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Databricks on AWS
Databricks on AWS pricing comes in Standard, Standard with security add on, and Enterprise packages.
Each package has different price points for Data Engineering and Data Analytics workloads.
Data Engineering Workloads
and robust jobs via API or UI.
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Data Analytics Workloads
collaboratively with notebooks.
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Data Engineering Workloads
Data Analytics Workloads
and robust jobs via API or UI.
collaboratively with notebooks.
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Sue runs a daily ETL job that prepares server logs data for analysis and model training. The job runs for 2 hours daily on 10 c3.4xlarge instances.
Data Engineering / Automated workload cost:
- 10 c3.4xlarge nodes
- × 2 hours
- × 2 DBUs per hour
- × $0.20 per automated workload DBU
- × 30 days
Sue’s team also analyzes data (run ad hoc queries) with notebooks for 4 hours on 5 memory-optimized r3.xlarge instance types.
Data Analytics / Interactive workload cost:
- 5 r3.xlarge nodes
- × 4 hours
- × 1 DBUs per hour
- × $0.40 per interactive workload DBU
- × 30 days
Sue’s team also uses the Databricks Operational Security add-on.
Databricks Operational Security cost:
- 10 c3.4xlarge nodes
- × 2 hours
- × 2 DBUs per hour
- × 30 days
- 5 r3.xlarge nodes
- × 4 hours
- × 1 DBUs per hour
- × 30 days
What is a DBU?
A Databricks Unit (“DBU”) is a unit of processing capability per hour, billed on per-second usage. Databricks supports many instance types, see the full list and details here.
I see two different prices for Data Engineering and Data Analytics. How can I pick the one that I want?
Our free trial and standard subscription includes both Data Engineering and Data Analytics packages. You don’t need to pick one or the other. Databricks charges you different prices depending on how you use the Apache Spark clusters. You can schedule robust and fast jobs via API or UI at $0.20 per DBU and use persistent clusters for running interactive analytics with notebooks at $0.40 per DBU.
How do you define “usage?”
Usage is defined as running Apache Spark clusters, whether they are actively used or not.
What’s the difference between an automated Data Engineering and interactive Data Analytics workloads?
An automated workload is defined as job that both starts and terminates the cluster on which it runs. For example, a workload may be triggered by the Databricks Job Scheduler which launches a new Apache Spark cluster solely for the job and automatically terminates the cluster after the job is complete.
An interactive workload is any workload that is not an automated workload, e.g., running a command within Databricks notebooks. These commands run on Apache Spark clusters that may persist until manually terminated. Multiple users can share a cluster for doing interactive analysis in a collaborative way.
Databricks Operational Security has an additional charge for DBU usage. Does it apply to both workload types?
Yes. When you choose to deploy Databricks with Databricks Operational Security, the additional charge applies to both interactive and automated workload types.
How do I add Databricks Operational Security to my subscription?
Please contact us to add Databricks Operational Security to your subscription.
What does the free trial include?
The 14-day free trial gives you access to all features in the Databricks for Data Engineering and Databricks for Data Analytics, except the Databricks Operational Security Package which is an add-on. Contact us if you are interested in trying Databricks Operational Security.
During trial, AWS will bill you directly for the EC2 instances created in Databricks.
What happens after the free trial?
At the end of the trial, you are automatically subscribed to the Databricks Standard Plan without Databricks Enterprise Security. You can cancel your subscription at any time.
What is Databricks Community Edition?
Databricks Community Edition is a free, limited functionality platform designed for anyone who wants to learn Spark. Sign up here.
How do I trial the Enterprise Plan?
Please contact us to start an Enterprise trial.
Do you provide technical support?
We offer technical support with annual commitments. Contact us to learn more or get started.
How will I be billed?
By default, you will be billed monthly based on per-second usage on your credit card. Contact us for more billing options, such as billing by invoice or an annual plan.