Databricks Introduces Operational Database Plan at $0.40/DBU for Fully-Managed Postgres Transactional Database
What happened
Between the Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025 captures of Databricks' pricing page, Pulse recorded 5 changes: Data Engineering product renamed components: 'Workflows' became 'Lakeflow Jobs' and 'Delta Live tables' became 'Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines'; Operational Database plan introduced at $0.40/DBU - Fully-managed Postgres transactional database for serving data and features to support applications; Anthropic Foundation Model Serving added to Artificial Intelligence product lineup as a new foundation model provider option; Interactive workloads renamed component from 'Compute for Apps' to 'Databricks Apps'; Product category heading changed from 'Generative AI' to 'Artificial Intelligence' while maintaining same starting price of $0.07/DBU. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature change, new plan, feature added). Pulse's latest capture (Nov 15, 2026) lists SQL Serverless at $0.70 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.
Databricks' previous recorded change was "Databricks Introduces New Interactive Workloads and Renames Key Products to Enhance Data Engineering Capabilities" (Q4 2024). Before that Pulse recorded "Databricks Restructures Pricing and Consolidates Workflows, Enhancing Generative AI and Data Science Offerings" (Sep 2024). Databricks has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Snowflake, Google and Alteryx also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Reworded—FeatureWorkflowsLakeflow Jobs
- AddedOperational DatabasePlan
BeforeNot listed
AfterOperational Database plan ($0.40/DBU)
- Added—Feature
BeforeNot listed
AfterAnthropic Foundation Model Serving
- Reworded—FeatureCompute for AppsDatabricks Apps
- Reworded—FeatureGenerative AIArtificial Intelligence
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | Workflows | Lakeflow Jobs | Reworded |
| Operational Database | Plan | Not listed | Operational Database plan ($0.40/DBU) | Added |
| — | Feature | Not listed | Anthropic Foundation Model Serving | Added |
| — | Feature | Compute for Apps | Databricks Apps | Reworded |
| — | Feature | Generative AI | Artificial Intelligence | Reworded |
Values as written on Databricks' 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' pricing page (databricks.com) from Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where Operational Database plan ($0.40/DBU) now appears.
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Databricks, pricing history
Full history- Week of Jan 12, 2026PackagingDatabricks removes Online Tables from AI pricing lineup
- Jan 11, 2026ImprovementDatabricks Introduces Proprietary Foundation Model Serving While Removing Anthropic Foundation Model Serving from AI Offerings
- Q3 2025ImprovementDatabricks 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 This change
- Q4 2024PackagingDatabricks 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
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- SnowflakeNov 9Snowflake touts AI agents and FedRAMP in plan bullets, drops Snowpark
- SnowflakeNov 5Snowflake swaps Snowpark plan callouts for AI agents, AI search and FedRAMP
- 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
Questions about this change
Did Databricks raise prices in July 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature change, new plan, feature added.
What changed on Databricks' pricing page between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025?
Feature: Workflows → Lakeflow Jobs, reworded; Operational Database plan added: Operational Database plan ($0.40/DBU); feature added: Anthropic Foundation Model Serving; feature: Compute for Apps → Databricks Apps, reworded; feature: Generative AI → Artificial Intelligence, reworded. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025; 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; the previous change was "Databricks Introduces New Interactive Workloads and Renames Key Products to Enhance Data Engineering Capabilities" in Q4 2024; Databricks has been tracked since 2024-10-01.