Azure Databricks vs. pandas

Having access to all databases and tables in one place is what has helped me and my team to function better. The in built functionality/access to SQL and Python is definitely an added bonus! The icing on the cake is the ability to export your data into an Excel spreadsheet for additional analysis. If you have less to no working knowledge of SQL or Python, its better to look at alternatives.

Incentivized

Pandas are great for quick and relatively simple analytics and visualizations

Pandas work well for exploratory ad-hoc analytic work

But , We had little success in implementing complicated predictive analytics. And large data sizes can be a problem.

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• Consistently great performance when dealing with huge scale data with the help of spark architecture
• Magic commands such as spark sql, pyspark, scala . This comes really handy in day to day work
• Integration with other Azure services is super smooth and robust

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• It is easy to do statistical analysis
• It is easy to clean the data
• It is easy to produce graphs and charts to visualize

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• Intuitive interface
• Ease of use
• Providing FAQ or QRGs

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• There are a lot of libraries and ways to do visualization. Sometimes it is very confusing.
• Error handling can be a challenge. Sometimes the error messages do not provide valuable clues for the debugging.
• In our case, there are a bunch of different frameworks and libraries working together. I would rather work with one framework, well tuned for my use case

Incentivized

Based on my extensive use of Azure Databricks for the past 3.5 years, it has evolved into a beautiful amalgamation of all the data domains and needs. From a data analyst, to a data engineer, to a data scientist, it jas got them all! Being language agnostic and focused on easy to use UI based control, it is a dream to use for every Data related personnel across all experience levels!

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Over the years, we tried a lot of different frameworks and tools, homegrown and commercial. Pandas provide the best results.

It is lightweight, flexible and easy to implement.

Incentivized

Against all the tools I have used, Azure Databricks is by far the most superior of them all! Why, you ask? The UI is modern, the features are never ending and they keep adding new features. And to quote Apple, "It just works!" Far ahead of the competition, the delta lakehouse platform also fares better than it counterparts of Iceberg implementation or a loosely bound Delta Lake implementation of Synapse

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All these frameworks are great for gathering data and providing some initial analysis. But for real performance debugging work one needs more than tools provided by this tools. That's where the pandas excel.

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• The support team is amazing, they help you at every stage of the projects, from sales to delivery.
• On a framework level, it has had an amazing impact and has reduced the clients overall data platform costs by a staggering 65%
• There has been a 40% Manual work requirement on average for the clients when they move to Azure Databricks Data Platform

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• Performance debugging was time consuming and mostly poorly automated exploratory process. Once we started use pandas for these tasks, it really moved the needle. Pandas are instrumental to provide actionable insights. As a result we were able to improve notably cloud software resource utilization and performance
• Analytics implemented with pandas allow us to detect and. address problems in our APIs before they are notable to our customers

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