Databricks Reviews & Product Details

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and over 60% of the Fortune 500 — rely on Databricks to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified Data Intelligence Platform that includes Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, Lakebase and Unity Catalog.

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Databricks Inc.

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4 months

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Databricks Demo - Automated ETL processing

Once ingested, raw data needs transforming so that it’s ready for analytics and AI. Databricks provides powerful ETL capabilities for data engineers, data scientists and analysts with Delta Live Tables (DLT).

Databricks Demo - Reliable workflow orchestration

Databricks Workflows is the fully managed orchestration service for all your data, analytics and AI that is native to your Lakehouse Platform. Orchestrate diverse workloads for the full lifecycle including Delta Live Tables and Jobs for SQL, Spark, notebooks, dbt, ML models and more.

Databricks Demo - End-to-end observability and monitoring

The Lakehouse Platform gives you visibility across the entire data and AI lifecycle so data engineers and operations teams can see the health of their production workflows in real time, manage data quality and understand historical trends. In Databricks Workflows you can access dataflow graphs an...

Databricks Demo - Security and governance at scale

Delta Lake reduces risk by enabling fine-grained access controls for data governance, functionality typically not possible with data lakes.

Databricks Demo - Automated and trusted data engineering

Simplify data engineering with Delta Live Tables – an easy way to build and manage data pipelines for fresh, high-quality data on Delta Lake.

Databricks Demo - Eliminate resource management with serverless compute

Databricks SQL serverless removes the need to manage, configure or scale cloud infrastructure on the Lakehouse, freeing up your data team for what they do best.

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William W.

Lead Data Solution Architect

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/10/2025

"Clear leader in the Data & AI space"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

The platform is as close to a one-stop shop for Data and AI in the industry, with nothing but solid delivery and a commitment to innovation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

Some new rollout might take time to adapt to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aunalisa Arellano of Databricks

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It's great to hear that our platform is helping to solve your organization's need for governance, warehousing, and ML. We're glad to provide a solution that enables easy data access for users while maintaining security.

Ethan W.

Data Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/28/2025

"Databricks makes Teamwork Data Super Easy"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

I like Databricks because it helps everyone work together on big data projects in one place. It’s easy to share ideas, do smart computer stuff, and understand lots of information as a team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

Sometimes, it’s hard to move our old data into Databricks. If you are not used to it, learning everything can feel tricky at first. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aunalisa Arellano of Databricks

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We're glad to hear that Databricks is helping your team collaborate on big data projects and making it easier to share ideas and understand information together.

Monika D.

Data Analyst

Graphic Design

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/21/2025

"Perfect Solution For Managing Huge Data Sets"

5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

Generally I am using multiple platforms for Data management and visualization but Data bricks have really great user interface and number of integration option that optimize the usages very well and provide best implementation of data insights. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

I like the most their Analytical dashboard where I can analyze the data sets with different modules at once. They mention very optimistic templates for creating analyzing reports on quick responses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aunalisa Arellano of Databricks

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Thank you for sharing your positive experience with Databricks. We're glad to hear that you find the Analytical dashboard and templates helpful for analyzing data sets and creating reports.

Piyusha V.

Us it Recruiter

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/9/2025

"A fantastic serverless data warehousing platform is Databrick data intelligence"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

Databricks data intelligence is really fast and can handle large amounts of data easily, you can run complex Sql quries on huge datasets in seconds without needing to worry about managing serves or infrastructure, everthing is taken care of for you, like maintance and backups, so you don't have to think about that either. It also works smoothly with other parts of the databricks, making it easier to build software workflows and data piprlines for analyzing and managing your data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

Databricks can be hard for beginners, if they don't know Sql. it can also get expensive and complicated for many users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aunalisa Arellano of Databricks

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We're glad to hear that you find Databricks Data Intelligence Platform fast and efficient for handling large datasets and running complex SQL queries. We strive to provide a seamless experience for our users, and we appreciate your feedback on the platform's performance and integration capabilities.

Prashant D.

Data Engineer

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/20/2025

"Powerful solution with user friendly Data analytics"

5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

The most likelihood part about Data bricks is for me their user friendly data analytical user dashboards that gives really great user experience to visualize the data on multiple patterns without getting error. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

They have lots of integration option that implement very effective result on data governance and data analyzing. The customer support team also are very quick and responsive to revert back with resolution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aunalisa Arellano of Databricks

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It's great to hear that our platform is helping to streamline your work and create valuable insights from data. We're dedicated to providing a comprehensive solution for data warehouse, analytics, and governance.

Caroline S.

Investment Analyst

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/16/2025

"Databricks Simplifies Data Processing and AI Integration"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

Lakehouse architecture combines the best of data lakes and warehouses, offering ease of use, seamless integration and eliminating the need for complex data pipelines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

Databricks is powerful but can be difficult for beginners, especially those unfamiliar with big data tools or SQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aunalisa Arellano of Databricks

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It's great to hear that Databricks Data Intelligence Platform has helped make big data processing more efficient for you, allowing for real-time data handling and faster generation of AI-driven insights.

Mehak G.

DBA Administrator

Information Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/24/2025

"Perfect platform for Data warehousing and data administrator"

5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

Working on Data bricks really gives a very reliable and satisfying experience because their user interface have smooth and attractive UIUX that make their platform more reliable and ease to integrate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

Their frequent use in our company make a very huge result in our project. I always preferred to work with Data brick for data management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aunalisa Arellano of Databricks

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We're thrilled to hear that you find our platform reliable and satisfying, and that you appreciate the smooth and attractive UI/UX. We're constantly working to provide a seamless user experience.

Sunil V.

Data Engineer L2

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/25/2025

"Unified Data Analytics Platform"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

There are so many features which I loved and some of them are unity catalog (data governance), Serverless compute (sql warehouse) and delta acid transactions (time travel in case of accidental data delete or update) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

there is nothing to say but in previously when databricks changed the UI design then little bit problem occured but now I am used to Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aunalisa Arellano of Databricks

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We're thrilled to hear that you love the unity catalog, serverless compute, and delta acid transactions features of our Data Intelligence Platform!

Tejas B.

Student

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/7/2025

"Databricks - Scalability and Performance"

5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

I really like Databricks Genie, It helps me to identify the error and give suggestions to resolve it.

Also If I ask to imrove the current code to faster performance Genie's suggestion are helpful. It helps to implement the ETL logic in effiecient way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

Most of the features which I use are helpful but some sql functionalities are not supported such as Update table using join. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Databricks solving and how is that benefiting you?

Switching from on-prem server to Cloud with Databricks are beneficial because of follows:

1. On prem major challenge was it's hard maintain the code version and deployment. Using Databricks it's simpler maintain the versions of code and deploy it on different environment(as it's supports GIT)

2. Easy to scale, We can easily scale up and scale down the cluster configuration which causes cost effiecncy, improve in performance in execution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aunalisa Arellano of Databricks

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It's great to hear that Databricks has helped you transition from on-prem servers to the cloud, providing benefits in code versioning, deployment, and scalability. We understand the importance of SQL functionalities and will strive to improve and expand our support in this area.

Adriana P.

Data Scientist

Research

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/21/2025

"Superb! Data Management tool and multiple integrations"

5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

Working on Data bricks are really great experience for me and I really enjoyed their user friendly infrastructure that fulfil our all Data management requirement at one place. They have ease implementation process and best integration ever. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

I am working on ETL and data governance with Data bricks and they supports very extreme and functional modules to complete the tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aunalisa Arellano of Databricks

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We're thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with Databricks and found our platform user-friendly and efficient for your data management needs.