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- Databricks Lakehouse Platform (Unified Analytics Platform) is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
87%
15 Ratings

8.0
Denodo
80%
2 Ratings
Usability
9.0
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
90%
3 Ratings

8.0
Denodo
80%
1 Rating
Performance
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
N/A
0 Ratings

8.0
Denodo
80%
2 Ratings
Support Rating
7.5
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
75%
2 Ratings

Denodo
N/A
0 Ratings
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.0
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
80%
1 Rating

Denodo
N/A
0 Ratings
Professional Services
10.0
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
100%
1 Rating

Denodo
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
If you need a managed big data megastore, which has native integration with highly optimized Apache Spark Engine and native integration with MLflow, go for Databricks Lakehouse Platform. The Databricks Lakehouse Platform is a breeze to use and analytics capabilities are supported out of the box. You will find it a bit difficult to manage code in notebooks but you will get used to it soon.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employeesDenodo
Donodo is very well suited for large organizations with siloed datasets. Denodo thrives in these environments, since large organizations can afford the licensing costs, and are always tasked to mash up data from multiple environments throughout the organization.

Verified User
Contributor in Professional Services
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employeesPros
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
- Process raw data in One Lake (S3) env to relational tables and views
- Share notebooks with our business analysts so that they can use the queries and generate value out of the data
- Try out PySpark and Spark SQL queries on raw data before using them in our Spark jobs
- Modern day ETL operations made easy using Databricks. Provide access mechanism for different set of customers

Verified User
Team Lead in Engineering
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employeesDenodo
- Flat learning curve.
- Does not need brilliant developers.
- Less need for custom denodo wrappers, even if needed is not very complex.
- Denodo stored procedures and functions helped address complex, not straightforward requirements.
- Export/import deployment between environments was very helpful.
Senior Technology Architect (Infosys)
DIRECTVComputer Networking, 10,001+ employees
Cons
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
- Better Localized Testing
- When they were primarily OSS Spark; it was easier to test/manage releases versus the newer DB Runtime. Wish there was more configuration in Runtime less pick a version.
- Graphing Support went non-existent; when it was one of their compelling general engine.

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 201-500 employeesDenodo
- Lack of Documentation and user community: Denodo continues to have a small community of super users, therefore there is not a lot of documentation out there in the event you get stuck.
- Cost: Data virtualization isn't cheap, so smaller organizations might shy away from this technology due to the high licensing costs.
- Caching strategy: Some slower datasets will require caching... which argues, why not just do traditional ETL if you need to do this?

Verified User
Contributor in Professional Services
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employeesPricing Details
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0.07 Per DBU
Databricks Lakehouse Platform Editions & Modules
Edition
Standard | $0.071 |
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Premium | $0.101 |
Enterprise | $0.131 |
- Per DBU
Additional Pricing Details
—Denodo
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Denodo Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Usability
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Databricks Lakehouse Platform 9.0
Based on 3 answers
Because it is an amazing platform for designing experiments and delivering a deep dive analysis that requires execution of highly complex queries, as well as it allows to share the information and insights across the company with their shared workspaces, while keeping it secured.
in terms of graph generation and interaction it could improve their UI and UX
in terms of graph generation and interaction it could improve their UI and UX

Verified User
Manager in Product Management
Financial Services Company, 201-500 employeesDenodo
Denodo 8.0
Based on 1 answer
Denodo is very easy to use. It has a user-friendly drag and drop interface. I'm not a fan of the java platform it resides on.

Verified User
Contributor in Professional Services
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employeesPerformance
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Denodo
Denodo 8.0
Based on 2 answers
Denodo is a tool to rapidly mash data sources together and create meaningful datasets. It does have its downfalls though. When you create larger, more complex datasets, you will most likely need to cache your datasets, regardless of how proper your joins are set up. Since DV takes data from multiple environments, you are taxing the corporate network, so you need to be conscious of how much data you are sending through the network and truly understand how and when to join datasets due to this.

Verified User
Contributor in Professional Services
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employeesSupport Rating
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Databricks Lakehouse Platform 7.5
Based on 2 answers
One of the best customer and technology support that I have ever experienced in my career. You pay for what you get and you get the Rolls Royce. It reminds me of the customer support of SAS in the 2000s when the tools were reaching some limits and their engineer wanted to know more about what we were doing, long before "data science" was even a name. Databricks truly embraces the partnership with their customer and help them on any given challenge.
Director Data Science
CNTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 10,001+ employees
Denodo
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Databricks has a much better edge than Synapse in hundred different ways. Databricks has Photon engine, faster available release in cloud and databricks does not run on Open source spark version so better optimization, better performance and better agility and all kind of performance boost can be achieved in Databricks rather Open source synapse spark

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Hospitality Company, 10,001+ employeesDenodo
I did not use any other data virtualization platform. BizTalk is not the right comparison; it is an integration layer and for orchestration; do not use denodo as an orchestration layer, it is not for connecting upstreams to downstreams and orchestrate data flows, it is primarily for pulling information and presenting in a fashion that benefit the audience
Senior Technology Architect (Infosys)
DIRECTVComputer Networking, 10,001+ employees
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Databricks Lakehouse Platform 8.0
Based on 1 answer
The problem with this tool and all other ones that are at the top of the industry, it's so expensive that soon as another one will be on the market and deliver the same or different value, it will be catastrophic for them. So you get the fact that they are cashing every dime right now like SAS or Hadoop once did. Now, look at them
Director Data Science
CNTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 10,001+ employees
Denodo
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Databricks Lakehouse Platform 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Again, another level of professional services, this is not their biggest strength but this is the cherry on top. I couldn't think about any other professional services like this one. Now I'm talking about meaningful services that really help out our project and delivery.
Director Data Science
CNTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 10,001+ employees
Denodo
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
- Machine learning is a very new concept and not many universities offer to teach it. My school and a few others have been utilizing Databricks as one of the tools to teach and learn machine learning. By doing this, my university is creating a strong future workforce for the job market.
Freelance Translator
ZOO Digital Group plcEntertainment, 501-1000 employees
Denodo
- Improved time-to-market. We addressed new requirements in less than 2 person days.
- Very agile. Easy to handle changing requirements. Like a new requirement, a change in requirement was not expensive either.
- Platform issues were difficult to diagnose and debug.
Senior Technology Architect (Infosys)
DIRECTVComputer Networking, 10,001+ employees