# Databricks Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Databricks the right Data Analysis solution for you? Explore 23 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/148499/Databricks/reviews --- Databricks 4.5 (23) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/148499/Databricks/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated April 2nd, 2026 # Reviews of Databricks Ease of use 4.7 Customer Service 4.4 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews Wealth A Data EngineerFinancial Services, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “It’s particularly useful when dealing with complex data workflows and large volumes of data.“ March 31, 2026 Wealth A Data EngineerFinancial Services, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Very strong for handling large datasets and complex queries“ March 31, 2026 Kristine A Data ScientistInformation Technology and Services, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “The infrastructure is very simple, I have started using Community edition, and then switched to the paid version, however community edition covers most of your needs if you are a student or doing one time projects.“ April 12, 2021 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-23 of 23 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Wealth A. Data Engineer Financial Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Reliable and Scalable Data Platform That Improves Workflow Efficiency" March 31, 2026 4.0 From my experience, Databricks has been a very solid platform, especially for working with large datasets and building data pipelines. I use it mainly for querying, transforming, and analyzing data, and it has significantly improved performance compared to traditional database tools. It’s particularly useful when dealing with complex data workflows and large volumes of data. That said, there is a bit of a learning curve, and managing costs requires some attention as usage grows. Overall, it’s a reliable and powerful tool that has made data work more efficient and scalable for me. Pros Very strong for handling large datasets and complex queries Makes data processing and transformation much faster compared to traditional tools Flexible for SQL, data engineering, and analytics workflows Integrates well with existing data pipelines and tools we already use Cons Can get expensive as usage scales Initial setup and environment configuration require some technical effort The interface can feel a bit overwhelming at first, especially for new users Switched from [Azure Synapse Analytics](https://www.capterra.com/p/170434/SQL-Data-Warehouse/) The computation cost was growing at an astronomical rate. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Architect Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Databricks: Unleashing Data/AI Potential for Next-Level Analytics and Collaboration" October 2, 2023 4.0 Very good , able to created end-end lakehouse platform for leading healthcare client Pros unified lakehouse architecture platform with good collaborationmanaged infrastructure with autoscaling & serverless functionalityautoloader, schema evolution & delta live tablesunit catalog & delta sharing for unified governanceMLflow & integrations with partner connectVersion control databricks repos, secret with security & complianceReal time processing Cons Cost & capacity planning for clusters if you don't use DLT/serverless pipelinesPerformance variabilitySome vendor lock-in if you use "DELTA" format with delta live table Alternatives considered [Snowflake](https://www.capterra.com/p/148267/Snowflake/) Reason for choosing Databricks flexibility of Pyspark code migration from existing onprem Hadoop without much code changesmovement of hive metadata and integrating with unity catalog is easygood serverless support with MLFlow functionalities with Databricks serverless analysis SQL interface Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Data Scientist Banking Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Very good to handle very big data" September 29, 2020 3.0 While it supports python, when I need to use it, I ultimately prefer to sample or aggregate and export data to work in another environment. For this end, it works very well. Pros \- Enables simultaneous collaborative work with colleagues - Easy to mix spark queries and python for extra analyses and plots - Handful visualization modes for query results (tables and plots with aggregations) Cons \- Hard to manage notebook workspace - Sometimes it gets really slow to run queries - AFAIK, there aren't visualization options for datasets (without running queries) Review Source Filippo C. Senior Data Scientist Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A fantastic all-in-one-place platform for big data analytics" September 21, 2023 5.0 We are moving all our big data computation on the Databricks platform. One of the main advantages is the possibility to plan notebooks execution through the workflow section. Pros Databricks can be integrated with the most used cloud services (Amazon, Google, Microsoft) and you can create and manages computation clusters, write code and see results in a single platform instead of having multiple separate services. Its dashboard is really easy to use and allows you to focus on code development. It also supports notebooks versioning with GitLab. Cons The data visualization part could really be improved. Switched from [Apache Zeppelin](https://www.capterra.com/p/235322/Apache-Zeppelin/) Databricks is much more user-friendly and offers more customizability options! Review Source Rayla V. Graduate Research Assistant Higher Education Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Powerful tool for dev ops of machine learning models" September 1, 2019 5.0 Overall, my experience with Databricks has been very positive. It is a powerful tool to enable data scientists without a lot of data engineering skills. However, you need to be a data scientist or machine learning engineer to be able to take advantage of its power for machine learning. Pros I love how easy it is to deploy auto-scaling machine learning models. After a machine learning model is trained, you can just click a button to deploy the model, I believe in a container, and have it auto scale as needed. You can also specify the minimum and maximum size of the deployment to reduce costs but to keep up with the workload as necessary. It is also built around Spark, so tasks involving "big data" aren't an issue. Cons Some of the cons are that the primary language is Java/Scala, whereas many data scientists are using python or R, which run slower on Databricks than Java and Scala. Also, the main interface via coding, which can limit a lot of citizen data scientists. