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Databricks

Databricks is a data and AI platform built around the lakehouse approach and Apache Spark.

Written by Reflective Data experts · updated Oct 5, 2026

It combines data engineering, SQL analytics and machine learning on open formats, running on the major clouds.

It suits teams with heavy data engineering or machine learning needs alongside analytics.

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