Databricks Serverless Compute is now available for jobs and notebooks, offering a simplified, autoscaled compute environment that eliminates cluster provisioning, reduces idle overhead, and improves Spot survivability. For short-running, bursty, or interactive workloads, Serverless can significantly reduce cost by billing only for execution time. However, Serverless is not universally available or compatible with all workload types and libraries. Organizations that exclusively rely on traditional clusters may be missing emerging opportunities to reduce spend and simplify operations by leveraging Serverless where appropriate.
Databricks Serverless is billed based on:
Compared to traditional clusters, Serverless eliminates idle charges and provisioning overhead, and can reduce total compute spend for appropriate workloads.