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best Big Data Analysis Platform" January 22, 2023 5.0 Pros Databricks is a great platform for working with a huge amount of data. But the most interesting feature is the ability to use Magic query. Magic query allows users to write code in multiple languages in the same notebook. Cons Databricks is a go-to platform for most of the analysis and processing workload, but when it comes to the financials, it becomes a little more expensive. And as a result, not a lot of the projects are reliable to be developed in Databricks. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Data Engineer Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Retrieve SQL query data faster using Databricks." March 9, 2023 4.0 Databricks to build datalake with ease ! Pros Easy to use application to build data lakes to run reports on top of it. The Databricks internal architecture helps to run the reports faster. Cons The data bricks features are completely wrapper and delivered as snowflake (product) . The Databricks should come up with more features to stand out in the market. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Business Analyst Financial Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "An unified platform to develop high quality analysis" November 22, 2019 5.0 Databricks is allowing data analysis that other systems could not perform at the same performance because it is a platform that integrates huge amounts of cloud data with Scala, Python, SQL or R notebooks in a user-friendly interface. Due to the features of Databricks, daily work seems more efficient and less bureaucratic. Pros What I like most about Databricks is the amount of integrations the platform provides to the user. With Databricks, you can create datasets, develop machine learning models, and analyze performance automatically by setting up a job periodically. Whether the user is an engineer, data scientist, or business analyst, Databricks can streamline everyone's work. Cons What I least like about Databricks is the instability that usually occurs when there are too many users trying to run their notebooks on the same cluster at the same time. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Data Scientist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best solution for Enterprise analytics" April 12, 2021 5.0 I've got used to Databricks and writing PySpark codes very easily, people who are not very fluent in coding still can get valuable insights from the data using notebooks developed by data scientists. The ability of databricks to transform data and do whatever you want is powerful. Pros The infrastructure is very simple, I have started using Community edition, and then switched to the paid version, however community edition covers most of your needs if you are a student or doing one time projects. Cons There are no many users of Pyspark, sometimes finding some answers is hard /there are no many forums, resources, no many questions in Stack overflow/ Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Principal Consultant Management Consulting Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Databricks Review" October 31, 2019 5.0 Very good. It made analyzing big data a lot easier Pros This product has democratized big data computation. Its very easy to move from any platform to this product as it supports most of the languages. Cons Nothing so far- may be cost of computation can improve over time but still an economical product to build in-house big data capability. Review Source LF Larissa F. Analista de Chargeback Banking Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Prático e intuitivo " July 8, 2024 4.0 Pros A construção de querys e dashboards são elaboradas de forma prática e intuitiva, ferramenta indispensável para o controle e análise de dados para uma empresa de médio e grande porte. Cons Esporadicamente a ferramenta trava, porém não tive muitos problemas em relação a isso recentemente. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Head of Infrastructure Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great solution for your ETL workloads!" August 24, 2021 5.0 We are using Databricks for blockchain ETL workloads Pros \- Documentation is GREAT - Implementation is mostly straight-forward - The service is easy to use and full of features - Support is top-notch - The interviews we had with the DB guys were more like a peers meeting than a corporate call (I love this) - Our DS lead engineer totally loves it Cons \- Can't really speak of anything that we don't like about the product at the moment Reason for choosing Databricks We considered implementing the pipeline by ourselves, but being an small team ourselves we don't have the resources to maintain such a complex infrastructure Review Source SH Shamaas H. Software Engineer Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Powerful tool for data analysis " October 15, 2022 5.0 Overall databricks is very good, and if optimized correctly, can let you work with big scale datasets. Pros I love the z indexing, which allows for really fast querying of data. Optimized by spark it is great. Cons The data visualization are subpar. I wish there were better libraries to integrate and visual the data. Review Source CM Cody M. Controller Online Media Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Modern