https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/ml-specific-computes-in-data-bricks-free-edition/m-p/127801#M48084 <P>Given free edition data bricks has serverless compute only is there any work around to&nbsp;</P><P>chose&nbsp;</P><P>ML Specific computes like below</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="ManojkMohan_0-1754653497247.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18847i10383D25CE7EFD91/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="ManojkMohan_0-1754653497247.png" alt="ManojkMohan_0-1754653497247.png" /></span></P><P>is paying for it the only option ?</P> Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:49:17 GMT ManojkMohan 2025-08-08T11:49:17Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/ml-specific-computes-in-data-bricks-free-edition/m-p/127801#M48084 <P>Given free edition data bricks has serverless compute only is there any work around to&nbsp;</P><P>chose&nbsp;</P><P>ML Specific computes like below</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="ManojkMohan_0-1754653497247.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18847i10383D25CE7EFD91/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="ManojkMohan_0-1754653497247.png" alt="ManojkMohan_0-1754653497247.png" /></span></P><P>is paying for it the only option ?</P> Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:49:17 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/ml-specific-computes-in-data-bricks-free-edition/m-p/127801#M48084 ManojkMohan 2025-08-08T11:49:17Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/ml-specific-computes-in-data-bricks-free-edition/m-p/127815#M48088 <P>Hello&nbsp;<a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/155141">@ManojkMohan</a>!</P> <P>Free Edition is limited to serverless compute, and there is no such workaround, ML-specific runtimes can only be used on the paid Databricks tier.</P> Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:13:05 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/ml-specific-computes-in-data-bricks-free-edition/m-p/127815#M48088 Advika 2025-08-08T14:13:05Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/ml-specific-computes-in-data-bricks-free-edition/m-p/127816#M48089 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/155141">@ManojkMohan</a>&nbsp;, as part of Databricks Free Edition you have access to serverless compute resources only.</P><P>Databricks Runtime for Machine Learning and Apache Spark MLlib are not supported.</P><P>Resources:</P><P><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/getting-started/free-edition-limitations#compute-limitations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Databricks Free Edition limitations | Databricks Documentation</A></P><P><A href="https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/compute/serverless/limitations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Serverless compute limitations | Databricks Documentation</A></P><P>So I guess no workaround except switching for a paid version (maybe taking advantage of the free trail? <A href="https://www.databricks.com/try-databricks#:~:text=Ready%20to%20become%20a%20data%20%2B%20AI%20company%3F,businesses%20run%20Databricks.%20Try%20Databricks%20for%2014%20days." target="_blank">Try Databricks for Free | Databricks</A>)</P> Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:19:25 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/ml-specific-computes-in-data-bricks-free-edition/m-p/127816#M48089 FedeRaimondi 2025-08-08T14:19:25Z