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Databricks vs Datameer comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Databricks
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
93
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (4th), Data Science Platforms (1st), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (5th), Streaming Analytics (1st)
Datameer
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
BI on Hadoop (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Databricks is designed for Cloud Data Warehouse and holds a mindshare of 10.2%, up 9.0% compared to last year.
Datameer, on the other hand, focuses on BI on Hadoop, holds 10.8% mindshare, down 13.9% since last year.
Cloud Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Databricks10.2%
Snowflake14.9%
Teradata8.8%
Other66.1%
Cloud Data Warehouse
BI on Hadoop Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Datameer10.8%
AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3)21.1%
JethroData18.6%
Other49.5%
BI on Hadoop
 

Featured Reviews

SimonRobinson - PeerSpot reviewer
Governance And Engagement Lead
Improved data governance has enabled sensitive data tracking but cost management still needs work
I believe we could improve Databricks integration with cloud service providers. The impact of our current integration has not been particularly good, and it's becoming very expensive for us. The inefficiencies in our implementation, such as not shutting down warehouses when they're not in use or reserving the right number of credits, have led to increased costs. We made several beginner mistakes, such as not taking advantage of incremental loading and running overly complicated queries all the time. We should be using ETL tools to help us instead of doing it directly in Databricks. We need more experienced professionals to manage Databricks effectively, as it's not as forgiving as other platforms such as Snowflake. I think introducing customer repositories would facilitate easier implementation with Databricks.
it_user357459 - PeerSpot reviewer
Hadoop Developer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
It helps to onboard and enrich data quickly as it does not involve writing scripts or queries, but the transformation functions can be more mature.
The most valuable feature are the data transformation functions in the workbook It helps to onboard and enrich data quickly as it does not involve writing scripts or queries. Maintenance is easy. We would like to have more inbuilt connections to different types of sources. The transformation…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"You can spin up an Azure Databricks clustered, and integrating with it is seamless."
"Databricks' Lakehouse architecture has been most useful for us. The data governance has been absolutely efficient in between other kinds of solutions."
"The ability to stream data and the windowing feature are valuable."
"The Delta Lake data type has been the most useful part of this solution. Delta Lake is an opensource data type and it was implemented and invented by Databricks."
"I like the ability to use workspaces with other colleagues because you can work together even without seeing the other team's job, so you can create a robust solution by working together with other professionals."
"Automation with Databricks is very easy when using the API."
"Databricks also offers exceptional performance and scalability."
"I work in the data science field and I found Databricks to be very useful."
"The built-in smart analytic tools are the most valuable features for me."
"Datameer has around 400 inbuilt functions that are very useful for any beginner and also it has a good visualization which helps end user to see that how the trend is showing."
"The most valuable feature are the data transformation functions in the workbook."
"Customer Service: It's very good."
 

Cons

"So far, we're not measuring any return on investment, such as saving time, money, or resources with Databricks."
"The query plan is not easy with Databrick's job level. If I want to tune any of the code, it is not easily available in the blogs as well."
"Anyone who doesn't know SQL may find the product difficult to work with."
"The interface of Databricks could be easier to use when compared to other solutions. It is not easy for non-data scientists. The user interface is important before we had to write code manually and as solutions move to "No code AI" it is critical that the interface is very good."
"Databricks' technical support takes a while to respond and could be improved."
"The ability to customize our own pipelines would enhance the product, similar to what's possible using ML files in Microsoft Azure DevOps."
"The initial setup is difficult."
"There is room for improvement in visualization."
"Although this tool is very good, it has some limitations that I think could be removed in later versions."
"It is a good tool from an analysis perspective, but is not suitable for IT."
"It needs better integration with other enterprise technologies out of the box."
"When I run the single license on my MacBook Pro, the memory space can be an issue."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the tool’s pricing an eight out of ten."
"The billing of Databricks can be difficult and should improve."
"Databricks are not costly when compared with other solutions' prices."
"We have only incurred the cost of our AWS cloud services. This is because during this period, Databricks provided us with an extended evaluation period, and we have not spent much money yet. We are just starting to incur costs this month, I will know more later on the full cost perspective."
"The cost is around $600,000 for 50 users."
"We're charged on what the data throughput is and also what the compute time is."
"I rate the price of Databricks as eight out of ten."
"The price is okay. It's competitive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Healthcare Company
5%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise56
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Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

Databricks Unified Analytics, Databricks Unified Analytics Platform, Redash
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Sample Customers

Elsevier, MyFitnessPal, Sharethrough, Automatic Labs, Celtra, Radius Intelligence, Yesware
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