Databricks Restructures Pricing and Consolidates Workflows, Enhancing Generative AI and Data Science Offerings
What happened
Between the Aug 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Databricks's pricing page, Pulse recorded 6 changes: Generative AI & Machine Learning product shortened to Generative AI; Workflows & Streaming section consolidated - separate 'Workflows' and 'Delta Live Tables' product cards merged into single section with sub-links; Platform section reorganized from 'Databricks Platform & Add-Ons' to 'Platform' with new sub-categories: Tiers and Add-ons, Managed Services, and Data Transfer and Connectivity; Mosaic AI Gateway added to Generative AI product offerings; Data Science product renamed to Data Science & Machine Learning with expanded description noting Serverless compute availability; Online Tables added to Generative AI product offerings. Pulse files it as a packaging change (plan renamed, package change, feature added) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jun 11, 2026) lists SQL Serverless at $0.7 per DBU, All-Purpose Classic Clusters at $0.55 per DBU, All-Purpose Serverless at $0.75 per DBU, Lakebase Always-On at $0.07 per Capacity Unit Hour (minimum) and Foundation Model Batch Inference at $6 per hour per throughput band.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Databricks. Databricks has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Google, Alteryx and Snowflake also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · PlanPlan renamed
Generative AI & Machine Learning product shortened to Generative AI
- — · PackagingPackage change
Workflows & Streaming section consolidated - separate 'Workflows' and 'Delta Live Tables' product cards merged into single section with sub-links
- — · PackagingReworded
BeforeDatabricks Platform & Add-Ons
AfterPlatform
- — · FeatureAddedNo Mosaic AI GatewayMosaic AI Gateway
- — · PlanRenamed
BeforeData Science product
AfterData Science & Machine Learning
- — · FeatureAddedNo Online TablesOnline Tables
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Plan | Generative AI & Machine Learning product shortened to Generative AI | Plan renamed | |
| — | Packaging | Workflows & Streaming section consolidated - separate 'Workflows' and 'Delta Live Tables' product cards merged into single section with sub-links | Package change | |
| — | Packaging | Databricks Platform & Add-Ons | Platform | Reworded |
| — | Feature | No Mosaic AI Gateway | Mosaic AI Gateway | Added |
| — | Plan | Data Science product | Data Science & Machine Learning | Renamed |
| — | Feature | No Online Tables | Online Tables | Added |
Values as written on Databricks's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Databricks's pricing page (databricks.com) from Aug 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where "Databricks Platform & Add-Ons" becomes "Platform".
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Databricks, pricing history
Full history- Q3 2025improvedDatabricks Removes Mosaic AI Model Training Pre-Training from Offerings While Adding Delta Share for SAP Integration
- Q2 2025packagingDatabricks Introduces Operational Database Plan at $0.40/DBU for Fully-Managed Postgres Transactional Database
- Q4 2024improvedDatabricks Introduces New Interactive Workloads and Renames Key Products to Enhance Data Engineering Capabilities
- Sep 2024packagingDatabricks Restructures Pricing and Consolidates Workflows, Enhancing Generative AI and Data Science Offerings · this change
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- GoogleOct 12Google Workspace swaps Gems for AI skills, rewords Gemini on Starter plan
- AlteryxOct 5Alteryx adds Agent Studio and MCP Server to Professional and Enterprise
- GoogleSep 7Google Workspace: promo discount cut from 50% to 30%/20% off
- SnowflakeAug 11Snowflake: default pricing hidden — now requires platform/region selection
- GoogleJul 6Google Vertexai delays Agent Gateway billing to July 13, extends free window
Questions about this change
Did Databricks raise prices in October 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: plan renamed, package change, feature added.
What changed on Databricks's pricing page between Aug 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?
Generative AI & Machine Learning product shortened to Generative AI; Workflows & Streaming section consolidated - separate 'Workflows' and 'Delta Live Tables' product cards merged into single section with sub-links; packaging: Databricks Platform & Add-Ons → Platform, reworded; feature: No Mosaic AI Gateway → Mosaic AI Gateway, added; plan: Data Science product → Data Science & Machine Learning, renamed; feature: No Online Tables → Online Tables, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Databricks change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Databricks in the 90 days before this one; Databricks has been tracked since 2024-10-01.