Apache Spark
FreeUnified analytics engine for large-scale data processing and ML workloads.
Tool Info
Overview
Apache Spark is the dominant engine for distributed data processing at petabyte scale.
It supports SQL, DataFrames, streaming, and MLlib in a single runtime.
Runs on Kubernetes, YARN, and managed platforms like Databricks.
Pricing
Pros
- Industry standard
- Unified batch/streaming
- Rich ecosystem (Delta, Iceberg)
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When NOT to Use
- Cluster management overhead
- Tuning required at scale
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