Analytics & Data · Managed Spark & Hadoop

Amazon EMR vs Azure Databricks vs Dataproc

Managed Spark & Hadoop, side by side on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. They do the same job, but differ in features, limits or pricing, so check the notes below before migrating.

Analytics & Data

Managed Spark & Hadoop

Close match

AWS

Amazon EMR

Azure

Azure Databricks
Azure HDInsight

Google Cloud

Dataproc

What's different

Databricks is a first-party Azure service; on AWS and Google Cloud it is a Marketplace partner.

Quick answers

What is the Azure equivalent of Amazon EMR?
The Azure equivalent of Amazon EMR is Azure Databricks and Azure HDInsight. They do the same job, but differ in features, limits or pricing, so check the notes below before migrating.
What is the Google Cloud equivalent of Amazon EMR?
The Google Cloud equivalent of Amazon EMR is Dataproc. They do the same job, but differ in features, limits or pricing, so check the notes below before migrating.
What is the AWS equivalent of Azure Databricks?
The AWS equivalent of Azure Databricks is Amazon EMR. They do the same job, but differ in features, limits or pricing, so check the notes below before migrating.
What is the Google Cloud equivalent of Azure Databricks?
The Google Cloud equivalent of Azure Databricks is Dataproc. They do the same job, but differ in features, limits or pricing, so check the notes below before migrating.
What is the AWS equivalent of Dataproc?
The AWS equivalent of Dataproc is Amazon EMR. They do the same job, but differ in features, limits or pricing, so check the notes below before migrating.
What is the Azure equivalent of Dataproc?
The Azure equivalent of Dataproc is Azure Databricks and Azure HDInsight. They do the same job, but differ in features, limits or pricing, so check the notes below before migrating.