Azure Databricks vs. ThoughtSpot

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Databricks
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
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
ThoughtSpot
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
ThoughtSpot is an Agentic Analytics Platform for enterprises where users ask data questions using natural language and get answers with AI. Code-first for data teams and code-free for business users, ThoughtSpot can handle large, complex cloud data at scale.
$1,500
per year (5 users)
Pricing
Azure DatabricksThoughtSpot
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Thoughtspot Analytics - Pro
$50
per month (billed annually) per user (25-1000 users)
Thoughtspot Analytics - Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure DatabricksThoughtSpot
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Community Pulse
Azure DatabricksThoughtSpot
Features
Azure DatabricksThoughtSpot
Platform Connectivity
Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
7.0
3 Ratings
17% below category average
ThoughtSpot
-
Ratings
Connect to Multiple Data Sources6.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection6.73 Ratings00 Ratings
MDM Integration7.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
7.3
3 Ratings
15% below category average
ThoughtSpot
-
Ratings
Visualization7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Preparation
Comparison of Data Preparation features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
8.0
3 Ratings
2% below category average
ThoughtSpot
-
Ratings
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Transformations8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Encryption9.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Built-in Processors7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
7.4
3 Ratings
12% below category average
ThoughtSpot
-
Ratings
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
7.9
3 Ratings
7% below category average
ThoughtSpot
-
Ratings
Flexible Model Publishing Options7.43 Ratings00 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
-
Ratings
ThoughtSpot
7.3
89 Ratings
12% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.021 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.289 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.725 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
-
Ratings
ThoughtSpot
7.5
91 Ratings
7% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.590 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.290 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings5.749 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.688 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
-
Ratings
ThoughtSpot
8.3
84 Ratings
1% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.355 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.678 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.918 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.464 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.135 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
-
Ratings
ThoughtSpot
7.4
86 Ratings
8% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.685 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.679 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.565 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.913 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
-
Ratings
ThoughtSpot
8.1
86 Ratings
5% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.282 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.074 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.878 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.916 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.672 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
-
Ratings
ThoughtSpot
7.5
53 Ratings
3% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.351 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.234 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.046 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
-
Ratings
ThoughtSpot
7.1
51 Ratings
9% below category average
REST API00 Ratings6.942 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings6.535 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.134 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.335 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.115 Ratings
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User Ratings
Azure DatabricksThoughtSpot
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(3 ratings)
8.6
(91 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.3
(85 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure DatabricksThoughtSpot
Likelihood to Recommend
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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ThoughtSpot
It is well suited when the same data is consumed by many different people with different analytics and visualization requirements because, if you have the data available in ThoughtSpot, every user can prepare different views. Also, it is a good reporting tool, you can get rid of slides if you have a good dashboard prepared, gaining flexibility and agility.
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Pros
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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ThoughtSpot
  • Beautiful visualizations. The visuals are distinct, clean, and easy to discern from one another.
  • Intelligent querying functionality. When looking to manipulate the data, the search function makes it easy to manipulate the features in the data, along with aggregating them in the way you'd like.
  • Embedding! It has been a smooth process thus far for our product & technical teams to work with ThoughtSpot and bring it into our product.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Intuitive interface
  • Ease of use
  • Providing FAQ or QRGs
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ThoughtSpot
  • It would be great if ThoughtSpot can add the feature to filter by clicking on visualizations. i.e if I click on a particular data point in the chart if the full dashboard can filter just for that particular data point.
  • Color coding the heatmap with different colors like green to orange to red.
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
ThoughtSpot
I give it just waiting because passport is brilliant and it has helped our organisation In advancing to the next stage in the age of AI. It has allowed or non-tech people to better service and clients in a cost-effective way. George port has allowed us to create new products for us and for our clients increasing our revenue streams and reducing clients churn
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Usability
Microsoft
Great for what we use day to day and does what we need it to do. Cost management is not fully developed across the UX and gets expensive very quickly for developing projects. Integrated very well with our Microsoft stack and can be worked on collaboratively which works well for us.
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ThoughtSpot
The rating is because of the ease of use of the interface as it has a no code interface that makes it easy to setup data pipelines without extensive programming. Cloud native integration: It integrates seamlessly with cloud based data warehouses. Automated data loading, Scalability, Cost Effective, Transformations, Data Governance and security.
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Reliability and Availability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
ThoughtSpot
it's available unless there is a server or system update etc. sometimes the timing of this is bad (for example during a month end close)
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Performance
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
ThoughtSpot
It does what it is supposed to. Would be nice to have a bit more insights
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Support Rating
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
ThoughtSpot
I give it this meeting because the team is not only help able to help us in the current solutions but also amazing and taking feedback and feeding it back to their development team which includes more products and features into ThoughtSpot
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In-Person Training
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
ThoughtSpot
inhouse in-person training. Took a bit to long to get the basics.
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Online Training
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
ThoughtSpot
poor instructions
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
ThoughtSpot
Understand use case and model and design accordingly
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Against all the tools I have used, Azure Databricks is by far the most superior of them all! Why, you ask? The UI is modern, the features are never ending and they keep adding new features. And to quote Apple, "It just works!" Far ahead of the competition, the delta lakehouse platform also fares better than it counterparts of Iceberg implementation or a loosely bound Delta Lake implementation of Synapse
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ThoughtSpot
We also explored Tableau Ask Data. Tableau is our standard for BI in our organization. We want to use the smallest amount of tools in our company to have the best adaption. ThoughSpot will fill a few gaps that we have with our current set up and will also enhance out offering for our employees in the transition of being more data driven within in near future
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Scalability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
ThoughtSpot
Because it is very reliable, inside the situation, we need strong internet connection to access a lot of data but easily never had any downtime except during the upgrades
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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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ThoughtSpot
  • Time to market ROI is massive vs hiring the full-time dedicated team to build and maintain a frontend multi-tenant SaaS data viz product.
  • It will be interesting to see over time how the advanced features play out in terms of usability and end value, such as Natural Search, which we are very excited about, and the machine learning tools.
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