Start a Databricks free trial

Note

To complete these instructions, you need an existing AWS account. If you don’t have an AWS account, either use the Databricks express setup or sign up for an AWS Free Tier account on the AWS website.

How does the free Databricks trial work?

In this free trial you are eligible to receive credit for free Databricks usage, valid for 14 days after you start your trial.

There are two ways to sign up for the Databricks free trial. Where you sign up determines how billing is handled once the free trial ends. Visit the respective landing pages for more information on the terms of the free trial.

Sign up through Databricks

If you sign up for the free trial directly with Databricks, you won’t be billed during your trial period. You can upgrade out the trial at any time by providing your credit card information.

  1. Navigate to the Try Databricks page.

  2. Enter your name, company, email, and title, and click Continue.

  3. Select Amazon Web Services as your cloud provider and click Continue.

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    The Databricks trial is free, but you must have an AWS account as Databricks uses compute and storage resources in your AWS account.

  4. Look for the welcome email and click the link to verify your email address.

  5. You’re redirected to the Databricks account console, where you can set up your Databricks account and create a workspace.

Sign up through AWS Marketplace

Note

An AWS account can have only one active AWS Marketplace subscription to Databricks.

  1. Log in to your AWS account as a user with the Purchaser role.

  2. Go to AWS Marketplace.

    You can also follow this direct link.

  3. On the initial subscription page, click View purchase options.

  4. On the next page, read the terms and click Subscribe.

  5. On the pop-up dialog, click Set Up Your Account.

    A Databricks sign-up page appears.

  6. Enter your email address, first name, last name, and company, and click Sign up.

    This email address becomes your Databricks account owner username.

  7. When you’ve finished, look for two emails:

    • An email from Amazon confirming your Databricks subscription in AWS Marketplace.

    • An email from Databricks welcoming you and asking you to verify your email address.

  8. In the Databricks welcome email, click the link to verify your email address. You are prompted to create your Databricks password.

  9. After you create your password, you’re redirected to the Databricks account console, where you can set up your Databricks account and create a workspace.

Upgrade the free trial

At any point in your free trial, you can upgrade your account by entering your payment information. Upgrading your account gives you immediate access to the full Databricks platform without trial limitations. After upgrading, you keep any remaining trial credits.

To upgrade your account, click the Manage trial button at the top bar of your workspace. You can choose to either add credit card information or buy with AWS.

Cancel the free trial

You can cancel your subscription at any time. At the end of your trial your subscription automatically converts to a pay-as-you-go account. To cancel during the free trial and avoid incurring costs after your trial ends, you must first:

  1. Terminate all compute resources.

  2. Remove your credit card information from your account.

Once you complete those steps, you can cancel your subscription. These actions prevent your account from converting to a pay-as-you-go account that accumulates charges. See Cancel your Databricks subscription.

Manage credit card billing

If you signed up for the free trial through the Databricks website, you can continue to use your Databricks account when your trial is over by adding billing information. You will receive an email to remind you.

  1. Log in to the account console as the account owner or an account admin.

  2. Click the Settings icon in the sidebar and click the Subscription & Billing tab.

  3. Click the Add billing information button.

  4. On the Billing page, add your billing information and click Save.

You will be billed monthly until you cancel. To switch from monthly credit-card billing to invoice or commit billing, contact a Databricks representative.

Manage AWS Marketplace subscription billing

If you signed up for the free trial using AWS Marketplace, charges appear on the AWS Billing & Cloud Management dashboard alongside your other AWS charges. After the free trial period, you are billed only for the resources you use

Next steps

For a 30-minute setup guide for your first Databricks workspace, including setting up connections with your cloud storage, see Get started: Databricks workspace onboarding.