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Most teams that move to Databricks get the hard part right. They migrate the processing engine, rebuild the transformation logic, and stand up Unity Catalog. Then they leave Azure Data Factory running in the background: connected to everything, owned by nobody, and quietly accumulating cost and complexity. In this entry, that’s the gap we address.

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Lakeflow Connect Free Tier: $35/Day Back in Your Budget

Databricks' permanent Lakeflow Connect free tier delivers 100 DBUs per workspace per day — covering up to 100 million records of ingestion at no additional compute cost. For enterprise teams running multiple workspaces, that's over $255,000 in avoided annual costs. This post breaks down the economics, architecture, and what it means for teams still paying a third-party ETL tax.

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