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Databricks SQL

Run all SQL and BI applications at scale with up to 12x better price-performance, a unified governance model, open formats and APIs, and your tools of choice — no lock-in.

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SQL Classic

Run interactive SQL queries for data exploration on a self-managed SQL warehouse

$0.22/ DBU

SQL Pro

Get better performance and extend the SQL experience on the lakehouse for exploratory SQL, SQL ETL/ELT, data science and ML on a self-managed SQL warehouse

$0.55/ DBU

SQL Serverless

Get the best performance for high-concurrency BI and extend the SQL experience on the lakehouse for exploratory SQL, SQL ETL/ELT, data science and ML on a fully managed, elastic, serverless SQL warehouse hosted in the customer's Databricks account.

$0.70*/ DBU

*Includes cloud instance cost

* For regional availability: AWS, Azure, GCP, SAP

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Feature Detail

SQL Classic

SQL Pro

SQL Serverless

Data Exploration and
Connectivity

Intelligent auto complete, ANSI SQL & Rest API

Intelligent auto complete, ANSI SQL & Rest API

Intelligent auto complete, ANSI SQL & Rest API

Performance

Massively parallel processing

Massively parallel processing & Predictive I/O

Massively parallel processing & Predictive I/O

SQL ETL/ELT

Streaming tables

Streaming tables, materialized views, query federation, and workflows integration

Streaming tables, materialized views, query federation, and workflows integration

Data Science and ML

Python UDF, notebooks integration & geospatial

Python UDF, notebooks integration & geospatial

AI/BI

Dashboards

Dashboards and Genie

Dashboards and Genie

Governance and Manageability

Query profiling, Unity Catalog integration & platform manageability

Query profiling, Unity Catalog integration & platform manageability

Query profiling, Unity Catalog integration & platform manageability

Enterprise Security

See Platform Capabilities and Add-Ons for details

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2 No data transfer charges to cloud storage region while feature in Preview. See FAQ for more details

3 Materialized View and Streaming Table creation and updates will be charged at the DLT Serverless rates and billed using Automated Serverless SKUs

 

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FAQ

These tasks will be charged at the same rates as Jobs Serverless. To see Jobs Serverless prices please see the Databricks Workflows pricing page here.