Databricks Data Intelligence Platform vs Dremio

Databricks Data Intelligence Platform9.4Visit Dremio9.1Visit

Higher score Databricks Data Intelligence Platform #1 in Data Lakehouse Platforms 9.4/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Databricks

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Dremio #2 in Data Lakehouse Platforms 9.1/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Dremio

• Databricks Data Intelligence Platform fits best

  Broad enterprise lakehouse and AI workloads

• Dremio fits best

  Federated SQL across diverse data estates

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Side by side

Feature	Databricks Data Intelligence Platform 9.4/10 Visit ↗	Dremio 9.1/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	9.1
Ranking	#1 in Data Lakehouse Platforms	#2 in Data Lakehouse Platforms
Best for	Broad enterprise lakehouse and AI workloads	Federated SQL across diverse data estates
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Free plan · 14-day trial	—
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	14 days	30 days
Free trial length	14 days · no card needed	30 days · no card needed
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs, Community	Email, Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SSO/SAML, 2FA	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR
Integrations	8 integrations	15 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Databricks Data Intelligence Platform 4/4 · Dremio 4/4
SQL analytics	✓	✓
ACID transactions	✓	✓
Streaming ingestion	✓	✓
Governance catalog	✓	✓
Specs
Storage model	Both	Both
Table format support	Both	Open
Our review
Pros	Combines Delta Lake storage, SQL, batch, streaming, and ETL Unity Catalog supports data and AI governance Connects with Power BI, Tableau, Kafka, dbt Cloud, and Fivetran	Federated queries across databases, warehouses, object storage, and NoSQL Native Apache Iceberg support with Polaris-powered Open Catalog Cloud, self-managed, Kubernetes, on-premises, and API deployment options
Cons	Usage-based pricing varies by cloud, region, product, and contract Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of narrow workloads Paid costs are not represented by a single fixed monthly plan	Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales Cloud usage is consumption-based and measured in DCUs Customer cloud infrastructure costs may still apply on the free tier
Our verdict	Databricks Data Intelligence Platform brings data engineering, SQL analytics, machine learning, AI applications, and governance into a cloud platform. It is designed for organizations that need to ingest and transform data, query lakehouse… Read the review →	Dremio is an open data lakehouse platform for organizations that need governed analytics across object storage, databases, and lakehouse catalogs. Its distributed SQL engine supports federated queries across databases, warehouses, object… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Databricks Data Intelligence Platform — where it wins

  • Combines Delta Lake storage, SQL, batch, streaming, and ETL
  • Unity Catalog supports data and AI governance
  • Connects with Power BI, Tableau, Kafka, dbt Cloud, and Fivetran

  Where it doesn't

  • Usage-based pricing varies by cloud, region, product, and contract
  • Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of narrow workloads
  • Paid costs are not represented by a single fixed monthly plan

• Dremio — where it wins

  • Federated queries across databases, warehouses, object storage, and NoSQL
  • Native Apache Iceberg support with Polaris-powered Open Catalog
  • Cloud, self-managed, Kubernetes, on-premises, and API deployment options

  Where it doesn't

  • Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
  • Cloud usage is consumption-based and measured in DCUs
  • Customer cloud infrastructure costs may still apply on the free tier

• Databricks Data Intelligence Platform9.4/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial

  A broad lakehouse platform for engineering, analytics, streaming, machine learning, and AI.

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• Dremio9.1/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A flexible lakehouse for querying diverse data estates across cloud and self-hosted environments.

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