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Apache Spark pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Apache Spark. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the technology tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, Apache Spark pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Open-source
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Apache Spark catalogue entry carries no price and a open-source pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Apache Spark review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Apache Spark feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Unified engine
- Catalyst optimiser
- DataFrame and SQL APIs
- Structured Streaming
- Spark Connect
- Kubernetes and YARN support
- Table format integration
- MLlib
People bring Apache Spark in for nightly etl over terabytes in object storage, where a single machine would take longer than the batch window allows, building and maintaining a lakehouse on iceberg or delta lake, where spark handles both the writes and the compaction, feature engineering and model training across datasets too large to fit in pandas on one node, migrating legacy mapreduce or hive workloads onto an engine that is still actively developed and widely supported by cloud vendors. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Apache Spark are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Technology
Too few technology tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Spark (this page) | Free | open-source | - | |
| Personetics | On request | quote | - | vs Apache Spark |
| Zeta | On request | quote | - | vs Apache Spark |
| Finxact | On request | quote | - | vs Apache Spark |
| Thought Machine | On request | quote | - | vs Apache Spark |
| Alkami | On request | quote | - | vs Apache Spark |
| Datadog | $15/month | - | - | vs Apache Spark |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Apache Spark badges page.
Before you pay for Apache Spark
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Apache Spark runs on not recorded. The full record is on the Apache Spark review, and the rest of the category is under best technology tools.
Apache Spark pricing questions
- How much does Apache Spark cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Apache Spark, which is listed as open-source. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Apache Spark have a free plan?
- Yes, Apache Spark is recorded as open-source, so it can be used without paying.
- Which technology tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 technology tools listed alongside Apache Spark have a free tier: Canny.
- What am I actually paying for with Apache Spark?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for nightly etl over terabytes in object storage, where a single machine would take longer than the batch window allows, building and maintaining a lakehouse on iceberg or delta lake, where spark handles both the writes and the compaction, feature engineering and model training across datasets too large to fit in pandas on one node.
- Does Apache Spark charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Apache Spark prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Apache Spark against before paying?
- The closest technology tools in this directory are Personetics, Zeta, Finxact, Thought Machine. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Apache Spark covering price, platforms and features.