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Databricks vs Visokio Omniscope comparison

 

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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)
Visokio Omniscope
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (45th), Data Visualization (43rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Databricks is designed for Cloud Data Warehouse and holds a mindshare of 10.7%, up 7.9% compared to last year.
Visokio Omniscope, on the other hand, focuses on BI (Business Intelligence) Tools, holds 0.6% mindshare, up 0.1% since last year.
Cloud Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Databricks10.7%
Snowflake15.6%
Teradata8.0%
Other65.7%
Cloud Data Warehouse
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Visokio Omniscope0.6%
Microsoft Power BI9.3%
Tableau Enterprise6.7%
Other83.4%
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.
it_user376869 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Analysis and Visualisation Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
There are several valuable features, but the two we use the most are ETL DataManager to create data process flows and API Connectors to Ad servers.
It's still a niche product and the mobile/web development seems to still be in progress of improving. The room for improvement aspect is in comparison to other software that has a cloud interface which lets their users create/edit visualisations via a browser, doing away with the need to actually install anything. You just login with an email/password similar to how Google docs or MS Office On-line works. A lot of software is starting to move along this path and have started to offer stripped down on-line versions of the desktop software with fewer features. However, I know that the upcoming 3.0 (no set release date but optimistically it is targeted for this year) will start to allow users to "stream". How this works and the extent of it is still under wraps by the look of things. Also, in terms of mobile/web development this is to do with how the reports are sent to end users. Currently the standard way is to send a specialised file format called a .iok file via email, which the end user will open within their own viewer version of Omniscope. They are moving away from this by allowing the developer/analyst to host them on-line and view them in a browser see these examples http://staging.omniscope.me/ Omniscope has partially (still bugs in 2.9) incorporated the ability to have a browser within itself for the sole purpose of being able to create HTML or Javascript library visualisations like d3.js within it (basically you embed standalone HTML pages). So any of these examples will potentially be available to incorporate https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Gallery.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"By going through this solution, we were able to complete the processing of the data in half an hour."
"Databricks is definitely a very stable product and reliable."
"Databricks' most valuable features are the workspace and notebooks, and its integration, interface, and documentation are also good."
"Data is open to everyone; they can access it through many channels, including notebooks or SQL."
"Ability to work collaboratively without having to worry about the infrastructure."
"Having one solution for everything, from data engineering to machine learning, is beneficial since everything comes under one hood."
"If you have a lot of data, Databricks is a good choice."
"We are completely satisfied with the ease of connecting to different sources of data or pocket files in the search"
"It's provided our organization with time savings by taking the repetitive manual copy, pasting and cost calculations into more automated tasks which will execute by itself."
 

Cons

"I would like more integration with SQL for using data in different workspaces."
"I would like to see more documentation in terms of how an end-user could use it, and users like me can easily try it and implement use cases."
"Doesn't provide a lot of credits or trial options."
"A couple of times I faced an issue where a long-running process was consuming a lot of time and then stopped abruptly."
"I would like it if Databricks made it easier to set up a project."
"Databricks could improve in some of its functionality."
"Databricks can improve by making the documentation better."
"The solution could be improved by integrating it with data packets. Right now, the load tables provide a function, like team collaboration. Still, it's unclear as to if there's a function to create different branches and/or more branches. Our team had used data packets before, however, I feel it's difficult to integrate the current with the previous data packets."
"It's still a niche product and the mobile/web development seems to still be in progress of improving."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate Databricks' pricing seven out of ten."
"The solution is a good value for batch processing and huge workloads."
"We pay as we go, so there isn't a fixed price. It's charged by the unit. I don't have any details detail about how they measure this, but it should be a mix between processing and quantity of data handled. We run a simulation based on our use cases, which gives us an estimate. We've been monitoring this, and the costs have met our expectations."
"The solution is based on a licensing model."
"We have only incurred the cost of our AWS cloud services. This is because during this period, Databricks provided us with an extended evaluation period, and we have not spent much money yet. We are just starting to incur costs this month, I will know more later on the full cost perspective."
"Price-wise, I would rate Databricks a three out of five."
"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 do not exactly know the costs, but one of our clients pays between $100 USD and $200 USD monthly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise56
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Questions from the Community

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Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Databricks Unified Analytics, Databricks Unified Analytics Platform, Redash
Omniscope
 

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Sample Customers

Elsevier, MyFitnessPal, Sharethrough, Automatic Labs, Celtra, Radius Intelligence, Yesware
General Electric, Cairn Capital, Group M, Credit Suisse, Colgate, Belden, Xerox, Weightmans, DHL, Lloyds & Clarksons, Faroe Petroleum, Capita, Philips, Aviva, Investec
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