topic Re: Azure Databricks Cluster Pricing in Administration & Architecture

Azure Databricks Cluster Pricing

trailblazer — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:52:56 GMT

Hi, I am trying to workout a rough total pricing of Azure Databricks Cluster using the following assumption.

I want to spin a cluster on D13 v2 vms with 9 executors, so in total 1+9 = 10 nodes. I want to use the cluster for 10 hours a day, 30 hours a month and 360 hours a year. How do i calculate the DBU cost and the total compute cost for this per month and how the breakdown works? Any help will be very much appreciated. I understand there are other factors such a storage and network , I am not worried about that for now. Thanks

Re: Azure Databricks Cluster Pricing

nayan_wylde — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:36:54 GMT

Here is the simple calculation I use based on dollars and assuming the infra is in EUS.

Cost Components

Azure VM Cost (D13 v2)

On-demand price: $0.741/hour per VM
Monthly VM cost:

10 VMs×300 hours×$0.741=$2,223

Yearly VM cost:

10×3600×$0.741=$26,6762

2. Databricks DBU Cost

DBU = Databricks Unit, charged per node per hour
Estimated DBU rate for D13 v2 (Jobs Compute): ~2.5 DBUs/hour per node (based on similar VM class)
DBU price (Premium Tier): ~$0.20–$0.55 per DBU depending on tier and region

Let's assume $0.30/DBU for estimation

Monthly DBU cost:

10 nodes×300 hours×2.5 DBUs/hour×$0.30=$2,250

Yearly DBU cost:

10×3600×2.5×$0.30=$27,000

Re: Azure Databricks Cluster Pricing

trailblazer — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:41:04 GMT

Thanks a bunch