Azure Databricks vs. SAP Datasphere

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Databricks
Score 8.3 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
SAP Datasphere
Score 8.5 out of 10
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SAP Datasphere, the next generation of SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, is a comprehensive data service that enables data professionals to deliver seamless and scalable access to mission-critical business data. It provides a unified experience for data integration, data cataloging, semantic modeling, data warehousing, data federation, and data virtualization. SAP Datasphere enables users to distribute mission-critical business data — with business context and logic preserved — across the data…N/A
Pricing
Azure DatabricksSAP Datasphere
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure DatabricksSAP Datasphere
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsSAP Datasphere is available as a subscription or consumption-based model. The SAP Datasphere capacity unit (CU) offers an adaptable approach to pricing that enables any workload on any hyperscaler. The number of CUs required is determined by the unique workload, with the ability to tailor the combination of required services within SAP Datasphere utilizing a flexible tenant configuration. The services that contribute to CU consumption are the core application (compute and storage), data lake, BW bridge, data integration, and data catalog (crawling and storage).
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Community Pulse
Azure DatabricksSAP Datasphere
Top Pros

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Features
Azure DatabricksSAP Datasphere
Platform Connectivity
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Azure Databricks
9.7
1 Ratings
14% above category average
SAP Datasphere
-
Ratings
Connect to Multiple Data Sources10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
4.0
1 Ratings
71% below category average
SAP Datasphere
-
Ratings
Visualization4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Preparation
Comparison of Data Preparation features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
8.5
1 Ratings
3% above category average
SAP Datasphere
-
Ratings
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Transformations8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Encryption10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Built-in Processors9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
9.0
1 Ratings
6% above category average
SAP Datasphere
-
Ratings
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
9.0
1 Ratings
5% above category average
SAP Datasphere
-
Ratings
Flexible Model Publishing Options8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Azure DatabricksSAP Datasphere
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(2 ratings)
7.8
(94 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(37 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(23 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(9 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure DatabricksSAP Datasphere
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Having access to all databases and tables in one place is what has helped me and my team to function better. The in built functionality/access to SQL and Python is definitely an added bonus! The icing on the cake is the ability to export your data into an Excel spreadsheet for additional analysis. If you have less to no working knowledge of SQL or Python, its better to look at alternatives.
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SAP
One of the best use cases for SAP data sphere is ecommerce and retail business where a lot of locations are constantly generating a lot of data and we need to make important business decisions based on that data. SAP data sphere can help wit integrating multiple data sources and help with analytics, data processing, modeling and making business predictions
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Consistently great performance when dealing with huge scale data with the help of spark architecture
  • Magic commands such as spark sql, pyspark, scala . This comes really handy in day to day work
  • Integration with other Azure services is super smooth and robust
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SAP
  • SAP Data Warehouse Cloud offers free trial for 90 days with free 128 GB of storage and 64 GB memory.
  • Availability of self-service data modeling and analytics on SAP Data Warehouse Cloud enables users to access and analyze data without getting support from the IT team.
  • Without zero coding while collecting, connecting, analyzing and modeling data, it saves us time and operational costs of partnering with external IT support experts.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Intuitive interface
  • Ease of use
  • Providing FAQ or QRGs
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SAP
  • Need to have a good understanding of the SAP ecosystem to implement and use it.
  • From a cost perspective it can be little bit on the expensive side for enterprises.
  • The platform is still new and hence more subjected to bugs. But support for it is always good from the SAP team.
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Usability
Microsoft
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SAP
It is one of the best tools and a boon to Logistics teams across the globe. One tends to actually process warehousing data so smoothly and the way demonstration is made while in programs it makes it user friendly. The Inventory touch points that one identify is simply awesome and is best part.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
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SAP
I would greatly acknowledge the services of Sap Data [warehouse Cloud] because we were struggling before its arrival where we used to get manual data connections and this used to consume a lot of time but after its use, we now are able to connect data easily saving a lot of time and finances.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
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SAP
Each of these listed software has its own unique strength and capacity that scales well. SAP Datasphere on its end up against them with more suitability for large establishments with complex data ecosystems with scalability support. Also, it avails a pay-as-you-go pricing for users, and it is widely up for data quality, data governance, and data discovery.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
SAP
Despite the pricing model being expensive for small businesses, it provides decent features and capabilities for organizations of different sizes and it's an appropriate investment in today's business environment where there is constant pressure to build a scalable and flexible analytics service
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Professional Services
Microsoft
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SAP
Ever since we implemented SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, we have been able to reduce the additional costs of hiring third-party service providers by incorporating professional services offered by the vendor.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Helped reduce time for collecting data
  • Reduced cost in maintaining multiple data sources
  • Access for multiple users and management of users/data in a single platform
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SAP
  • Preserving data quality has enhanced governance on data by having a single source that is accessible to every business user via self-service capabilities.
  • Operational cost is lowered by connecting data in one integrated solution hence making it easy to access information without having to keeping logging to other applications. Additionally, no external IT support is needed since SAP Data Warehouse Cloud has no-coding modeling tools.
  • SAP Data Warehouse Cloud has enabled every business user to understand different data by transforming data to real insights.
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