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Seems there is so much confusion on the upcoming Genie pricing.

Databricks Genie pricing, made simple:

Free monthly usage stays
Only usage beyond it is billed (DBUs)
Paid starts July 6, 2026
Admins set budgets to cap spend

Genie did NOT become paid-only. You're still covered every month.

Here is the link to my linkedin post and medium article.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sudarshan-koirala_databricks-genie-dataengineering-share-746946686021...

https://medium.com/@sudarshan-koirala/databricks-genie-pricing-change-explained-bbf5e4103c1c

Databricks 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝-𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 💡 Many are misreading the Genie pricing news. Here is what actually changes 👇 → Every user still gets a 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 monthly LLM allowance → Only usage 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 the free amount is bille...