Analytics with High Flexibility" June 5, 2021 4.0 Positive - after implementing at our company, significant data automation has reduce the amount of time it takes to get in the proper format in the correct people's hands. No more late information that has negative consequences, Pros Databricks was able to pull data from our core and create specialized dashboarding / reporting that automated a host of manual process that took hours per week. It is now totally hands off and management get review the data in just a few clicks. Cons It can be extremely confusing given the sheer breadth of tools available. The initial setup and connections certainly require an experienced professional, but once up and running, less-technical users can utilize. Alternatives considered [Tableau](https://www.capterra.com/p/208764/Tableau/)[Microsoft Power BI](https://www.capterra.com/p/176586/Power-BI/) Review Source Balashowry Preetam S. data scientist Information Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Good portal for data science related work" February 1, 2019 5.0 Pros I like the portal page, which connects all Azure subscriptions. Cons It can be difficult to understand, and not much tutorial is available. Review Source VC Vipul C. Principal Analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great platform for sharing repository" June 5, 2021 5.0 Pros Our team can collaborate on a project simultaneously and make changes to the scripts. It is fast and reliable. Cons Sometimes we need to restart the cluster when system gets crashed. Review Source DF Douglas F. Senior business analyst Financial Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Excellent for data analysis" February 25, 2019 5.0 Excellent. Very fast and easy to use. Also it is easy to get help in the documentation. No lags, and support a big number of users. Pros The access and manipulation of data. The software is very fast and great to manipulate and treat data. Also it is possible to build models. Cons The lack of options of visualization and creation of dashboards. The creation of dashboards is possible, but is not intuitive. Review Source MD Mallikarjuna D. Lead consultant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Review on databricks" February 25, 2021 5.0 I would strongly recommend this software for others to use their project needs Pros I’m one of active user using this software day to day needs its pioneer data store layer by holding transactional process stream line it and hold the information by applying business rules . Cons It’s pioneer to to hold the source raw traditions as a refined layer to store the data for longer time Review Source RG Robert G. DB Architect Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great tool for the toolbox" July 23, 2019 4.0 Pros I'm a SQL person, so being able to run big data analytics in my preferred language was quite nice. Being able to (near) seamlessly swap between Scala, SQL, and python in the same script is quite powerful. If you don't know how to do something easily in one language, do it in another and then swap back. It's pretty performant and querying non-indexed data dumped from the source systems, even if those datasets aren;t quite "big data". I found it to be quicker to dump 100mil rows of staged date from our on-prem server to the data lake and crunch it in Databricks than it was to run in SQL. Cons I wasn't involved in the pricing piece, but from what I understand it's fairly expensive. The clusters can be spun up or down as needed, and there's a nice inactivity shutdown feature if you forget to turn off a test cluster, or something. I also had a pretty rough time getting an Azure Gen 2 Data Lake connected, but after finding the not-so-well-documented bug, it wasn't a big deal. Review Source AK Andrew K. Senior Program Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great tool to unlock potential from data science teams" March 9, 2021 5.0 Overall I find Databricks to be fantastic tool that I almost couldn't live without. Highly recommend it. Pros Databricks allows data science teams to do things that they normally would not be able to do without a much greater level of technical ability. Their mission is "making big data simple" and they definitely deliver on that promise. Cons One area where there's still potential to improve further is around making machine learning more accessible. Currently ML still requires a pretty significant degree of data engineering knowledge, but I would love to see Databricks make ML even more accessible. Review Source IN Iulian N. PM Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "All data in one place" September 9, 2022 5.0 Pros \-Open source -Built upon excellent technologies -Broad set of data ingestion sources -Reliable and scalable -Cost efficient data processing Cons \-Can get overwhelming when you start using it -Would be nice to be able visualize data on the fly Review Source DS Dan S. SA Gambling & Casinos Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Databricks Review" September 30, 2019 4.0 Databricks was chosen as part of a new cloud based data platform. Engagement from the company could be better, however the product itself does the job Pros Easy to use user interface Can be widely shared across an enterprise with various teams Apache Spark Cluster part of product Cons Information Security considerations have to be taken into account due to need for integrations with databricks VPCs when hosted in AWS Review Source RR Rita R. ux designer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Good python environment" September 29, 2020 3.0 Mainly, i use databricks to run large queries, otherwise, I export the data Pros In databricks is easy to transfer the result of a spark query to the python environment, and it has several plots with automatic aggregations Cons Databricks has a bad file management system and it is slow sometimes. In addition there are no ways to make a visual query, without using code. 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