Databricks
US · cloud
Model serving sitting next to the customer's own lakehouse data.
- Category
- cloud
- Free tier
- No
- OpenAI API
- Compatible
- Adds on top
- None - list price
Margin over the underlying model price
Databricks alternatives
Other services in the same category. These are genuine substitutes - services in a different category solve a different problem.
Amazon Bedrock
AWS's managed multi-vendor model service with private VPC access.
Azure
Azure AI Foundry, with regional data residency and enterprise agreements.
Google Cloud's enterprise surface for Gemini and partner models.
Google AI Studio
The direct Gemini API, with a genuinely usable free tier.
Frequently asked
Is Databricks OpenAI-compatible?
Yes. Databricks accepts the OpenAI chat-completions request shape, so most SDKs work by changing the base URL and API key.
Does Databricks have a free tier?
Not currently. Databricks bills from the first request.
How does Databricks charge?
Per token or per DBU Margin over the underlying model price: none - list price.