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DatabricksUnified data, analytics and AI platform on an open lakehouse
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HopsworksThe AI Lakehouse for Real-Time ML
Comparison · MLOps Platforms · weekly run Nov 2

Databricks vs Hopsworks

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 MLOps Platforms: it has a visibility score of 46.2 versus 0.3 for Hopsworks, and ranks ahead in 0% of the answers that name both.

Choose Databricks if…

  • You want the brand AI engines rank higher (46.2 vs 0.3)
  • AI answers describe it more positively (35% vs 0% positive)
  • You need ISO 27017 or ISO 27018 or ISO 27701 or SOC 1 or SOC 3 coverage
  • You prefer a larger, established vendor (5,000+ employees)

Choose Hopsworks if…

  • You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
  • You need GDPR or HIPAA coverage

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric Databricks Hopsworks
Visibility score46.2%0.3%
Change vs last weekNewNew
Rank in MLOps Platforms#2#52
Share of voice7.6%0.1%
Mentions this run511
Positive in AI answers35%0%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

0%25%50%75%100%Nov 2Databricks 46%

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

Engine by engine

Databricks leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT
43.3%
0.9%
AI Mode
51.1%
0%
Perplexity
44.1%
0%
DatabricksHopsworks

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

0Databricks ranked higher
1Hopsworks ranked higher
PromptEngineDatabricksHopsworks
What should an MLOps platform integrate with? ChatGPT#21#10

Features, pricing & fit

DimensionDatabricksHopsworks
Pricing model—Usage-based
Entry price—Contact sales
Free plan—Yes
DeploymentAvailable across all major cloud providersFully managed SaaS, self-hosted on Kubernetes, on-premises, air-gapped and hybrid
ComplianceISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, SOC 1, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA
SupportTechnical support on request, Technical documentationCommunity support, Dedicated support team and custom integrations on Enterprise plan, Platform SLA on Enterprise plan
Founded20132017
HeadquartersSan Francisco, CAStockholm, Sweden
Employees5,000+11–50
FundingRound at $60B valuation, including secondary saleSeries B
Best forData engineering, data science, analytics and AI teams at startups and global enterprisesTeams building production ML systems that need real-time feature serving and reuse of features across models

Plans side by side

Databricks

Pricing not available.

Hopsworks

Free$0
SaaSCustompay as you go
EnterpriseCustomcustom
Hopsworks pricing

Pros and cons

Themes from the AI answers that mention each brand

Databricks

  • Lakehouse architecture combining data warehousing with data lake flexibility
  • Strong for machine learning, AI, and data engineering workloads
  • Top customer satisfaction ratings alongside Snowflake
  • Free trial and free Edition for learning
  • Discounts for annual prepaid commitments
  • Complex consumption-based pricing with no single fixed price
  • Best only when ML, Spark, or Python skills are central to the team

Hopsworks

Profile in progress.

Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Databricks vs Hopsworks”, https://slateindex.ai/compare/databricks-vs-hopsworks, data of Nov 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.