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Databricks alternatives

Databricks Alternatives: Move Serving, Not the Lakehouse

Databricks took managed Iceberg tables to GA, so the file format is no longer the lock — but external writes are still Private Preview, and the real markup is GPU serving at $5.50 an A100-hour against $2.79 at Lambda. Move the serving, keep the lakehouse.

September 4, 2026 · 19 min read