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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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Users consistently praise the unified platform that integrates data engineering, analytics, and machine learning, making collaboration seamless across teams. The intuitive UI and strong governance features, such as Unity Catalog, enhance productivity and data management. However, some users note that the platform can be expensive and may have a steep learning curve for newcomers.

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Data Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great Infrastructure for Reliable Data Management"
What do you like best about Databricks?

They have really great and initiative infrastructure that gives all that we need for our data management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

All the techy issues that we are having we consult with their support team and got solution for it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Firat S.
FS
Data Analyst
Oil & Energy
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Effortless Data Insights and Governance"
What do you like best about Databricks?

I like the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform for its data governance capabilities. The platform supports machine learning applications and offers helpful autofilling features. I also find the quick analytics code support to be a valuable aspect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

I find it problematic that if the tables have two similar attributes and I need to choose another which isn't many-to-many, it can't handle that yet. Also, when I ask for the keys of a table, whether foreign or main, it's not able to provide the correct key. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janelle Glover of Databricks

Thank you for sharing your positive experience with our platform's data governance and machine learning features. We understand the challenges you've mentioned and will work to enhance our capabilities in handling similar attributes and providing accurate table keys.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Effortless Data Processing with Exceptional UI"
What do you like best about Databricks?

I like how Databricks Data Intelligence Platform makes it easy to work with large amounts of data. It has strong support for time-series data analysis, which is our main use case, allowing us to analyze data over time, make trend analysis, and improve forecasting accuracy. I appreciate its better, user-friendly interface, which makes it easy to start with the setup. Also, it has improved prediction accuracy and reduced our data processing time with its low latency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

everything seems good to me as of now. But one improvement that can be done is better documentation and community support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janelle Glover of Databricks

We're glad to hear that Databricks Data Intelligence Platform has made working with large amounts of data easier and has also improved your time-series data analysis. We appreciate your feedback on the documentation and community support. Our Databricks Practitioner Community (https://community.databricks.com/) offers a wealth of information, support, and knowledge sharing that our users find highly beneficial.

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G2 member
Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Versatile Coding and Pipeline Creation Made Easy"
What do you like best about Databricks?

Databricks is very helpful for writing code in various languages, including SQL and Python, among others. It is also valuable for building pipelines and creating new notebooks, which assist in designing complex queries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

The cost of the cluster we use is somewhat high, which restricts the amount of code we are able to run and execute. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janelle Glover of Databricks

It's great to hear that Databricks is helping you write code in multiple languages and build pipelines. We understand the importance of cost efficiency and are continuously working to enhance our platform's performance while keeping costs in check.

MU
R&D Manager
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Unified Data Management and Cost Savings with Databricks"
What do you like best about Databricks?

We handle sensitive financial data across both Azure and AWS. Before using Databricks, our access control was disorganized, with a confusing mix of different IAM roles. The lakehouse architecture now allows us to keep our data in one place, so we no longer need to move it to a separate warehouse. This has helped us avoid the extra storage costs that would have come with maintaining a separate warehouse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

The only problem I have encountered is with the pricing; otherwise, I haven't faced any other issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janelle Glover of Databricks

We're glad to hear that Databricks has helped you centralize your data and avoid extra storage costs. We understand your concern about pricing and are constantly working to provide the best value for our customers.

NK
Data Analyst
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Effortless Workflow Management with Databricks Data Intelligence"
What do you like best about Databricks?

As a tour and travels organization our goal is to provide seamless and fast experience to our customers. With Databricks Data Intelligence we can track and manage our internal workflow very efficiently, as it gives a very brief report our analytics. We often uses it to scale our business and security. It's UI is very clean and easy to understand dashboard gives us total freedom of our management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

The cost is greater compared to similar platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janelle Glover of Databricks

It's great to hear that Databricks Data Intelligence Platform is helping you save time and automate your work efficiently in today's AI-driven world. Thank you for sharing your experience.

Vishnu P.
VP
DevOps Engineer
Computer Software
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Unified Data Engineering Platform with Seamless Cloud Integration"
What do you like best about Databricks?

Databricks Data AI is a unified data engineering platform for lakehouse architecture with cloud integration like AWS, Azure, etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

As of now, I have not observed any issue in the Databricks DATA AI plaform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janelle Glover of Databricks

We're glad to hear that you are enjoying the seamless cloud integration and the unified data engineering of Databricks Data Intelligence Platform!

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
UH
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Intuitive, Limitless Analytics for End-to-End Data Pipelines"
What do you like best about Databricks?

It’s very intuitive, and the breadth of data and analytics you can do with it is limitless.

You can create a medallion architecture, create data pipelines, create jobs, dashboards, data governance, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

I feel like some of the newer releases features can be a bit buggy at times, but after a while those things usually get better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janelle Glover of Databricks

Thank you for sharing your positive experience with Databricks. We're pleased to hear that you find our platform intuitive and limitless for your data and analytics requirements. We understand your concerns about the newer release features, and we are actively working to address any bugs and improve the overall user experience.

Shubham D.
SD
Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"AI Integration with the Data Lakehouse Made Databricks a Clear Choice"
What do you like best about Databricks?

The integration of AI to the data lakehouse is the key thing which encouraged us to use databricks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

Databricks is more complex than spark therefore it takes more efforts to fine tune it as per business usecase Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janelle Glover of Databricks

Thank you for sharing how Databricks is benefiting you in processing large volumes of data and deriving meaningful analytics. We're committed to providing solutions that make these tasks easier and more efficient for our users.

Saurabh B.
SB
Strategic Account Manager (Salesforce)
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Powerful Layered Data Structure with Flexible, Enterprise-Wide Joins"
What do you like best about Databricks?

Its inherent layers to structure the data and allowing user driven data joins to be available across enterprises using Gold layer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Databricks?

Data injection into Bronze layer across various resources and laborious Silver layer definitions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janelle Glover of Databricks

We're glad to hear that you appreciate the powerful layered data structure in Databricks. It's great to know that it's benefiting your enterprise-wide data needs.

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Time to Implement

4 months

Return on Investment

14 months

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