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Databricks vs Salesforce Einstein Analytics comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.5
Users reported financial savings and enhanced performance by shifting workloads to Databricks, spending less than on Hadoop.
Sentiment score
5.8
Users report mixed ROI experiences with Salesforce Einstein Analytics, with satisfaction varying by team size and implementation phase.
For a lot of different tasks, including machine learning, it is a nice solution.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
Databricks customer service is praised for proactive support and quick responses, with comprehensive documentation reducing direct assistance needs.
Sentiment score
7.2
Salesforce Einstein Analytics customer service is well-regarded, offering quick and knowledgeable support, though some experience occasional delays.
Whenever we reach out, they respond promptly.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Databricks is scalable and flexible, enabling efficient data processing and resource adjustment across diverse cloud platforms, despite cost concerns.
Sentiment score
7.7
Salesforce Einstein Analytics is praised for scalability in large enterprises, though costs may concern non-Salesforce CRM users.
The patches have sometimes caused issues leading to our jobs being paused for about six hours.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Databricks is highly stable and reliable, though occasional update issues are quickly resolved, rating 8-9 in stability.
Sentiment score
8.2
Salesforce Einstein Analytics is stable and reliable, receiving high ratings for its mature, scalable, and glitch-free performance.
They release patches that sometimes break our code.
 

Room For Improvement

Databricks users seek better visualization, integration, user interface, documentation, and scalability, while desiring improvements in pricing and features.
Salesforce Einstein Analytics needs enhanced usability, mobile access, pricing transparency, and advanced customization to improve user experience and functionality.
We prefer using a small to mid-sized cluster for many jobs to keep costs low, but this sometimes doesn't support our operations properly.
 

Setup Cost

Databricks offers flexible, pay-per-use pricing that varies by usage and platform, considered competitive yet sometimes expensive.
Salesforce Einstein Analytics offers enterprise solutions with pricing from $20 to $250 per user monthly, seen valuable yet costly.
 

Valuable Features

Databricks excels in data analytics with a user-friendly interface, SQL-Python integration, collaboration, scalability, and diverse language support.
Salesforce Einstein Analytics offers powerful, user-friendly tools for data analysis, CRM integration, and decision-making with AI-driven insights.
 

Categories and Ranking

Databricks
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
85
Ranking in other categories
Data Science Platforms (1st), Streaming Analytics (1st)
Salesforce Einstein Analytics
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (12th)
 

Featured Reviews

Parag Bhosale - PeerSpot reviewer
Integrating engineering and learning, but cost challenges arise with cluster management
We often use a single cluster to ingest Databricks, which Databricks doesn't recommend. They suggest using a no-cluster solution like job clusters. This can be overwhelming for us because we started smaller. We prefer using a small to mid-sized cluster for many jobs to keep costs low, but this sometimes doesn't support our operations properly. We need to stay in sync with the DVR versions, and migrations can pose challenges. For example, issues arose when we moved a cluster from a previous version to the latest one. We could use their job clusters, however, that increases costs, which is challenging for us as a startup. Maintaining this infrastructure can be a headache.
Parker Goodson - PeerSpot reviewer
Helpful consistent measurements, high availability, and scales well
When it comes to generating reports, it appears that many users rely on experts to handle technical aspects. For instance, if you require a weekly report displaying accounts transitioning in and out of your modules, it seems challenging to accomplish without consulting experts for assistance. Such tasks should be user-friendly and easily achievable without external assistance. It would be beneficial to have visibility into any changes made to your account by individuals other than yourself or your team. It is also important to clearly track the history of these modifications and identify the responsible parties.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Educational Organization
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which do you prefer - Databricks or Azure Machine Learning Studio?
Databricks gives you the option of working with several different languages, such as SQL, R, Scala, Apache Spark, or Python. It offers many different cluster choices and excellent integration with ...
How would you compare Databricks vs Amazon SageMaker?
We researched AWS SageMaker, but in the end, we chose Databricks. Databricks is a Unified Analytics Platform designed to accelerate innovation projects. It is based on Spark so it is very fast. It...
Which would you choose - Databricks or Azure Stream Analytics?
Databricks is an easy-to-set-up and versatile tool for data management, analysis, and business analytics. For analytics teams that have to interpret data to further the business goals of their orga...
What do you like most about Salesforce Einstein Analytics?
The tool is valuable. It's one of the greatest programs I'm currently working with, and I believe it will continue to be crucial in the next four to five years. It's the future of our operations. I...
What needs improvement with Salesforce Einstein Analytics?
Salesforce is working very rigorously on improvements with each release.
What is your primary use case for Salesforce Einstein Analytics?
I am a Salesforce CPQ developer. I have also worked on Einstein Analytics for reporting purposes.
 

Also Known As

Databricks Unified Analytics, Databricks Unified Analytics Platform, Redash
Einstein Analytics, Salesforce Wave Analytics
 

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Sample Customers

Elsevier, MyFitnessPal, Sharethrough, Automatic Labs, Celtra, Radius Intelligence, Yesware
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