# Databricks: how AI models rank it, October 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 2 categories by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/vendors/databricks/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dashboards and data visualization | 0% | 35 | 50% | 2 |
| Identity resolution | 0% | 52 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "No data movement; runs directly on Delta Lake" (Kimi K2, Identity)

## And against it

- "Be wary of tools that charge based on data processed or query volume ... (e.g., certain configurations of Databricks" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, BI & dashboards)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Dashboards and data visualization: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 39 → 35 of 52.
- Identity resolution: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 117 → 52 of 140.

## The company

Databricks; http://databricks.com/; San Francisco, United States; founded 2013; about 4,000 employees (2022). From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

What Databricks's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Leading Data and AI Solutions for Enterprises (https://databricks.com/)
- For: Enterprises (https://databricks.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Get started with Databricks for free. No credit card required. (https://databricks.com/)
- Customers named: S&P Global Energy, Concurrence, Zepto, Southern Company, FDA, Rippling, NBCUniversal

## What it publishes

Every page databricks.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 24115 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 3030 pages, 10 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 39 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2019-02-01
- webinar or virtual event: 277 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2020-08-01
- conference or event: 2766 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-15
- report or ebook: 473 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-06-01
- comparison: 41 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-03-01
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 232 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2020-01-01
- podcast or video: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2021-04-01
- news or press: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2021-07-01
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: How databricks rolls out frontier models 14000 employees day 1 https://www.databricks.com/blog/how-databricks-rolls-out-frontier-models-14000-employees-day-1
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Lakebase search state art full text and vector search postgres https://www.databricks.com/blog/lakebase-search-state-art-full-text-and-vector-search-postgres
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Manufacturing data and ai connecting product value chain https://www.databricks.com/blog/manufacturing-data-and-ai-connecting-product-value-chain
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: How roll out genie one step step enterprise playbook https://www.databricks.com/blog/how-roll-out-genie-one-step-step-enterprise-playbook
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Helping marketing data engineering same word different meaning https://www.databricks.com/blog/helping-marketing-data-engineering-same-word-different-meaning
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Data dialogue how sp global energy made its structured data estate conversational databricks https://www.databricks.com/blog/data-dialogue-how-sp-global-energy-made-its-structured-data-estate-conversational-databricks

## Record

- Method: https://gtm-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://gtm-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, gtm-ai-index.com.