Databricks vs Hex

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Databricks is the stronger AI pick in Business Intelligence: it has a visibility score of 4.3 versus 1.9 for Hex.

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (4.3 vs 1.9)
You need ISO 27001 or ISO 27017 or ISO 27018 or ISO 27701 or SOC 1 or SOC 3 coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (5,000+ employees)
Lakehouse architecture combining data warehousing with data lake flexibility

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Databricks	Hex
Visibility score	4.3%	1.9%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Business Intelligence	#18	#25
Share of voice	1.6%	0.6%
Mentions this run	8	3
Positive in AI answers	35%	67%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Databricks 0pp · Hex 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Databricks leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

1.3%

AI Mode

3.7%

4.3%

Perplexity

6.3%

DatabricksHex

0 engine answers name both brands

0Databricks ranked higher

0Hex ranked higher

Dimension	Databricks	Hex
Pricing model	—	Per seat
Entry price	—	Free; paid from $36 per seat / mo
Free plan	—	Yes
Deployment	Available across all major cloud providers	Multi-tenant cloud on AWS, with EU multi-tenant and single-tenant options
Integrations	—	30+
Compliance	ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, SOC 1, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3	SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 1 Type II
Support	Technical support on request, Technical documentation	Email, In-product messenger, Technical documentation, Slack and Microsoft Teams with Enterprise SLA
Founded	2013	2019
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA, United States
Employees	5,000+	51–200
Funding	Round at $60B valuation, including secondary sale	Series D
Best for	Data engineering, data science, analytics and AI teams at startups and global enterprises	Data teams and business users who need self-serve analytics with trusted, governed answers