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Databricks sells consumption of its Data + AI Platform, metered in Databricks Units (DBUs) and other usage units and charged per SKU at a list price that depends on workload type, platform tier, cloud and region, either pay-as-you-go or against a committed-use contract, under the Master Cloud Services Agreement; Azure Databricks is sold and billed by Microsoft.

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Overview articleDatabricks licensingDatabricks sells consumption of its Data + AI Platform, metered in Databricks Units (DBUs) and other usage units and charged per SKU at a list price that depends on workload type, platform tier, cloud and region, either pay-as-you-go or against a committed-use contract, under the Master Cloud Services Agreement; Azure Databricks is sold and billed by Microsoft.Cited · Edited 2026-10-06 · 18 references

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Databricks DBU pricing and platform tiersCited · Edited 2026-10-06Databricks committed-use contracts and billingCited · Edited 2026-10-06Databricks Master Cloud Services AgreementCited · Edited 2026-10-06

Licensing Data

From the Databricks catalog: how usage is counted, the rules that apply, the programs licences are bought through and the SKUs. Backed by 63 verbatim excerpts from 30 Databricks documents.

Products

All 14 Products

Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms 9

All-Purpose Compute, Compute for Data Science, Databricks Data + AI Platform, Databricks Managed Services, Enhanced Security and Compliance add-on, Lakeflow Jobs, Mission Critical add-on, Model Serving, and 1 more

Data Warehouse Solutions 3

Data Transfer and Connectivity, Databricks default storage, Databricks SQL

Database Software 1

Lakebase

Data Integration Tools 1

Lakeflow Pipelines

Product History

All acquisitions
  1. Databricks acquired NeonAnnounced 2025-05-14 · Closed 2025

    Databricks acquired Neon, a serverless Postgres company. Neon's architecture became the basis of Lakebase Postgres, which runs both on Neon and on Databricks as Lakebase.

    Legacy productBecame
    Neon serverless PostgresKept Lakebase Postgres on Neon · Neon continues as a service
    Neon architectureMerged into Databricks Lakebase · Postgres integrated with the Databricks platform
    Licensing impact
    • Databricks announced its intent to acquire Neon on 14 May 2025.[1]
    • Neon's documentation states that Neon joined Databricks in 2025 and that Lakebase Postgres is available both on Neon and on Databricks as Lakebase.[2]
    Sources and full product history
  2. Databricks acquired TabularAnnounced 2024-06-04 · Closed 2024-06-07

    Databricks acquired Tabular, the data platform company founded by the original creators of Apache Iceberg, to work toward format compatibility between Delta Lake and Iceberg in the lakehouse.

    Licensing impact
    • Databricks announced on 4 June 2024 that it had agreed to acquire Tabular, with closing expected in its second fiscal quarter.[1]
    • Databricks updated its announcement on 7 June 2024 to say the acquisition had been completed.[2]
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  3. Databricks acquired MosaicMLAnnounced 2023-06-26 · Closed 2023-07-19 · Approximately USD 1.3 billion, inclusive of retention packages (as announced)

    Databricks acquired MosaicML, a generative AI platform known for its MPT large language models, so that customers could train and deploy their own models on their data in the Databricks platform.

    Licensing impact
    • Databricks signed a definitive agreement on 26 June 2023 in a transaction valued at approximately USD 1.3 billion, inclusive of retention packages.[1]
    • Databricks announced the completion of the acquisition on 19 July 2023.[2][3]
    Sources and full product history
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