We performed a comparison between Databricks and Domino Data Science Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Databricks, Microsoft, Alteryx and others in Data Science Platforms."The integration with Python and the notebooks really helps."
"The setup was straightforward."
"We like that this solution can handle a wide variety and velocity of data engineering, either in batch mode or real-time."
"Databricks allows me to automate the creation of a cluster, optimized for machine learning and construct AI machine learning models for the client."
"There are good features for turning off clusters."
"The technical support is good."
"I haven't heard about any major stability issues. At this time I feel like it's stable."
"It's easy to increase performance as required."
"The scalability of the solution is good; I'd rate it four out of five."
"It would be very helpful if Databricks could integrate with platforms in addition to Azure."
"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."
"I would love an integration in my desktop IDE. For now, I have to code on their webpage."
"The integration features could be more interesting, more involved."
"Costs can quickly add up if you don't plan for it."
"There would also be benefits if more options were available for workers, or the clusters of the two points."
"Generative AI is catching up in areas like data governance and enterprise flavor. Hence, these are places where Databricks has to be faster."
"Databricks may not be as easy to use as other tools, but if you simplify a tool too much, it won't have the flexibility to go in-depth. Databricks is completely in the programmer's hands. I prefer flexibility rather than simplicity."
"The predictive analysis feature needs improvement."
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Databricks is ranked 1st in Data Science Platforms with 78 reviews while Domino Data Science Platform is ranked 19th in Data Science Platforms. Databricks is rated 8.2, while Domino Data Science Platform is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Databricks writes "A nice interface with good features for turning off clusters to save on computing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Domino Data Science Platform writes "Good scalability and stability but the predictive analysis feature needs improvement". Databricks is most compared with Amazon SageMaker, Informatica PowerCenter, Dataiku, Dremio and SAS Visual Analytics, whereas Domino Data Science Platform is most compared with Amazon SageMaker, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, Dataiku, Alteryx and KNIME.
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