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Databricks vs GameAnalytics: What are the differences?
What is Databricks? A unified analytics platform, powered by Apache Spark. Databricks Unified Analytics Platform, from the original creators of Apache Spark™, unifies data science and engineering across the Machine Learning lifecycle from data preparation to experimentation and deployment of ML applications.
What is GameAnalytics? A free analytics service created by and for game developers. It is a free and powerful analytics tool for game developers, that helps you understand player behavior and build better games.
Databricks and GameAnalytics can be categorized as "General Analytics" tools.
Some of the features offered by Databricks are:
- Built on Apache Spark and optimized for performance
- Reliable and Performant Data Lakes
- Interactive Data Science and Collaboration
On the other hand, GameAnalytics provides the following key features:
- Player Progression
- Business events (real money transactions by item type and item id) with purchase validation
- In-game resources
Pros of Databricks
- Best Performances on large datasets1
- True lakehouse architecture1
- Scalability1
- Databricks doesn't get access to your data1
- Usage Based Billing1
- Security1
- Data stays in your cloud account1
- Multicloud1