How to teach with Databricks Free Edition

Databricks Free Edition is a perpetually free, browser-based version of the Databricks Data + AI Platform that students and educators can sign up for individually without a cloud contract, credit card, or installation, running on smaller compute under fair-use limits and not for production or commercial use. The article maps common courses—from intro programming and statistics to data engineering, data warehousing, ML, AI agents, and capstones—to platform tools such as notebooks, Apache Spark, Lakeflow, Delta Lake, Databricks SQL, MLflow, Genie Agents, and Databricks Apps, and answers instructor FAQs on distributing assignments and datasets, group work, and compute limits.