Databricks alternatives

2 tools picked by hand as real alternatives to Databricks, each with its pricing, strengths and limits.

• S

  Snowflake

  Snowflake AI Data Cloud

  Why it is an alternative: Cloud data platforms for analytics and AI at scale

  Pricing

  Pay as you go

  • StandardCustom quote
  • EnterpriseCustom quote
  • Business CriticalCustom quote

  Pros

  • Easy to use and scales well
  • Storage/compute separation
  • Strong data sharing and integrations

  Cons

  • Compute costs can climb fast without monitoring
  • Costs hard to predict without query optimization

  Read the full Snowflake review

• B

  BigQuery

  Serverless cloud warehouse that runs SQL and ML analytics on petabyte-scale data

  Why it is an alternative: Cloud data platforms for analytics and AI at scale

  Pricing

  Not provided

  Read the full BigQuery review

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