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In places I have worked at that used Databricks, I feel they chose it for the same reasons big orgs use Microsoft: it comes out of a box and has a big company b
by pu_pe 11mo ago
In places I have worked at that used Databricks, I feel they chose it for the same reasons big orgs use Microsoft: it comes out of a box and has a big company behind it. Technical benchmarks or even cost considerations would be a distant second.
- data_marsupial 11mo agoThere are real advantages from having a managed data platform compared to managing everything yourself, especially if you have a large number of data teams that need to collaborate.
- hobs 11mo agoYep, and Databricks will have you churning and changing everything on your stack every 18 months (if you want to keep up to date at all) - its not what I would choose as a data partner unless I was just picking what all the other kids at lunch were.
- rmnclmnt 11mo agoUntil the product manager ask for the bill… then all of a sudden things get reconsidered
- patwolf 11mo agoI worked at a company that dumped Databricks once the first bill came. I guess it was an order of magnitude more expensive than what they expected. It was less expensive to rebuild the pipeline from scratch with a different product.
- jellyfishbeaver 11mo agoAre there really any other managed Spark/full data platform providers that come close to the level of ergonomics and maturity of Databricks? I agree some of their features are half-baked and you can turn on some dangerous cash faucets if you don't have a very diligent administrator, but I have not come across anything that our developers (fresh grads up to seasoned Spark veterans) liked as much as Databricks.