AI brokers like Databricks Genie are solely pretty much as good as the information they will entry. However for a lot of organizations, knowledge silos in SaaS functions and operational databases stop brokers from reasoning over the whole enterprise context.
Lakeflow Join solves this with built-in connectors for SaaS functions, databases, cloud storage, and message buses that seamlessly ingest knowledge into the Databricks Platform. And now that Databricks is introducing the Lakeflow Join Free Tier (just lately introduced at FabCon 2026), there’s by no means been a greater time to begin unifying your enterprise knowledge.
What’s new: the Lakeflow Join Free Tier
Lakeflow Join is already serving to greater than 2,000 clients unlock worth from their knowledge, with a point-and-click UI, easy API, and unified governance by way of Unity Catalog. Previously 12 months, the breadth of supported knowledge sources has continued to develop, now at 30+ connectors, together with new connectors for SaaS functions reminiscent of Dynamics 365, Google Advertisements, Meta Advertisements, Confluence, and Jira, in addition to databases like SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. And in contrast to fragmented third-party instruments that cut up governance, Lakeflow Join delivers end-to-end lineage, totally ruled by Unity Catalog.
With the Lakeflow Join Free Tier, extra groups can now carry their enterprise knowledge into Databricks and put it to work. Each Databricks workspace robotically receives 100 free DBUs per day, devoted to managed SaaS and database connectors solely*. Billing will robotically account for this free allowance.
This every day allocation is substantial, offering sufficient compute to ingest as much as 100 million information per workspace, per day** throughout eligible supported sources. All of that is constructed on high of our commonplace pricing mannequin, one with no volume-based premiums or the pricey row-based pricing fashions frequent in third-party ingestion instruments.
Why it issues: powering AI with full enterprise context
Unifying your enterprise knowledge basically adjustments what AI brokers can do. When that knowledge is scattered, brokers are working with an incomplete image—so that they fill within the gaps with guesswork, or they merely cannot reply. Ingesting that knowledge into the Databricks Platform closes these gaps. For instance, an agent can correlate help traits with income patterns to flag at-risk accounts, or join pipeline exercise to capability utilization to prioritize the best offers. And every new supply you usher in makes each different supply extra useful.
Each Databricks workspace robotically receives 100 free DBUs per day*, devoted to managed SaaS and database connectors solely. This every day allocation offers sufficient compute to ingest as much as 100 million information per workspace, per day throughout eligible supported sources.**
Connecting your enterprise knowledge
Lakeflow Join helps a quickly rising checklist of the preferred SaaS functions, together with Google Analytics, Workday, ServiceNow, Dynamics 365, Zendesk, Google Advertisements, Hubspot, TikTok Advertisements, Jira, Confluence, and Meta. It additionally seamlessly connects to lots of the most generally used databases and knowledge warehouses, reminiscent of SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, and BigQuery. All of those managed connectors will probably be lined within the Free Tier. Confer with the most recent checklist of managed connector releases within the documentation.
Setup takes simply minutes by way of a easy UI or API. There’s zero infrastructure to handle, monitor, or scale—permitting your knowledge groups to simply carry knowledge into the lakehouse so AI can do the heavy analytical lifting. To get began, evaluate the Lakeflow Join documentation.
Get began right now
Do not let fragmented governance and remoted knowledge silos restrict your AI outcomes. Give your AI brokers the context they deserve with built-in Lakehouse ingestion.
Begin ingesting your enterprise knowledge right now and reap the benefits of as much as 100 million information a day without spending a dime. Your precise ingestion capability will differ primarily based on particular workload traits, report sizes, and supply sorts.
The Free Tier supply applies to managed connectors and excludes Zerobus Ingest, Structured Streaming sources (e.g., Kafka), group connectors, and file supply connectors (e.g., Auto Loader). Take a look at the Lakeflow Join pricing web page for full particulars.
* This supply applies to managed connectors and excludes Zerobus Ingest, Structured Streaming sources (e.g., Kafka), group connectors, and file supply connectors (e.g., Auto Loader).
** Precise ingestion capability will differ primarily based on particular workload traits, report sizes, and supply sorts.
