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Databricks vs Datameer comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Databricks
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
96
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (3rd), Data Science Platforms (1st), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (3rd), 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 9.3%, up 8.8% compared to last year.
Datameer, on the other hand, focuses on BI on Hadoop, holds 15.0% mindshare, up 8.1% since last year.
Cloud Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Databricks9.3%
Snowflake15.4%
Teradata9.2%
Other66.1%
Cloud Data Warehouse
BI on Hadoop Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Datameer15.0%
AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3)24.2%
JethroData15.8%
Other45.0%
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

"I think Databricks is very good at facilitating AI and machine learning projects; they implement AI and machine learning models very well, and clients can run their models on Databricks."
"It offers AI functionalities that assist with code management and machine learning processes."
"One of the newest features brought into this solution provides you with a way to solve, deploy, and train models using the platform itself, or it can connect to your Azure Machine Learning in order to train, deploy, and productionalize some of the machine learning models."
"The integration with Python and the notebooks really helps."
"The features of Databricks have impacted my organization positively, as it has done so very efficiently since we switched from several platforms to using this one."
"The technical support is good."
"Databricks makes it really easy to use a number of technologies to do data analysis. In terms of languages, we can use Scala, Python, and SQL. Databricks enables you to run very large queries, at a massive scale, within really good timeframes."
"Databricks' most valuable feature is the data transformation through PySpark."
"The built-in smart analytic tools are the most valuable features for me."
"The most valuable feature are the data transformation functions in the workbook."
"Customer Service: It's very good."
"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."
 

Cons

"We'd like a more visual dashboard for analysis It needs better UI."
"The pricing of Databricks could be cheaper."
"The first deployment is difficult. It is not straightforward and you have to think about a lot of stuff."
"Costs can quickly add up if you don't plan for it."
"I believe that this product could be improved by becoming more user-friendly."
"The product cannot be integrated with a popular coding IDE."
"When I used the support, I had communication problems because of the language barrier with the agent. The accent was difficult to understand."
"This is a fairly expensive solution for any service outside of the basic package, and costs can add up quite quickly if there are large scaling requirements."
"It needs better integration with other enterprise technologies out of the box."
"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."
"When I run the single license on my MacBook Pro, the memory space can be an issue."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Price-wise, I would rate Databricks a three out of five."
"It is an expensive tool. The licensing model is a pay-as-you-go one."
"The pricing depends on the usage itself."
"We implement this solution on behalf of our customers who have their own Azure subscription and they pay for Databricks themselves. The pricing is more expensive if you have large volumes of data."
"Databricks are not costly when compared with other solutions' prices."
"Whenever we want to find the actual costing, we have to send an email to Databricks, so having the information available on the internet would be helpful."
"The solution is a good value for batch processing and huge workloads."
"The solution uses a pay-per-use model with an annual subscription fee or package. Typically this solution is used on a cloud platform, such as Azure or AWS, but more people are choosing Azure because the price is more reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise60
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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

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