We performed a comparison between Databricks and SAP Predictive Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Databricks, Microsoft, Alteryx and others in Data Science Platforms."Its lightweight and fast processing are valuable."
"The solution is easy to use and has a quick start-up time due to being on the cloud."
"The simplicity of development is the most valuable feature."
"Databricks is hosted on the cloud. It is very easy to collaborate with other team members who are working on it. It is production-ready code, and scheduling the jobs is easy."
"The solution is an impressive tool for data migration and integration."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to use SQL directly with Databricks."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The built-in optimization recommendations halved the speed of queries and allowed us to reach decision points and deliver insights very quickly."
"The most valuable features are the analytics and reporting."
"I think the features of the actual ability to forecast and pull trends and correlations has been really good."
"Databricks is not geared towards the end-user, but rather it is for data engineers or data scientists."
"The integration and query capabilities can be improved."
"Costs can quickly add up if you don't plan for it."
"There are no direct connectors — they are very limited."
"The product should provide more advanced features in future releases."
"The integration features could be more interesting, more involved."
"The interface of Databricks could be easier to use when compared to other solutions. It is not easy for non-data scientists. The user interface is important before we had to write code manually and as solutions move to "No code AI" it is critical that the interface is very good."
"It would be very helpful if Databricks could integrate with platforms in addition to Azure."
"This solution works for acquired data but not live, real-time data."
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Databricks is ranked 1st in Data Science Platforms with 78 reviews while SAP Predictive Analytics is ranked 24th in Data Science Platforms. Databricks is rated 8.2, while SAP Predictive Analytics 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 SAP Predictive Analytics writes "Easy to implement, good data forecasting and reporting". Databricks is most compared with Amazon SageMaker, Informatica PowerCenter, Dataiku Data Science Studio, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio and Dremio, whereas SAP Predictive Analytics is most compared with IBM Watson Studio, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, Domino Data Science Platform, IBM SPSS Modeler and KNIME.
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