Databricks’ valuation hit $134 billion in December 2025. Annual recurring revenue reached $5.4 billion. Customer count crossed 20,000, including the NBA, AT&T, Shell, and major US government agencies. The H2 2026 Databricks IPO is one of the most anticipated in tech. But hype and what is right for you are different things. This Databricks review 2026 answers what matters: should your organization actually deploy Databricks, or is the lakehouse architecture overkill for your use case? Databricks is the strongest end-to-end data and AI platform on the market. But Databricks pricing is complex, the learning curve is real, and for SQL-only…
