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Zipher is a zero-touch solution that cuts your data pipeline costs by up to 60%, reduces failure rates by up to 25% and ensures continuous real-time optimization.

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Zipher is a zero-touch solution that cuts your data pipeline costs by up to 60%, reduces failure rates by up to 25% and ensures continuous real-time optimization.

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Moshe D.

Data Platform Lead

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/26/2025

"Effortless Databricks Cost Savings with Zipher"

5/5

What do you like best about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

What I appreciate most about Zipher is how easy it is to see tangible results. In my role, I was deeply involved in optimizing cloud costs and searching for tools that could help lower our expenses with both cloud providers and vendors. Zipher’s solution was not only straightforward to integrate, requiring minimal adjustments on our end, but it also delivered a significant impact on our costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

The main drawback of Zipher is that its cost reduction features are limited to just one area of Databricks—specifically, jobs—while the other aspects are not addressed and require other tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization solving and how is that benefiting you?

We faced a persistent challenge with the rising costs of Databricks, which became increasingly difficult to control as our services expanded beyond just R&D to the entire company. Previously, we had to manually review each job and adjust its specifications to keep expenses down. However, as the number of jobs grew, we could only focus on the most critical ones, leaving many others unchecked. This situation also required us to periodically launch manual cost-saving initiatives, which often took priority over developing new business features. Since implementing Zipher, I no longer need to worry about managing Databricks costs in this way. The process is now fully autonomous, from the creation of a job to its completion, and we started seeing results within about two weeks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shay D.

Deputy CEO

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/7/2025

"More Effective Autoscaler = lower costs and lower failure rates"

5/5

What do you like best about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

The spark-aware autoscaler is significantly less wasteful than the native autoscaler, as it takes into account the context of our job runs and avoids unnecessary scaling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

I believe there is potential to further enhance efficiency by incorporating code optimization, rather than focusing solely on job optimization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization solving and how is that benefiting you?

The autoscaling feature in Databricks functions as intended, but I often find it too aggressive when scaling up. This results in considerable compute waste and increasing costs. In contrast, Zipher’s autoscaler is far more efficient, minimizing waste while still making sure we always have the appropriate amount of compute resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vishalkumar S.

Senior Data Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/3/2025

"Zipher Delivers Seamless Cost Optimization for Databricks Workloads"

5/5

What do you like best about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

Zipher has consistently delivered measurable Databricks cost efficiencies while improving workload stability. It optimized cluster autoscaling by reducing unnecessary node churn and maintaining a steady balance between on-demand and spot capacity. We saw improved DBU utilization across interactive and job clusters, along with more predictable spend and faster job execution times which leads to reduce our oveall compute cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

Zipher’s automated optimization works intelligently behind the scenes, analyzing historical Databricks workloads and adjusting resources based on learned patterns. Since much of this logic is abstracted, we don’t always see how decisions are made, but the hands-off experience has been smooth and effective. More visibility into the autoscaling logic would make it even easier to understand and trust the optimizations as they happen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tzur T.

Staff Data Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/14/2025

"Zipher Delivers Cost Savings and Stability with Minimal Maintenance"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

Zipher performs exactly as promised, providing notable cost savings and enhancing job performance. It helped stabilize our autoscaler by minimizing fluctuations in the cluster node configuration. After a straightforward setup, the platform needs very little ongoing attention, and the support team has been consistently responsive and pleasant to work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

The primary downside is the absence of built-in dashboards and metrics, which I suspect is due to us being early adopters who have not yet upgraded. However, since we already had adequate monitoring systems to verify the tool's effectiveness, we did not see a reason to proceed with an upgrade. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization solving and how is that benefiting you?

Zipher has addressed our Databricks cluster management challenges, which stemmed from frequent changes in data velocity. In the past, the native autoscaler had difficulty adapting to these fluctuations, leading to excessive node shuffling. This not only extended job durations but also increased our overall costs. With Zipher, learned patterns are now used to automatically configure the cluster, which has greatly minimized node shuffle. As a result, we experience faster execution times and substantial cost savings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/27/2025

"Easy to set up Data pipeline optimizations"

5/5

What do you like best about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

We installed Zipher in under 5 minutes, and started seeing savings in our cloud and Databricks bills within weeks. We also didn’t see any affect on performance, in fact our failure rates also decreased significantly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

The dashboard isn’t well designed and it needs a refresh. That said, it’s still usable and I can see my savings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Matan M.

Tech Lead

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/29/2025

"Delivers on cost reduction, However, the user experience could be improved"

3/5

What do you like best about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

The autoscaler delivers strong cost reduction, which is the main reason to adopt it.

Their team is very responsive and supportive, which makes troubleshooting and adoption easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

The user experience is not very smooth, especially when integrating with Zipher.

It’s hard to clearly understand when and how the autoscaler is interacting with Databricks.

This lack of transparency makes onboarding and day-to-day usage less intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/7/2025

"52% Saved on cloud and Databricks costs!"

5/5

What do you like best about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

Zipher promised more than 35% savings on databricks and aws costs, we were skeptical but after a POC they delivered over 50% savings, and no adverse performance impacts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

Not much, maybe I’d say the reporting could be a bit stronger - more custom drilldowns Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/16/2025

"Great product for cutting costs quickly"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

Great visibility with clean dashboards. Configurable. Simple integration. Team is responsive and accessible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zipher - Automated Databricks Cost Optimization?

The pricing model is a bit complex in my opinion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.