How much does Databricks cost in 2026?
Databricks is free to use on its permanent free plan, and SaaS Price Hub has no verified paid list price on file. Databricks sits in the Analytics & Data category, where SaaS Price Hub tracks 19 tools with verified pricing. Verified against Databricks's pricing page.
⏱ Verified 47 days ago — this page pulls live from our directory and updates within 24 hours of any tracked price change.
Does Databricks have a free plan?
Yes. Databricks offers a permanent free plan covering DEPRECATED — end of life on AWS + GCP Oct 2025 (workspaces auto-upgraded to Premium). On Azure: new Standard workspace creation blocked 2026-04-01; all remaining Azure Standard workspaces auto-upgrade to Premium 2026-10-01. Successor tier = Premium. Historic rates were from $0.15/DBU Jobs Compute, from $0.40/DBU All-Purpose.
What are all the Databricks pricing tiers?
Databricks publishes 3 plans:
- •Standard (RETIRED): free — DEPRECATED — end of life on AWS + GCP Oct 2025 (workspaces auto-upgraded to Premium). On Azure: new Standard workspace creation blocked 2026-04-01; all remaining Azure Standard workspaces auto-upgrade to Premium 2026-10-01. Successor tier = Premium. Historic rates were from $0.15/DBU Jobs Compute, from $0.40/DBU All-Purpose
- •Premium: free — NOW THE BASELINE TIER for all new deployments. Pay-as-you-go, roughly $0.30/DBU Jobs and $0.55/DBU All-Purpose (published range across workload types $0.08-$0.70/DBU). Includes Unity Catalog, Databricks SQL, RBAC, audit logging, serverless compute, full Mosaic AI suite
- •Enterprise: free — Pay-as-you-go, approx 15-25% above Premium for equivalent compute; adds HIPAA/PCI compliance, IP access lists, customer-managed keys, dedicated support + SLAs. Rates negotiated with sales, not publicly listed
How often does Databricks change its pricing?
SaaS Price Hub has recorded no tracked list-price change for Databricks in the last 12 months. Prices are re-checked against the vendor daily and any move is logged.
Full Databricks price historyWhere can I find Databricks's official pricing page?
Databricks publishes its own pricing at www.databricks.com/product/pricing.
Databricks official pricing pageQuick facts about Databricks pricing
- Key limit metric
- DBU (Databricks Units) consumed
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- No separate trial
- Enterprise pricing
- Available (custom quote)
- Native currency
- USD
- Category
- Analytics & Data
Who is Databricks best for?
In other words, Databricks is worth it for data teams (10-500 engineers/analysts) that need a unified platform for data engineering + analytics + ML at scale — particularly if you have big-data workloads (100GB+ daily) and want an alternative to Snowflake with better AI/ML support. Standard covers basic Spark + Delta Lake workloads; Premium adds security features (RBAC, SQL analytics); Enterprise adds compliance controls (HIPAA, PCI). Steep learning curve; requires data engineering expertise. Deep native integrations with AWS/Azure/GCP + dbt + Airflow + Tableau. Downside: pure usage-based pricing surprises finance teams (typical mid-size deployment $10K-$100K/month), and lightweight alternatives (BigQuery, ClickHouse, DuckDB) cover simpler needs at fraction of cost.
What is Databricks not for?
Just data warehousing (no ML)? Pick Snowflake or BigQuery. Simple analytics for smaller data? DuckDB, ClickHouse, or Metabase + Postgres. ML/AI without lakehouse? SageMaker, Vertex AI, or Modal.
Databricks plans
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Key limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (RETIRED) | 0 | 0 | DEPRECATED — end of life on AWS + GCP Oct 2025 (workspaces auto-upgraded to Premium). On Azure: new Standard workspace creation blocked 2026-04-01; all remaining Azure Standard workspaces auto-upgrade to Premium 2026-10-01. Successor tier = Premium. Historic rates were from $0.15/DBU Jobs Compute, from $0.40/DBU All-Purpose |
| Premium | 0 | 0 | NOW THE BASELINE TIER for all new deployments. Pay-as-you-go, roughly $0.30/DBU Jobs and $0.55/DBU All-Purpose (published range across workload types $0.08-$0.70/DBU). Includes Unity Catalog, Databricks SQL, RBAC, audit logging, serverless compute, full Mosaic AI suite |
| Enterprise | 0 | 0 | Pay-as-you-go, approx 15-25% above Premium for equivalent compute; adds HIPAA/PCI compliance, IP access lists, customer-managed keys, dedicated support + SLAs. Rates negotiated with sales, not publicly listed |
Answer generated from SaaS Price Hub's daily-verified pricing tracker. Last updated August 12, 2026.
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