Databricks Data Intelligence Platform vs Google Cloud Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg

Databricks Data Intelligence Platform9.4Visit Google Cloud Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg8.5Visit

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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Google Cloud Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg #6 in Data Lakehouse Platforms 8.5/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Google Cloud

• Databricks Data Intelligence Platform fits best

  Broad enterprise lakehouse and AI workloads

• Google Cloud Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg fits best

  Managed Iceberg on Google Cloud

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Side by side

Feature	Databricks Data Intelligence Platform 9.4/10 Visit ↗	Google Cloud Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	8.5
Ranking	#1 in Data Lakehouse Platforms	#6 in Data Lakehouse Platforms
Best for	Broad enterprise lakehouse and AI workloads	Managed Iceberg on Google Cloud
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	Free plan · 14-day trial	—
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	14 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs, Community	Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SSO/SAML, 2FA	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA
Integrations	8 integrations	13 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Databricks Data Intelligence Platform 4/4 · Google Cloud Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg 4/4
SQL analytics	✓	✓
ACID transactions	✓	✓
Streaming ingestion	✓	✓
Governance catalog	✓	✓
Specs
Storage model	Both	Both
Table format support	Both	Both
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	Managed Iceberg tables with REST Catalog and BigQuery SQL Interoperability with Spark, Flink, Hive, and Trino Governance, CDC, automated maintenance, and federation features
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	No standalone free plan Usage-based pricing spans several charge categories Cross-cloud federation supports selected external catalogs
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 →	Google Cloud Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg is a managed lakehouse platform for analytical, transactional, streaming, and AI workloads built on open table formats. It is aimed at organizations that want managed Apache Iceberg tables, a… 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

• Google Cloud Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg — where it wins

  • Managed Iceberg tables with REST Catalog and BigQuery SQL
  • Interoperability with Spark, Flink, Hive, and Trino
  • Governance, CDC, automated maintenance, and federation features

  Where it doesn't

  • No standalone free plan
  • Usage-based pricing spans several charge categories
  • Cross-cloud federation supports selected external catalogs

• 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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• Google Cloud Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg8.5/10 · Paid

  A managed Iceberg lakehouse for Google Cloud teams using BigQuery and open engines.

  Visit Google CloudFull verdict →