Amazon Forecast vs. Azure Databricks

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon Forecast
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Amazon Forecast is a fully managed service that uses machine learning to deliver accurate forecasts. Amazon Forecast can use historical time series data (e.g., price, promotions, economic performance metrics) to create accurate forecasts for businesses.N/A
Azure Databricks
Score 8.7 out of 10
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Azure Databricks is a service available on Microsoft's Azure platform and suite of products. It provides the latest versions of Apache Spark so users can integrate with open source libraries, or spin up clusters and build in a fully managed Apache Spark environment with the global scale and availability of Azure. Clusters are set up, configured, and fine-tuned to ensure reliability and performance without the need for monitoring. The solution includes autoscaling and auto-termination to improve…N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Platform Connectivity
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Amazon Forecast
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Ratings
Azure Databricks
8.1
Ratings
3% below category average
Connect to Multiple Data Sources00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
MDM Integration00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Data Exploration
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Amazon Forecast
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Azure Databricks
6.4
Ratings
27% below category average
Visualization00 Ratings5.90 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Data Preparation
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Amazon Forecast
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Azure Databricks
8.0
Ratings
2% below category average
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Data Transformations00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Data Encryption00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Built-in Processors00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
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Amazon Forecast
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Azure Databricks
8.3
Ratings
1% below category average
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Model Deployment
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Amazon Forecast
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Azure Databricks
8.5
Ratings
0% below category average
Flexible Model Publishing Options00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 7.7 out of 10
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Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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Usability
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User Testimonials
Amazon ForecastAzure Databricks
Likelihood to Recommend
I personally get the feeling that Amazon Forecast must have been a direct product released on the models Amazon themselves must have used at some port. Amazon Forecast definitely shines when using it for product demand, inventory, and pricing throughout store locations, etc. Everything, including data-set importing, works best in this context. When applying it to more edge cases like resource planning around events, it can be a bit more tricky to apply effectively.
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Having access to all databases and tables in one place is what has helped me and my team to function better. The in built functionality/access to SQL and Python is definitely an added bonus! The icing on the cake is the ability to export your data into an Excel spreadsheet for additional analysis. If you have less to no working knowledge of SQL or Python, its better to look at alternatives.
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Pros
  • Develop benchmarks for use in future forecast.
  • Performs contingency planning during challenging financial times.
  • Anticipate the impact of new expanse.
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  • Consistently great performance when dealing with huge scale data with the help of spark architecture
  • Magic commands such as spark sql, pyspark, scala . This comes really handy in day to day work
  • Integration with other Azure services is super smooth and robust
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Cons
  • Potential very high costs
  • Predicting ongoing running costs
  • Very product focused
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  • Intuitive interface
  • Ease of use
  • Providing FAQ or QRGs
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Usability
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Based on my extensive use of Azure Databricks for the past 3.5 years, it has evolved into a beautiful amalgamation of all the data domains and needs. From a data analyst, to a data engineer, to a data scientist, it jas got them all! Being language agnostic and focused on easy to use UI based control, it is a dream to use for every Data related personnel across all experience levels!
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Alternatives Considered
There was no other product or service that was considered before making the choice to go with Amazon Forecast as the forecasting that the company was looking for had everything running in the AWS environment, the choice had to be obvious. Integrating with Amazon Forecast also ensured that everything is under a single roof and we didn't have to go multiple places looking for data when needed.
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Against all the tools I have used, Azure Databricks is by far the most superior of them all! Why, you ask? The UI is modern, the features are never ending and they keep adding new features. And to quote Apple, "It just works!" Far ahead of the competition, the delta lakehouse platform also fares better than it counterparts of Iceberg implementation or a loosely bound Delta Lake implementation of Synapse
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Return on Investment
  • Insights have been available much more quickly and well designed manner
  • Integration with other tools has been flawless
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  • The support team is amazing, they help you at every stage of the projects, from sales to delivery.
  • On a framework level, it has had an amazing impact and has reduced the clients overall data platform costs by a staggering 65%
  • There has been a 40% Manual work requirement on average for the clients when they move to Azure Databricks Data Platform
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