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Azure Databricks vs. Azure Data Lake Analytics

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

MetricAzure Databricks

by Microsoft

Azure Data Lake Analytics

by Microsoft

Overall rating4.54.2
Review count24037
Ease of use8.98.6
Ease of setup8.98.6
Quality of support8.78.7
Meets requirements9.08.8
NPS68.69158950
Small Business25.1%19.4%
Mid-Market27.6%27.8%
Enterprise47.3%52.8%
Total page views40495
Total LLM citations1,98135

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

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