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Compare Databricks Data Intelligence Platform and dbt 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.9% of reviews)
Mid-Market (60.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
Star Rating
(608)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about Databricks Data Intelligence Platformdbt
Star Rating
(170)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (60.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about dbtSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform excels in data integration with a score of 9.0, allowing seamless connections to various data sources, while dbt also performs well with a score of 8.9, but users mention it may require more manual setup for certain integrations.
- Reviewers mention that dbt shines in self-service capabilities, scoring 9.1, which empowers users to manage their data transformations independently, whereas Databricks scores 8.4 in this area, indicating a more guided approach that some users find less flexible.
- G2 users highlight that Databricks offers superior real-time analytics with a score of 8.5, making it ideal for businesses needing immediate insights, while dbt scores lower at 7.7, suggesting it may not be as effective for real-time data processing.
- Users on G2 report that dbt has a more user-friendly workflow automation feature, scoring 9.5, which simplifies the process of managing data pipelines, compared to Databricks which scores 9.2, indicating a slightly steeper learning curve.
- Reviewers say that Databricks provides robust data governance features with a score of 9.1, ensuring compliance and security, while dbt scores 8.4, which some users feel lacks comprehensive governance tools.
- Users report that dbt excels in documentation management with a score of 8.7, making it easier for teams to collaborate and understand data models, while Databricks scores 8.7 as well, but users mention that its documentation can sometimes be less accessible.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
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Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
494
9.2
121
Ease of Use
8.8
503
9.0
121
Ease of Setup
8.7
376
8.5
61
Ease of Admin
8.3
162
8.4
52
Quality of Support
8.7
469
8.8
96
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
165
8.8
46
Product Direction (% positive)
9.6
483
9.8
106
Features by Category
Data Source Access
Not enough data
8.8
35
Not enough data
9.2
37
Not enough data
8.6
30
Data Interaction
Not enough data
8.0
29
Not enough data
8.3
32
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
9.1
33
Not enough data
9.3
37
Not enough data
8.3
33
Not enough data
8.4
33
Data Exporting
Not enough data
8.4
33
Not enough data
8.5
32
Not enough data
9.3
34
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.1
19
Administration
8.7
83
Not enough data
8.6
80
Not enough data
9.0
81
Not enough data
8.6
82
Not enough data
Management
8.4
75
Not enough data
8.6
74
Not enough data
8.6
74
Not enough data
8.4
74
Not enough data
8.7
74
Not enough data
Compliance
8.8
81
Not enough data
8.6
80
Not enough data
8.9
79
Not enough data
8.7
79
Not enough data
Security
9.0
72
Not enough data
8.9
74
Not enough data
8.8
74
Not enough data
Data Quality
8.9
81
Not enough data
8.7
80
Not enough data
9.0
78
Not enough data
Maintainence
8.8
73
Not enough data
8.8
72
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.5
71
Not enough data
8.5
70
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Governance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
8.6
161
Feature Not Available
8.5
155
8.1
30
Functionality
9.1
162
Feature Not Available
9.2
163
9.3
36
9.1
164
Feature Not Available
9.0
156
9.4
32
9.1
158
9.2
30
Deployment
8.9
61
Not enough data
8.9
62
Not enough data
8.9
62
Not enough data
8.9
62
Not enough data
8.9
62
Not enough data
Deployment
8.9
60
Not enough data
8.8
61
Not enough data
8.6
64
Not enough data
8.9
63
Not enough data
9.0
63
Not enough data
Management
8.9
59
Not enough data
8.8
61
Not enough data
9.2
57
Not enough data
9.0
65
Not enough data
Operations
8.7
60
Not enough data
8.8
59
Not enough data
9.0
60
Not enough data
Management
8.8
59
Not enough data
8.7
58
Not enough data
9.1
57
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.3
26
Not enough data
8.3
26
Not enough data
System
8.8
168
Not enough data
8.7
163
Not enough data
8.1
164
Not enough data
Model Development
8.7
171
Not enough data
7.9
177
Not enough data
8.3
174
Not enough data
8.6
176
Not enough data
Model Development
8.4
162
Not enough data
8.7
166
Not enough data
8.5
164
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.1
163
Not enough data
8.5
168
Not enough data
8.2
160
Not enough data
8.2
162
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.2
151
Not enough data
8.4
149
Not enough data
8.4
149
Not enough data
8.5
151
Not enough data
Deployment
8.5
166
Not enough data
8.7
169
Not enough data
9.0
173
Not enough data
Deployment
8.5
156
Not enough data
8.7
162
Not enough data
8.8
160
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.3
80
Not enough data
8.5
80
Not enough data
7.6
79
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management
9.0
171
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Verified
Not enough data
8.9
170
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
165
