Azure ML is the winner for Microsoft and Azure shops, but for every other integration, Databricks reigns supreme. Microsoft does a good job connecting its various ecosystems together.

Azure Synapse uses a massively parallel processing architecture ideal for enterprise data warehousing, while Databricks leverages Spark’s in-memory processing for real-time analytics and AI ...

Paul Morgan, Head: Data, Analytics and AI at Altron Karabina, says while Databricks is available across cloud providers in other markets, in South Africa it is currently only deployed in Azure.