Azure Databricks vs. Azure Synapse Analytics
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Azure Databricks | Azure Synapse Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Review count | 240 | 38 |
| Ease of use | 8.9 | 9.0 |
| Ease of setup | 8.9 | 8.8 |
| Quality of support | 8.7 | 8.9 |
| Meets requirements | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| NPS | 68.691589 | 59.459459 |
| Small Business | 25.1% | 24.3% |
| Mid-Market | 27.6% | 43.2% |
| Enterprise | 47.3% | 32.4% |
| Total page views | 404 | 361 |
| Total LLM citations | 1,981 | 566 |
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.
- Ease of Use
- Features
- Integrations
- Speed
- Scaling
- Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics is a cloud-based Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) that leverages Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) to quickly run complex queries across petabytes of data.
- Cost-Effective
- Automation
- Efficiency
- Machine Learning
- Unified Platform
- Scaling