We performed a comparison between Databricks and MathWorks Matlab based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Databricks, Microsoft, Alteryx and others in Data Science Platforms."The simplicity of development is the most valuable feature."
"What I like about Databricks is that it's one of the most popular platforms that give access to folks who are trying not just to do exploratory work on the data but also go ahead and build advanced modeling and machine learning on top of that."
"A very valuable feature is the data processing, and the solution is specifically good at using the Spark ecosystem."
"Databricks gives us the ability to build a lakehouse framework and do everything implicit to this type of database structure. We also like the ability to stream events. Databricks covers a broad spectrum, from reporting and machine learning to streaming events. It's important for us to have all these features in one platform."
"The time travel feature is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The ease of use and its accessibility are valuable."
"I haven't heard about any major stability issues. At this time I feel like it's stable."
"It can send out large data amounts."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the Simulink environment. This feature provides an incredible capability to visually represent the system behavior before creating the code. It allows you to see the flow and interactions of the system, which is extremely beneficial for software development. With this visual representation, you can better understand the system's behavior, make necessary adjustments, and ensure maintenance and updates. This capability is why I love working with the product."
"Personally for me, because I do a lot of development, I like that it is easy to test mathematical algorithms with several matrix calculations. It's perfect for that."
"Databricks has a lack of debuggers, and it would be good to see more components."
"When I used the support, I had communication problems because of the language barrier with the agent. The accent was difficult to understand."
"It would be great if Databricks could integrate all the cloud platforms."
"I would like it if Databricks made it easier to set up a project."
"The product could be improved by offering an expansion of their visualization capabilities, which currently assists in development in their notebook environment."
"I believe that this product could be improved by becoming more user-friendly."
"I have had some issues with some of the Spark clusters running on Databricks, where the Spark runtime and clusters go up and down, which is an area for improvement."
"Overall it's a good product, however, it doesn't do well against any individual best-of-breed products."
"In the area of improvement, sometimes there are issues with the speed of MathWorks Matlab, particularly in the Simulink environment. The tool's latest versions can be slow to open, taking significant time to load. Additionally, saving data and integrating models can also be time-consuming processes."
"To make use of the GPU, you have to have an Nvidia card. What I would want it to do is to run in Next Generation with Intel or AMD, and not just with Nvidia."
Databricks is ranked 1st in Data Science Platforms with 78 reviews while MathWorks Matlab is ranked 14th in Data Science Platforms with 2 reviews. Databricks is rated 8.2, while MathWorks Matlab is rated 8.6. 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 MathWorks Matlab writes "Has Simulink feature which helps with visual representations ". Databricks is most compared with Amazon SageMaker, Informatica PowerCenter, Dataiku Data Science Studio, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio and Dremio, whereas MathWorks Matlab is most compared with IBM SPSS Statistics, Anaconda, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, TIBCO Data Science and Amazon SageMaker.
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