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Databricks vs Workday Prism Analytics 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
95
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (3rd), Data Science Platforms (1st), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (3rd), Streaming Analytics (1st)
Workday Prism Analytics
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (33rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Databricks is designed for Cloud Data Warehouse and holds a mindshare of 9.3%, up 8.8% compared to last year.
Workday Prism Analytics, on the other hand, focuses on BI (Business Intelligence) Tools, holds 0.9% mindshare, down 1.4% since last year.
Cloud Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Databricks9.3%
Snowflake15.4%
Teradata9.2%
Other66.1%
Cloud Data Warehouse
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Workday Prism Analytics0.9%
Microsoft Power BI7.6%
Tableau Enterprise6.5%
Other85.0%
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.
Sarvesh Kumar Jha - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technology Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Provides great flexibility in terms of data transformation
I really like the flexibility the solution provides in terms of data transformation. Workday introduced Prism Analytics mainly because many clients wanted to merge data from different systems and then work with it to get some insights out of it. For that, they previously used tools like Power BI. Workday Prism Analytics gives you the power to do all the data transformations within Workday itself without taking out crucial data to a third system. I really like the way Workday has enabled Prism Analytics to be that one solution where you can bring everything. It also provides you the flexibility that things like the security model of Workday are still in place. You don't have to redo your security configuration if you do the data transformation outside Workday.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"In the current capacity as an Architect and the end user of Databricks I would say I do have confidence that Databricks can provide a wealth of functionalities to start with."
"When we have a huge volume of data that we want to process with speed, velocity, and volume, we go through Databricks."
"Databricks is a robust solution for big data processing, offering flexibility and powerful features."
"Before I used Databricks it took me a long time to do some functions and now with Databricks I can do them much quicker."
"Databricks tech support has been great every time I've dealt with them, and their team is highly knowledgeable."
"The capacity of use of the different types of coding is valuable. Databricks also has good performance because it is running in spark extra storage, meaning the performance and the capacity use different kinds of codes."
"The Delta Lake data type has been the most useful part of this solution. Delta Lake is an opensource data type and it was implemented and invented by Databricks."
"Databricks is quite easy to use and requires less coding and customizations than a solution like AWS SageMaker, enabling more people to efficiently build and host their ML code while leveraging the already integrated MLflow to track and monitor all our different experiments."
"I really like the flexibility the solution provides in terms of data transformation."
"The product is easier to use compared to other applications."
"The customer service and support are pretty good."
"The solution is stable and reliable, with minimal issues affecting its performance."
"Feature-wise, I feel that the solution's stability is good."
 

Cons

"Anyone who doesn't know SQL may find the product difficult to work with."
"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 product needs samples and templates to help invite users to see results and understand what the product can do."
"Can be improved by including drag-and-drop features."
"The product should incorporate more learning aspects. It needs to have a free trial version that the team can practice."
"I would love an integration in my desktop IDE. For now, I have to code on their webpage."
"The tool should improve its integration with other products."
"There was a time when my monthly cost was around ten thousand dollars, which was quite high."
"One area for improvement in the solution is the ability to manually update individual rows or columns of data once it has been uploaded."
"There is not much flexibility in how we can add external data within Workday Prisma Analytics."
"It is not a very scalable product."
"When you create certain objects, a lot of the time, the fields are text. They’re not numeric, date, or any other field type"
"The visualization techniques must be upgraded."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of Databricks is reasonable compared to other solutions."
"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."
"Databricks are not costly when compared with other solutions' prices."
"I would rate the tool’s pricing an eight out of ten."
"The solution is affordable."
"The solution requires a subscription."
"The licensing costs of Databricks is a tiered licensing regime, so it is flexible."
"I rate the price of Databricks as eight out of ten."
"The solution is very expensive."
"Based on whatever I have heard, Workday Prism Analytics is considered an expensive tool."
"I do not know of the licensing cost, but there are additional costs like 5,00,000 for recruitment modules."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise60
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Questions from the Community

Which do you prefer - Databricks or Azure Machine Learning Studio?
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How would you compare Databricks vs Amazon SageMaker?
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Which would you choose - Databricks or Azure Stream Analytics?
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Also Known As

Databricks Unified Analytics, Databricks Unified Analytics Platform, Redash
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