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Databricks vs Mode Enterprise comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Databricks
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
93
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (6th), Data Science Platforms (1st), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (5th), Streaming Analytics (1st)
Mode Enterprise
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
4.8
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (30th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Databricks is designed for Cloud Data Warehouse and holds a mindshare of 10.4%, up 7.7% compared to last year.
Mode Enterprise, on the other hand, focuses on BI (Business Intelligence) Tools, holds 0.9% mindshare, up 0.4% since last year.
Cloud Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Databricks10.4%
Snowflake15.8%
Teradata8.0%
Other65.8%
Cloud Data Warehouse
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Mode Enterprise0.9%
Microsoft Power BI9.3%
Tableau Enterprise6.7%
Other83.1%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

SimonRobinson - PeerSpot reviewer
Governance And Engagement Lead
Improved data governance has enabled sensitive data tracking but cost management still needs work
I believe we could improve Databricks integration with cloud service providers. The impact of our current integration has not been particularly good, and it's becoming very expensive for us. The inefficiencies in our implementation, such as not shutting down warehouses when they're not in use or reserving the right number of credits, have led to increased costs. We made several beginner mistakes, such as not taking advantage of incremental loading and running overly complicated queries all the time. We should be using ETL tools to help us instead of doing it directly in Databricks. We need more experienced professionals to manage Databricks effectively, as it's not as forgiving as other platforms such as Snowflake. I think introducing customer repositories would facilitate easier implementation with Databricks.
Shivkumar Targude - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Custom cohort dashboards have transformed customer tracking but still need richer built‑in visuals
From my perspective, adding more custom visualizations as inbuilt features would be greatly beneficial for developers and other teams. For specific visualizations, we currently need to use Python and JavaScript combinations to create great visualizations such as cohort analysis. If these visualizations were added by default to Mode Enterprise, it would be beneficial for all of us. There are common visualizations that are not currently in Mode Enterprise but should be added. There are advantages and disadvantages to the current state. The advantages mainly include the ability to combine all datasets, which definitely reduces time. Because Python and JavaScript are supported, we can develop cohort dashboards, which many other BI tools do not support. Mode Enterprise supports cohort dashboards, which is a significant advantage.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I think Databricks is very good at facilitating AI and machine learning projects; they implement AI and machine learning models very well, and clients can run their models on Databricks."
"Databricks' most valuable feature is the data transformation through PySpark."
"Databricks allows me to automate the creation of a cluster, optimized for machine learning and construct AI machine learning models for the client."
"It is fast, it's scalable, and it does the job it needs to do."
"The most valuable feature is the Spark cluster which is very fast for heavy loads, big data processing and Pi Spark."
"Easy to use and requires minimal coding and customizations."
"The main features of the solution are efficiency."
"Databricks covers end-to-end data analytics workflow in one platform, this is the best feature of the solution."
"I have used many other BI tools, but when I compare other BI tools with Mode Enterprise, I find it more interesting because it supports Amazon Redshift and cloud-related technology as well as some static-related technology, and it also supports customization through coding with JavaScript and Python."
"The tool helps to catch results and review them."
"Mode Enterprise positively impacted my organization with its clean visualization and slightly faster response times."
"The most valuable feature I would say is the flexibility in editing."
"The most important feature of the solution is the ability to run Python-based scripts."
"The solution is simple for people from a viewing perspective, not a coding perspective."
 

Cons

"The solution has some scalability and integration limitations when consolidating legacy systems."
"Implementation of Databricks is still very code heavy."
"Pricing is one of the things that could be improved."
"The integration features could be more interesting, more involved."
"The Databricks cluster can be improved."
"The query plan is not easy with Databrick's job level. If I want to tune any of the code, it is not easily available in the blogs as well."
"It should have more compatible and more advanced visualization and machine learning libraries."
"I think setting up the whole account for one person and giving access are areas that can be difficult to manage and should be made a little easier."
"The solution could run faster."
"Mode Enterprise can be improved by reducing the cost, as I think the enterprise version is much costlier."
"From my perspective, adding more custom visualizations as inbuilt features would be greatly beneficial for developers and other teams."
"Mode Analytics needs to improve the overall user experience."
"I think in terms of User Interface, I would say it can be better."
"The data visualization is cumbersome in Mode Analytics. I want the solution to add a map that has an easy interface. The UI is slow sometimes."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of Databricks is reasonable compared to other solutions."
"It is an expensive tool. The licensing model is a pay-as-you-go one."
"Price-wise, I would rate Databricks a three out of five."
"The price is okay. It's competitive."
"The billing of Databricks can be difficult and should improve."
"Whenever we want to find the actual costing, we have to send an email to Databricks, so having the information available on the internet would be helpful."
"I am based in South Africa, where it is expensive adapting to the cloud, and then there is the price for the tool itself."
"We implement this solution on behalf of our customers who have their own Azure subscription and they pay for Databricks themselves. The pricing is more expensive if you have large volumes of data."
"The pricing is per user."
"Mode Analytics is cheap compared to other tools."
"My decision-maker found the pricing expensive, but it is okay for me."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
Media Company
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise56
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

Which do you prefer - Databricks or Azure Machine Learning Studio?
Databricks gives you the option of working with several different languages, such as SQL, R, Scala, Apache Spark, or Python. It offers many different cluster choices and excellent integration with ...
How would you compare Databricks vs Amazon SageMaker?
We researched AWS SageMaker, but in the end, we chose Databricks. Databricks is a Unified Analytics Platform designed to accelerate innovation projects. It is based on Spark so it is very fast. It...
Which would you choose - Databricks or Azure Stream Analytics?
Databricks is an easy-to-set-up and versatile tool for data management, analysis, and business analytics. For analytics teams that have to interpret data to further the business goals of their orga...
What needs improvement with Mode Analytics?
From my perspective, adding more custom visualizations as inbuilt features would be greatly beneficial for developers and other teams. For specific visualizations, we currently need to use Python a...
What is your primary use case for Mode Analytics?
Mode Enterprise is being used for dashboard purposes only, specifically for custom dashboards. For the e-commerce domain, we use Mode Enterprise to track customers, such as finding out a customer's...
What advice do you have for others considering Mode Analytics?
Regarding licensing, I cannot provide detailed information on that topic. However, I can say that Power BI is open-source. If Mode Enterprise were provided as open-source, more people could start u...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Databricks Unified Analytics, Databricks Unified Analytics Platform, Redash
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Sample Customers

Elsevier, MyFitnessPal, Sharethrough, Automatic Labs, Celtra, Radius Intelligence, Yesware
Lyft, Zenefits, Twitch, Trello, Clover, Grovo, CrowdFlower, Segment, Everlane, Pocket, Highfive
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