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Azure Data Lake Analytics vs. Azure Databricks

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAzure Data Lake Analytics

by Microsoft

Azure Databricks

by Microsoft

Overall rating4.24.5
Review count37240
Ease of use8.68.9
Ease of setup8.68.9
Quality of support8.78.7
Meets requirements8.89.0
NPS5068.691589
Small Business19.4%25.1%
Mid-Market27.8%27.6%
Enterprise52.8%47.3%
Total page views95404
Total LLM citations351,981

Azure Data Lake Analytics

Azure Data Lake Analytics is a distributed, cloud-based data processing architecture offered by Microsoft in the Azure cloud. It is based on YARN, the same as the open-source Hadoop platform.

Pros

    Azure Databricks

    Azure Databricks is a unified, open analytics platform developed collaboratively by Microsoft and Databricks. Built on the lakehouse architecture, it seamlessly integrates data engineering, data science, and machine learning within the Azure ecosystem. This platform simplifies the development and deployment of data-driven applications by providing a collaborative workspace that supports multiple programming languages, including SQL, Python, R, and Scala.

    Pros

    • Ease of Use
    • Features
    • Integrations
    • Speed
    • Scaling
    • Analytics