My impression is that companies like databricks because of the framework it offers for organizing data workflows. Spark is then used since it is how databricks

My impression is that companies like databricks because of the framework it offers for organizing data workflows. Spark is then used since it is how databricks does its processing. Microsoft’s synapse is their «ripoff product» which tries to compete directly by offering the same thing (only worse) with MS branding and better azure integration. I’ve yet to see Spark being used outside of these products but would be happy to hear of such use.