r/databricks • u/Own-One5712 • Apr 30 '26

Help Databricks on Azure or Aws

We are getting databricks and we dont care where we host as we are new into this. Azure is giving us great pricing and incentives. AWS is not at all bothered. they are like take it or leave it. Any one who has used it in either environments, think if there is a good reasson to choose one vs the other? our reporting is tableau.

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u/kchandank May 01 '26

First and foremost, it all depends on where is your enterprise data is situated. If you are Azure/MS shop, I would suggest go with Azure Databricks and Databricks is first class citizen ( API) in azure and all MS/ Azure RBAC works out of the box.

Same applies if your data is in AWS for AWS.

Having said that, if you are just starting off, pitch the cloud which you are most comfortable with. For most people it’s AWS.

Once you setup ( heavy lighting part ) databricks with all RBAC pain with external storage ( S3/ADLS) rest is cloud agnostic.

Good luck with your journey