Appen vs. Azure Databricks

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Appen
Score 7.0 out of 10
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The Appen platform combines human intelligence from over one million people all over the world with models to create training data for ML projects. Appen users can upload data to the Appen platform, and they provide the annotations, judgments, and labels needed to help create ground truth for models.N/A
Azure Databricks
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Azure Databricks is a service available on Microsoft's Azure platform and suite of products. It provides the latest versions of Apache Spark so users can integrate with open source libraries, or spin up clusters and build in a fully managed Apache Spark environment with the global scale and availability of Azure. Clusters are set up, configured, and fine-tuned to ensure reliability and performance without the need for monitoring. The solution includes autoscaling and auto-termination to improve…N/A
Pricing
AppenAzure Databricks
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppenAzure Databricks
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
AppenAzure Databricks
Platform Connectivity
Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Product A and Product B
Appen
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Ratings
Azure Databricks
7.4
4 Ratings
12% below category average
Connect to Multiple Data Sources00 Ratings6.14 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources00 Ratings7.94 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
MDM Integration00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
Appen
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Ratings
Azure Databricks
6.7
4 Ratings
23% below category average
Visualization00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis00 Ratings7.53 Ratings
Data Preparation
Comparison of Data Preparation features of Product A and Product B
Appen
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Ratings
Azure Databricks
8.6
4 Ratings
5% above category average
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Data Transformations00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Data Encryption00 Ratings9.44 Ratings
Built-in Processors00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Appen
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Ratings
Azure Databricks
8.0
4 Ratings
5% below category average
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools00 Ratings6.54 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
Appen
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Ratings
Azure Databricks
8.3
4 Ratings
2% below category average
Flexible Model Publishing Options00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
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AppenAzure Databricks
Small Businesses
InterSystems IRIS
InterSystems IRIS
Score 7.9 out of 10
Jupyter Notebook
Jupyter Notebook
Score 8.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Posit
Posit
Score 10.0 out of 10
Posit
Posit
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Posit
Posit
Score 10.0 out of 10
Posit
Posit
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
AppenAzure Databricks
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.7
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AppenAzure Databricks
Likelihood to Recommend
Appen
It is well suited for the users and potential employee who are free of any job perspective and need their free time to be utilized. Users can use their free time to be used for submission of interesting tasks.
Whereas the number of tasks are very less and processing time is also very extensive and recruitment takes time more.
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Microsoft
Centralised notebooks are out directly into production. This can lead to poorly engineered code. It is very good for fast queries and our data team are always able to provide what we ask for. It is a big cost to our business so it is important it runs efficiently and returns on our investment.
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Pros
Appen
  • Project listing
  • Hiring of the potential and qualified users
  • Tracking of the projects
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Microsoft
  • Data Processing and Transformations based on Spark
  • Delta Lakehouse when clubbed with an external cloud storage
  • Governance using Unity Catalog to unify IAM
  • Delta Live Tables is a product, which although relatively newer, has a great potential with the visuals of a pipeline.
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Cons
Appen
  • Selection procedure is bit .
  • The questionnaire need to be reviewed.
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Microsoft
  • Intuitive interface
  • Ease of use
  • Providing FAQ or QRGs
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Usability
Appen
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Microsoft
The developers are able to switch between Python and SQL in the Notebook which allows the collaboration of SQL analyst and Data scientist. The integration of Mosaic AI allows users to write complex codes in natural languages. Unity catalog has centralized the security and governance features and simplified the process of maintaining it
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Alternatives Considered
Appen
Appen offers projects mostly related to my native language and also according to my expertise . It offers very interesting projects to be completed , which requires not very expertise and less time to be completed for each task. It is also very convenient to use after selection for the task and also well rewarding against the time consumed for the task completion.
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Microsoft
I have found Azure Databricks to be much better than Snowflake for handling bigger, diverse data types. Snowflake is much simpler and better for smaller warehousing. The real time processing is much better in Azure Databricks and we have much more language options. Snowflake is more expensive but simpler to use. Both are great for different needs.
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Return on Investment
Appen
  • It has Positive impact as it provides opportunity for new jobs in my area of expertise.
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Microsoft
  • The support team is amazing, they help you at every stage of the projects, from sales to delivery.
  • On a framework level, it has had an amazing impact and has reduced the clients overall data platform costs by a staggering 65%
  • There has been a 40% Manual work requirement on average for the clients when they move to Azure Databricks Data Platform
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