Databricks Genie vs Hex
Databricks Genie (Databricks) and Hex (Hex Technologies Inc.) side by side on public data, as of Oct 6, 2026.
Side-by-side numbers
| Metric | Databricks Genie | Hex |
|---|---|---|
| Pulse Score | 0 | 33 |
| Overall rank | #226 | #122 |
| Downloads, last 7 days | — | — |
| Downloads, 7-day change | — | — |
| Downloads, 30-day change | — | — |
| VS Code installs | — | — |
| Marketplace rating | — | — |
| GitHub stars | — | — |
| Homebrew installs, 30 days | — | — |
| Hacker News mentions, 30 days | 1 | 0 |
| Latest stable release | — | — |
| Stable releases, 90 days | ||
| Terminal-Bench (best run) | — | — |
| Price | Usage-based | Free + $36/mo |
| License | ||
| First released | June 2024 | — |
| Interfaces | — | — |
| Models |
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Databricks Genie
A natural-language analytics agent in Databricks that answers questions over governed Unity Catalog data; its Agent Mode plans multi-step analyses and iterates over queries.
Pricing: Available to Databricks customers; usage is billed at standard Databricks rates.
Hex
A data notebook and analytics platform whose Notebook Agent writes and runs SQL and Python to investigate questions, while Threads answers natural-language data questions and a modelling agent builds semantic models.
Pricing: Free Community plan with an agent trial. Professional $36 per editor a month with full agent access, Team $75, Enterprise custom; AI usage draws on per-seat credits.