Databricks SQL workloads, at a fraction of the cost
GizmoData Cloud is a fully managed analytical SQL database built on DuckDB, running on AWS, Google Cloud or Azure.
- Plans from $29/month, and the monthly fee comes back in full as compute credit
- TPC-H 1 TB in 80 seconds, about $0.34 on GizmoData Cloud
- Runs in AWS, Google Cloud or Azure, or in your own cloud account
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Why teams look beyond Databricks
Cost
Pay for the compute you actually use. Clusters bill by the hour at the price shown before you create them, and you can stop them, or have idle ones shut down, when the work is done. Plans start at $29/month, and the fee comes back in full as compute credit.
Speed
GizmoSQL, the engine behind every GizmoData Cloud cluster, ran all 22 TPC-H queries at 1 TB in 80 seconds on a single AWS Graviton 5 machine. On GizmoData Cloud, where Graviton 5 is on the menu, that run costs about $0.34. Read the benchmark
Control
Run clusters in AWS, Google Cloud or Azure from one control plane, and keep your data in your own buckets if you like. Or choose Cloud at Customer and run the whole platform inside your own cloud account. See Cloud at Customer
Will my workloads run?
GizmoData Cloud runs standard SQL on DuckDB's engine. SQL dialects differ, so it isn't a drop-in replacement for Databricks: most analytical SQL runs with little or no change, and some queries need rewriting. We can help you migrate.
Connect the tools you use
Every cluster has a TLS endpoint you connect to with the GizmoSQL drivers and connectors:
PySpark DataFrame code, too
sqlframe-gizmosql implements the PySpark DataFrame API on GizmoSQL. PySpark-style transformations run by swapping the session builder, with no Spark cluster to manage.
Keep Databricks attached while you move
Clusters include a Databricks ADBC driver. ATTACH your Databricks workspace from SQL and query its tables live, joined with data already in GizmoData Cloud, so you can move workloads over one at a time.
Pricing
Prepaid monthly plans. The fee comes straight back as compute credit, and clusters draw it down by the hour at the price you see when you create them.
Starter
$29 / month
returned in full as compute credit
Up to 8 vCPUs running at once
Try it on real data. One small cluster, or a few spot ones.
Team
$99 / month
returned in full as compute credit
Up to 32 vCPUs running at once
A team's day-to-day analytics with headroom for a big job.
Business
$499 / month
returned in full as compute credit
Up to 128 vCPUs running at once
Multiple environments and heavy workloads, with Sev-1 support that pages our on-call engineer.
Usage beyond the credit is billed at the same hourly price. Managed storage is $0.05 per GB-month. Enterprise plans, with custom quotas, contracts and Cloud at Customer, are priced by agreement.
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