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Comet vs Databricks Notebooks
Both stand on model registries. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan APILinuxMac+3
Comet covers both LLM observability and evaluation through Opik and machine-learning workflows through MLOps. Free plans are listed, while paid cloud and MLOps options begin at 19.00 USD at their stated billing terms.
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Choose Databricks Notebooks if you need a web notebook environment with data governance, lineage, table rollback, and machine-learning capabilities. The Free Edition is a way to begin, but its compute size and usage are limited; teams needing more can look at usage-based or committed contracts.
Visit Databricks NotebooksThe facts
| Comet | Databricks Notebooks | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | No | No |
| Runs on | API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows | Android, API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | MLOps Pro: $19 per user a month | See the plans |
| Plans published | 11 | 10 |
| Maker | Not published | Databricks Notebooks |
| Website | comet.com | databricks.com |
| On model registries | #1 of 38 | #2 of 38 |
Comet: what it does well
- Traces context retrieval, model responses and tool calls
- Evaluation includes test suites, datasets and experiments
- Integrates with more than 40 AI frameworks and providers
- Open-source Opik can be self-hosted
What to know first
- Free Cloud limits teams to 10 members and 25k monthly spans
- Free Cloud retains data for 60 days
- MLOps Pro is $19 per user/month
Databricks Notebooks: what it does well
- Free Edition includes one serverless workspace.
- Supports SQL analytics, streaming ingestion, and data lakes.
- Provides column, pipeline, and report lineage.
- Supports dataset branching and table-snapshot rollback.
- Includes GPU accelerators and autoscaling.
What to know first
- Free Edition has limited compute size and usage.
- The Free Edition includes one workspace.
- The listed platform is web.
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