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title: "Accelerate business insights with Lakeflow Connect, now with a Free Tier"
description: "Databricks is introducing a Lakeflow Connect Free Tier to help teams ingest SaaS application and operational database data into the Databricks Data + AI Platform, addressing silos that can leave AI agents without complete enterprise context. Each workspace automatically receives 100 free DBUs per day for managed SaaS and database connectors only, with capacity advertised as up to 100 million records per workspace per day across eligible supported sources. Lakeflow Connect offers 30+ connectors, including SaaS services and databases, through a point-and-click UI and API, with Unity Catalog providing unified governance and end-to-end lineage. The offer uses standard pricing without volume-based premiums or row-based pricing, but actual capacity varies with workload characteristics, record sizes, and source types."
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# Accelerate business insights with Lakeflow Connect, now with a Free Tier

[Databricks](https://yomu.fyi/company/databricks) · Giselle Goicochea · Sep 18, 2026

**Type:** Announcement

## Summary

Databricks is introducing a Lakeflow Connect Free Tier to help teams ingest SaaS application and operational database data into the Databricks Data + AI Platform, addressing silos that can leave AI agents without complete enterprise context. Each workspace automatically receives 100 free DBUs per day for managed SaaS and database connectors only, with capacity advertised as up to 100 million records per workspace per day across eligible supported sources. Lakeflow Connect offers 30+ connectors, including SaaS services and databases, through a point-and-click UI and API, with Unity Catalog providing unified governance and end-to-end lineage. The offer uses standard pricing without volume-based premiums or row-based pricing, but actual capacity varies with workload characteristics, record sizes, and source types.

## Context

SaaS applications and operational databases can leave enterprise data fragmented, limiting the context available to AI agents such as Databricks Genie. Lakeflow Connect is presented as a way to bring these sources into the Databricks Data + AI Platform under unified governance.

## Approach / What changed

Lakeflow Connect uses managed connectors for SaaS applications, databases, cloud storage, and message buses, with setup through a point-and-click UI or API. Unity Catalog provides governance and end-to-end lineage, while the Free Tier allocates 100 DBUs per workspace per day for managed SaaS and database connectors.

## Takeaways

- Every Databricks workspace automatically receives 100 free DBUs per day for managed SaaS and database connectors; the allowance excludes Zerobus Ingest, Structured Streaming sources, community connectors, and file source connectors.
- Lakeflow Connect supports more than 30 connectors and provides a point-and-click UI, API access, unified governance through Unity Catalog, and end-to-end lineage.
- The Free Tier may support ingestion of up to 100 million records per workspace per day across eligible sources, but actual capacity depends on workload characteristics, record sizes, and source types.

## FAQ

### Which data sources are covered by the Lakeflow Connect Free Tier?

The Free Tier covers managed SaaS and database connectors. Examples include Dynamics 365, Google Ads, Meta Ads, Confluence, Jira, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, and BigQuery.

### What does the 100 million records per day figure mean?

The daily 100-DBU allocation is described as providing enough compute to ingest up to 100 million records per workspace per day across eligible supported sources. Actual ingestion capacity varies with workload characteristics, record sizes, and source types.

### Which ingestion sources are excluded from the Free Tier?

The offer excludes Zerobus Ingest, Structured Streaming sources such as Kafka, community connectors, and file source connectors such as Auto Loader. It applies to managed SaaS and database connectors only.

**Tags:** [AI](https://yomu.fyi/topic/ai), [Data Governance](https://yomu.fyi/topic/data-governance), [Data Pipelines](https://yomu.fyi/topic/data-pipelines), [Lakeflow](https://yomu.fyi/topic/lakeflow)

- Source: [Databricks](https://www.databricks.com/blog/accelerate-business-insights-lakeflow-connect-now-free-tier)
- Source URL: https://www.databricks.com/blog/accelerate-business-insights-lakeflow-connect-now-free-tier
- Ingested by Yomu: 2026-09-17T14:06:27.872Z

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