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
158
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
160
|
Verified
Not enough data
Integration
8.8
156
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
156
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
164
|
Verified
Not enough data
Deployment
7.8
145
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
166
|
Verified
Not enough data
Performance
9.1
166
|
Verified
Not enough data
Security
8.8
157
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
158
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.5
68
Not enough data
8.4
67
Not enough data
Data Management
9.0
60
9.0
36
8.6
59
9.0
34
8.7
60
9.1
35
9.1
57
9.5
35
Agentic AI - DataOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
8.9
58
8.8
29
8.5
57
6.5
20
Monitoring and Management
8.6
58
8.6
30
8.4
58
8.9
37
Cloud Deployment
9.1
54
8.6
23
9.0
55
9.3
18
Generative AI
8.9
29
Not enough data
9.0
29
Not enough data
Automation
Not enough data
8.8
30
Not enough data
8.4
28
Not enough data
8.9
32
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Functionality
Not enough data
8.6
29
Not enough data
8.8
28
Not enough data
8.5
29
Administration
Not enough data
8.2
31
Not enough data
8.9
29
Not enough data
9.1
29
Agentic AI - Data Warehouse Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Database
8.7
202
Not enough data
8.9
208
Not enough data
9.3
209
Not enough data
Integrations
8.2
191
Not enough data
9.2
211
Not enough data
Platform
9.0
204
Not enough data
8.8
207
Not enough data
9.2
211
Not enough data
Processing
9.0
204
Not enough data
9.0
203
Not enough data
Data Transformation
8.8
210
7.9
20
9.0
217
9.2
26
Connectivity
8.6
193
7.9
16
9.2
216
8.3
16
9.0
208
8.3
22
9.2
216
8.5
19
Operations
8.4
214
Feature Not Available
8.8
209
9.5
25
8.6
198
8.5
20
8.6
196
8.4
18
9.3
211
8.1
19
Functionality
Not enough data
8.4
28
Not enough data
8.2
27
Not enough data
8.3
29
Not enough data
7.9
29
Not enough data
8.0
27
Management
Not enough data
8.0
28
Not enough data
9.5
32
Not enough data
8.8
29
Not enough data
8.0
30
Not enough data
8.3
33
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.1
16
Not enough data
6.4
16
Building Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Databricks Data Intelligence Platform and dbt are categorized as DataOps Platforms, ETL Tools, and Big Data Analytics
Unique Categories
Databricks Data Intelligence Platform is categorized as MLOps Platforms, Big Data Processing and Distribution, Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, Data Warehouse, and Data Governance
dbt is categorized as Big Data Integration Platforms, Data Preparation, Data Quality, and Data Warehouse Automation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
dbt
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
14.6%
Financial Services
11.8%
Computer Software
7.7%
Consulting
4.0%
Hospital & Health Care
3.9%
Other
58.0%
Computer Software
17.9%
Information Technology and Services
14.9%
Financial Services
11.3%
Retail
5.4%
Marketing and Advertising
5.4%
Other
45.2%
Most Helpful Reviews
Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Alihan Z.
Verified User in Telecommunications
A great experience that combines ML-Runtimes - MLFlow and Spark. The ability to use Python, and SQL seamlessly in one platform. Since databricks notebooks can be saved as python scripts in the background it is amazing to have both notebook and script...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Reeham N.
Verified User in Investment Banking
This tool is not optimized for R users. They were supposed to have an update Q1 for R studio but their help team informed me that this was no longer a priority. Even so, heavy AI and machine learning algorithms are not optimized for use here besides the...
dbt
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
I love that we can document destinations and sources and automatically test the sources. We recently tried making dbt package and hopefully will soon bring it to production.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Computer Software
we can not able to load the data from source , we can only able to use data present in dataware houses, new users may face difficulties while learning, support also not that good from community
Alihan Z.
Verified User in Telecommunications
A great experience that combines ML-Runtimes - MLFlow and Spark. The ability to use Python, and SQL seamlessly in one platform. Since databricks notebooks can be saved as python scripts in the background it is amazing to have both notebook and script...
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
I love that we can document destinations and sources and automatically test the sources. We recently tried making dbt package and hopefully will soon bring it to production.
Reeham N.
Verified User in Investment Banking
This tool is not optimized for R users. They were supposed to have an update Q1 for R studio but their help team informed me that this was no longer a priority. Even so, heavy AI and machine learning algorithms are not optimized for use here besides the...
Verified User in Computer Software
we can not able to load the data from source , we can only able to use data present in dataware houses, new users may face difficulties while learning, support also not that good from community
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