Computes I am using on daily basis. Catalogs gives very clear feature of datalog, schemas and tables. Databricks customer support team is very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Databricks? No dislike till now. But sometimes ganglia matrics and logs are not coming poroperly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Databricks solving and how is that benefiting you? Processing data very easily. we can create multiple jobs and cluster. It helps to connect to store, share, analyze, models. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic Review from User Profile ![Verified User in Retail](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Retail") CR Verified User in Retail Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/7/2023 "Databricks - The unified place for all Analytics you need" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Databricks? It is cool. It gives you everything you need to perform analytics, ranging from Data engineering workspace, to features specially for ML and data science models. It has features like running the scripts in sql, python, scala and R, which is a huge flexibility for a developer. These days they have given option to create dashboards also, it means one can create on-fly dashboards to analyse their datasets. Personally, i love their command like interface (like jupyter notebook) and the way we could configure clusters on-fly. Unity catalog is the recent feature which i am working on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Databricks? While Azure Databricks is a robust platform, occasional user interface responsiveness issues have been noted. Additionally, the initial learning curve may pose challenges for new users, affecting ease of onboarding and usability. Specifically, one need to learn the basics of the various specific techs, like parameterization, configuration of clusters, running jobs on workflows, and a lot of specific syntax which are databricks-specific and not spark in general. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Databricks solving and how is that benefiting you? I have written code to ingest data, and perform analytics over the same. It has benefitted the business to analyse their dataset. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Raina S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Raina S.") RS Raina S. Associate Software Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/26/2023 "Azure Databricks Review" 5/5 What do you like best about Azure Databricks? I'm liking all the feature of azure databricks specially coding facilities. We can do the coding in Scala, pyspark and using R language. Also the best part it it we can make use of Sql, to query. I used to code in databricks using pyspark and sql features and with this I can do entire ETL process( Exrract, transform and load the data into database). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Databricks? There is nothing as such which I don't like about azure databricks, only sometimes the drivers are becoming unhealthy due to heavy load on cluster and sometimes to clear ka cache we need to restart the cluster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Databricks solving and how is that benefiting you? Azure is helping me to connect with the containers as well as connecting with the database to quickly and easily read the data and apply the transformations logic in it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/17/2023 "Best tool for big data handling" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Databricks? I am a data engineer and Databricks integration into azure has made my work a lot easier i can directly spin up spark clusters on cloud and work on big data .The interface is easy to use just like a python notebook and its packed with so many features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Databricks? well for me there hasn't been any issues while using but using azure databricks can cost money. You need to be careful about how much you use to avoid high bills.azure databricks works closely with microsoft azure. If you prefer using different cloud services his might not be the best for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Databricks solving and how is that benefiting you? As a data engineer i work on big data ,so azure databricks allows me to just spin up a cluster and write spark code in jupyter notebook like setup and all my data is already accesible ia azure storage services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Our network of Icons are G2 members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions and commitment to helping others through their expertise.G2 IconValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Consulting](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Consulting") UC Verified User in Consulting Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/2/2023 "Easy to handle Big Data transformations" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Databricks? It has a fexcibility to handle big data and databricks provides functionallity of delta lake so it's easy to read and write data in parquet format that is more faster in processing also delta lake is more usable as deta lake. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Databricks? No dislike yet, Only thing is that it gives the performance as per Cluster level configuration. So some times it takes higher cost or processing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Databricks solving and how is that benefiting you? Azure databricks addresses the challenge of couples big data analytics by providing a collaborative , integrated platform of data processing. It also supports multiple languages like pyspark, Scala and spark sql that gives benifit to do transformations in one notebook. Also it benifiting by accelerating data-driven insights, enhancing productivity, and enabling more informed, data-backed decision-making, leading to better business outcomes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Mitul S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mitul S.") MS Mitul S. Technical Lead Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/12/2023 "Good solution for data management with pain of indexing data" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Databricks? One of the best datalake solutions in the market with efficient data storage and retrieval capabilities. Also introduction of various layers like bronze, silve and Gold allows you to segregate your logical data retrieval Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Databricks? One of the major drawbacks is integration with third party tools if someone wants to connect to azure Databricks with HL7 spy or Caristix. Also UI needs some modifications in terms of how much data one can allow to be populated from cache Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Databricks solving and how is that benefiting you? Serves as datalakehouse solution for storing raw data as well as transformed and translated data that can be used as database for observability tools and periodic data health check Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 9/25/2023 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Azure Databricks? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Azure Databricks ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-databricks/discussions/new) ![Avinash K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Avinash K.") AK Avinash Kumar • Last activity over 2 years ago When data is small how can I reconfigure cluster to automatically adjust . I don't know which day data coming will be small. 1 Upvote 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/azure-databricks-when-data-is-small-how-can-i-reconfigure-cluster-to-automatically-adjust-i-don-t-know-which-day-dat) ![Aman N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Aman N.") AN Aman Nigam • Last activity about 6 years ago What is the best way to databricks in ADF 1 Upvote 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/26515-what-is-the-best-way-to-databricks-in-adf) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-databricks/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 3 months ### Return on Investment 23 months ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-databricks/pricing) Azure Databricks Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_791b528c516cc1b08151fa6da3988161/dataiku.png "Product Avatar Image") Dataiku 4.4/5(224) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/azure-databricks-vs-dataiku) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_f176b4154a751d10150daa67a57b7dc5/azure-data-lake-analytics.jpg "Product Avatar Image") Azure Data Lake Analytics 4.2/5(37) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/azure-data-lake-analytics-vs-azure-databricks) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_5015a6ccbbe12278ba4392c1c0d806be/ibm-cloud-pak-for-data.png "Product Avatar Image") IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.3/5(90) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/azure-databricks-vs-ibm-cloud-pak-for-data) ##### ##### Azure Databricks Features Data Transformation Real-Time Analytics Data Querying Connectivity Hadoop Integration Spark Integration Multi-Source Analysis Operations Data Visualization Data Workflow Governed Discovery [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-databricks/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Big Data Analytics](https://www.g2.com/categories/big-data-analytics) ##### Explore More [Employee communications platforms](https://www.g2.com/discussions/employee-communications-platforms-need-help-choosing-a-solution-advice-needed)[Best software for integrating big data with analytics platforms](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-best-software-for-integrating-big-data-with-analytics-platforms)[Best software for compliance-friendly absence reporting](https://www.g2.com/discussions/best-software-for-compliance-friendly-absence-reporting) [What are the best event management services platforms for coordinating hundreds of events across multiple venues?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-best-event-management-services-platforms-for-coordinating-hundreds-of-events-across-multiple-venues%20)[Which retail media platforms are worth using for a CPG company that wants to integrate retail media spend data with its broader marketing mix model without a custom data pipeline?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-retail-media-platforms-are-worth-using-for-a-cpg-company-that-wants-to-integrate-retail-media-spend-data-with-its-broader-marketing-mix-model-without-a-custom-data-pipeline)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-databricks/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)