https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-free-edition-help/benchmarking-free-edition/m-p/135988#M508 <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I had the pleasure of benchmarking Databricks Free Edition</STRONG></STRONG><SPAN> (yes, really free — only an email required, no credit card, no personal data).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>My task was to move </SPAN><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">2 billion records</STRONG></STRONG><SPAN>, and the fastest runs took </SPAN><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">just under 7 minutes</STRONG></STRONG><SPAN> — completely free.</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>One curious thing: I repeated the process in several different ways, and after transferring </SPAN><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">around 30 billion records in total</STRONG></STRONG><SPAN>, I could still keep doing data engineering. I eventually stopped, though — I figured I’d already moved more than enough free rows and decided to give my free account a well-deserved break.</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Try it yourself!</STRONG></STRONG></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">blog post: </STRONG></STRONG><A href="https://www.databricks.com/blog/learn-experiment-and-build-databricks-free-edition" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.databricks.com/blog/learn-experiment-and-build-databricks-free-edition</STRONG></STRONG></A></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">register: </STRONG></STRONG><A href="https://www.databricks.com/signup" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.databricks.com/signup</STRONG></STRONG></A></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="free2.png" style="width: 753px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21020iA6FB668CC314DEAC/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="free2.png" alt="free2.png" /></span></STRONG></STRONG></P> Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:12:07 GMT Hubert-Dudek 2025-10-24T18:12:07Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-free-edition-help/benchmarking-free-edition/m-p/135988#M508 <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I had the pleasure of benchmarking Databricks Free Edition</STRONG></STRONG><SPAN> (yes, really free — only an email required, no credit card, no personal data).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>My task was to move </SPAN><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">2 billion records</STRONG></STRONG><SPAN>, and the fastest runs took </SPAN><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">just under 7 minutes</STRONG></STRONG><SPAN> — completely free.</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><SPAN>One curious thing: I repeated the process in several different ways, and after transferring </SPAN><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">around 30 billion records in total</STRONG></STRONG><SPAN>, I could still keep doing data engineering. I eventually stopped, though — I figured I’d already moved more than enough free rows and decided to give my free account a well-deserved break.</SPAN></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Try it yourself!</STRONG></STRONG></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">blog post: </STRONG></STRONG><A href="https://www.databricks.com/blog/learn-experiment-and-build-databricks-free-edition" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.databricks.com/blog/learn-experiment-and-build-databricks-free-edition</STRONG></STRONG></A></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">register: </STRONG></STRONG><A href="https://www.databricks.com/signup" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.databricks.com/signup</STRONG></STRONG></A></P> <P class="first:mt-0 last:mb-0"><STRONG><STRONG style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="free2.png" style="width: 753px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21020iA6FB668CC314DEAC/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="free2.png" alt="free2.png" /></span></STRONG></STRONG></P> Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:12:07 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-free-edition-help/benchmarking-free-edition/m-p/135988#M508 Hubert-Dudek 2025-10-24T18:12:07Z