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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German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese

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Colette Chavalia

Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

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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Joe S.

Business Intelligence Development Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/12/2025

"Databricks keeps making my job easier"

5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

I like that there are constant updates that abstract from the low level code that I am tired of writing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

Some of these new features are fairly limited in their use 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 is helping you bring data in from old systems and transition to more modern platforms. We're committed to providing solutions that benefit our users.

Ajas K.

Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/16/2025

"Real time Data Power Tool."

5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

Team collaboration feature is the liked feature in this tool which helps to collaborate with collogues, security and compliance are robust in Databricks. This support open Lakehouse architecture.for unified storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

The manual tunneling option are limited in this , not suitable for beginners. 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 appreciate the team collaboration feature and the robust security and compliance in Databricks. We understand that the limited manual tunneling options may be a drawback for beginners, and we are continuously working to improve the user experience for all our customers.

Martin B.

Data Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/12/2025

"Great experience in data and AI"

5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

As a data architect I’m super exited about the announcements and already looking forward implementing them in order to continue democratizing data within our users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

How simple and yet powerful, innovative and carefully listening to customer request for consumer demands Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aunalisa Arellano of Databricks

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We're thrilled to hear about your positive experience with Databricks Data Intelligence Platform! Our team is dedicated to providing innovative solutions and listening to our customers' needs. We understand the importance of interoperability between platforms and are continuously working to enhance this aspect. If you have any specific suggestions or feedback on how we can further improve in this area, please feel free to reach out. Thank you for choosing Databricks, and we look forward to supporting you in democratizing data for your users!

Verified User in Entertainment

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/10/2025

"Excellent data platform for large orgs"

5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

We are siloed in many different areas of the company. Unity catalog enables efficient collaborations across teams Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

The lack of cost monitoring support with gotchas. 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 is helping to solve performance tuning issues in ETLs and that you appreciate not having to directly tune in every ETL. We're committed to providing a seamless experience for our users.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/12/2025

"All under one hood"

5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

I like that everything you need is in the same platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

It is a bit too easy to overspend, need billing alerts in the platform. 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 our platform convenient and comprehensive. We appreciate your feedback about the billing alerts, and we'll take it into consideration for future improvements.

Sam G.

Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/19/2025

"Databricks for Data analysis"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

In this platform bulk data analysis is easy because this runs on Data intelligence engine which has generative Ai feature helps understand and process data. Databricks Assistant is very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

The interface is not good also pricing is not efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aunalisa Arellano of Databricks

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We appreciate your feedback about the interface and pricing. We are constantly working to improve the user experience and offer competitive pricing.

Verified User in Financial Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/10/2025

"Databricks Proud User"

5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

I have recently started using databricks and love how the databricks autoloader and workflows works Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

I think sometimes managing the infrastructure can be complicated 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 been beneficial for your team in utilizing data lake storage and ETL techniques. We are committed to providing a seamless and efficient platform for your data processing needs.

Bhagirath S.

Report & Dashboard Developer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/6/2024

"Very likely to recommend data brick intelligence platform"

4/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

i like easy to use interface with strong features supporting and helping in data transformation and implementing data pipeline quickly. i also like it has capability to be used by data analyst using query and result in dashboard , data engineer using notebooks, workflow, CDC, Timetravel, DLT and data scientist with ML model all in one intelligent interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

i do not like only 30 days trail period and missing update mail from databricks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Databrick is solving multiple data tools issues for multiple role, IT unified all strong features by provding data lakehouse with ETL, warehouse , ML feature support on top of external cloud host with GEN AI capability too. I am using databrick in my current engagement and it is helping me as simple and strong tool to ingest and transform data from bronze to gold layer using workflows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janelle Glover of Databricks

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It's great to hear that Databricks Data Intelligence Platform is helping you solve multiple data tool issues and providing unified features for different roles. We're pleased to know that it's simplifying data ingestion and transformation for your current engagement.

Arun A.

Senior data engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/12/2025

"My databricks review"

5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

The ease of use and integration capabilities across all data needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

More focus on ai automation and features have reduced spark native automation and optimization 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 is meeting all your data platform needs and becoming the go-to solution within your organization. Thank you for sharing your experience!

Verified User in Consulting

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/10/2025

"Nice"

5/5

What do you like best about Databricks?

Great tool for integrated data management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

Cost - you need to know how to optimize your cost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aunalisa Arellano of Databricks

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It's great to hear that the unified layer and single source of truth in Databricks Data Intelligence Platform is benefiting you by providing confidence in using the data across different teams in the organization.