Databricks Data + AI Platform

DatabricksAnalyticsFree tier available

Unified data lakehouse combining the reliability of data warehouses with the scale of data lakes, built on Delta Lake with ACID transactions, schema enforcement, and time travel

Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ
USSan Francisco, USA

Subject to CLOUD Act, FISA-702, DPF

Region locations
APACCNEEAEUUKUSOther57 regions across 7 jurisdictions
Sovereign option
Yes — 1 sovereign-flagged region available

Attributes

SLA Uptime
99.95%
Multi Cloud
Yes

Sub-services (3)

Delta Lake

Open-source storage layer with ACID transactions and time travel

Unity Catalog

Unified governance for data and AI assets across workspaces

Photon Engine

Vectorised C++ query engine for accelerated SQL and Spark workloads

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

Where this runs

57 regions
23 countries
1sovereign
Sovereign regions (1)
  • AWS GovCloud (US-West) · San Francisco Bay AreaDatabricks on AWS GovCloud (FedRAMP High)
Commercial regions (56)

Europe (15)

  • Europe West 1 (Belgium)
  • EU (Paris)
  • France Central (Paris)
  • EU (Frankfurt)
  • Europe West 3 (Frankfurt)
  • Germany West Central (Frankfurt)
  • EU (Ireland)
  • North Europe (Ireland)
  • West Europe (Netherlands)
  • Sweden Central (Gävle)
  • Switzerland North (Zurich)
  • UK West (Cardiff)
  • EU (London)
  • UK South (London)
  • Europe West 2 (London)

North America (18)

  • Canada (Central)
  • North America Northeast 1 (Montréal)
  • Canada East (Quebec)
  • Canada Central
  • Mexico Central (Querétaro)
  • US East (N. Virginia)
  • US East 4 (Virginia)
  • East US (Virginia)
  • East US 2 (Virginia)
  • US East (Ohio)
  • US Central 1 (Iowa)
  • Central US (Iowa)
  • US West (Oregon)
  • US West 4 (Nevada)
  • US East 1 (South Carolina)
  • West US 3 (Arizona)
  • West US 2 (Washington)
  • US West 1 (Oregon)

South America (3)

  • South America (São Paulo)
  • Brazil South (São Paulo)
  • South America East 1 (São Paulo)

Asia (13)

  • East Asia (Hong Kong)
  • Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
  • Asia South 1 (Mumbai)
  • Central India (Pune)
  • Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
  • Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
  • Japan East (Tokyo)
  • Asia Northeast 1 (Tokyo)
  • Asia Pacific (Singapore)
  • Southeast Asia (Singapore)
  • Asia Southeast 1 (Singapore)
  • Asia Pacific (Seoul)
  • Korea Central (Seoul)

Oceania (3)

  • Asia Pacific (Sydney)
  • Australia East (Sydney)
  • Australia Southeast 1 (Sydney)

Middle East (3)

  • Qatar Central (Doha)
  • Middle East Central 2 (Dammam)
  • UAE North (Dubai)

Africa (1)

  • South Africa North (Johannesburg)

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Pricing

Pricing model:dbu-consumption