Best Foundation Models for Databricks
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Compare the Top Foundation Models that integrate with Databricks as of September 2026
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This a list of Foundation Models that integrate with Databricks. Use the filters on the left to add additional filters for products that have integrations with Databricks. View the products that work with Databricks in the table below.
What are Foundation Models for Databricks?
Foundation models are large-scale artificial intelligence models trained on vast and diverse datasets that serve as the underlying technology for a wide range of AI applications. These models learn general-purpose capabilities such as language understanding, reasoning, image recognition, code generation, speech processing, and multimodal comprehension, allowing them to be adapted or fine-tuned for specific tasks across industries. Foundation models power applications including chatbots, AI agents, search, content generation, software development, scientific research, and business automation. Many are available through cloud APIs, open-source distributions, and enterprise AI platforms, supporting custom model development, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and domain-specific optimization. By providing reusable, general-purpose intelligence, foundation models enable organizations to accelerate AI development, reduce implementation costs, and build sophisticated AI-powered applications. Compare and read user reviews of the best Foundation Models for Databricks currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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Claude Fable 5.1
Anthropic
Claude Fable 5.1 is Anthropic’s advanced AI model for coding, knowledge work, research, and long-running agentic tasks. It is designed to improve on Claude Fable 5 with stronger performance across software engineering, scientific research, multidisciplinary reasoning, computer use, business workflows, and complex problem solving. The model can handle extended multi-step work, verify its own results, diagnose difficult software issues, and operate effectively across tool-heavy workflows. Anthropic also reduced cache-read pricing for Fable 5.1, lowering typical usage costs compared with Fable 5 and creating larger savings for highly agentic workloads. Fable 5.1 includes updated safeguards intended to reduce false positives while allowing more legitimate cybersecurity tasks such as vulnerability discovery for defensive purposes. The model is available through Claude products, the Claude API, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.Starting Price: $10 per 1M tokens (input) -
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GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI
GPT-6 Astra is OpenAI’s frontier AI model for computer use, software engineering, scientific research, cybersecurity, browsing, and complex professional work. It combines advanced reasoning with agentic capabilities that allow it to navigate software, use tools, conduct research, manipulate data, troubleshoot systems, and complete multistep workflows. Astra is also designed to produce polished documents, spreadsheets, presentations, websites, applications, and other business or technical artifacts while following existing templates and organizational standards. In Codex, the model introduces improved long-running context management that can preserve notes and retrieve information from earlier context windows during extended software engineering tasks. OpenAI positions Astra as its most aligned model to date, with improvements in respecting task boundaries, interpreting user intent, communicating limitations, and avoiding unauthorized actions.Starting Price: $10 per 1M tokens (input) -
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Claude Mythos 5.1
Anthropic
Claude Mythos 5.1 is Anthropic’s newest Mythos-class model, designed for advanced cybersecurity, biology, scientific research, coding, and long-running knowledge work. It is the same underlying model as Claude Fable 5.1 but uses different safeguards: Fable 5.1 is generally available, while Mythos 5.1 is restricted to trusted access programs with safeguards specifically designed for cybersecurity and life sciences research. The model sets a new performance frontier for agentic coding and demonstrates the strongest cyber capabilities of any Anthropic model released to date. In scientific research, Mythos 5.1 can work with specialized tools and complex workflows across molecular design, computational biology, and other technical domains. In Anthropic’s experiments, it designed high-affinity protein binders across multiple targets and achieved its strongest measured hit rate to date. It also optimized seven open-source protein and genomics deep learning models. -
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Claude Opus 5
Anthropic
Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic’s advanced everyday AI model built for coding, knowledge work, problem-solving, visual outputs, and production AI workflows. The model delivers stronger performance than Opus 4.8 at the same base price and is positioned as a cost-effective alternative close to Claude Fable 5 frontier intelligence. Claude Opus 5 supports configurable effort settings so users can optimize for intelligence, speed, or token efficiency. It performs especially well on software engineering, automation, computer use, scientific research, and knowledge work evaluations. The model is available on Claude Max, Claude Pro, Claude API, Claude Code, and other Claude platforms, with Fast mode available at a higher price. Built for developers, researchers, enterprises, and everyday Claude users, Claude Opus 5 helps teams complete complex tasks with stronger verification, careful iteration, and practical cost efficiency.Starting Price: $5 per 1M tokens (input) -
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GPT-5.6 Luna
OpenAI
GPT-5.6 Luna is the fast and affordable model in OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 series, built to bring strong capability to users and developers who need practical intelligence with lower overhead. In the new GPT-5.6 naming system, the number identifies the model generation, while Sol, Terra, and Luna identify durable capability tiers that can advance on their own cadence, giving people and developers clearer choices across intelligence, speed, and cost. Luna sits alongside Sol, the flagship model, and Terra, the balanced model for everyday work, as part of a family designed for broader access to next-generation AI. During the limited preview, GPT-5.6 models are initially available through the API and Codex to a select group of trusted partners and organizations, with plans for broader availability in ChatGPT, Codex, and the API. OpenAI developed GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna with its most robust safeguards to date, with configurations matched to each model’s capabilities.Starting Price: $0.20 per 1M tokens (input) -
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Claude Fable 5
Anthropic
Claude Fable 5 is an advanced AI model from Anthropic designed to assist with software engineering, research, knowledge work, vision tasks, and complex reasoning. Built on the Mythos-class architecture, it delivers significantly improved performance across coding, analysis, and long-context workflows. The model can handle extended autonomous tasks while maintaining focus and consistency over large amounts of information. Claude Fable 5 integrates advanced reasoning, multimodal understanding, and memory capabilities to support professional and enterprise use cases. Anthropic has implemented specialized safeguards that automatically route certain high-risk cybersecurity, biology, chemistry, and model distillation requests to a different model. Claude Fable 5 helps organizations and professionals accelerate complex work while maintaining strong safety and governance controls.Starting Price: $10 per 1 million (input) -
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GPT-5.6 Terra
OpenAI
GPT-5.6 Terra is a balanced model in the GPT-5.6 series designed for everyday work, coding, agentic workflows, cybersecurity support, biology analysis, and enterprise automation. It sits between GPT-5.6 Sol, the flagship model, and GPT-5.6 Luna, the faster and lower-cost option. Terra is positioned to deliver competitive performance to GPT-5.5 while being significantly cheaper to run. The model supports improved reasoning, coding, tool coordination, long-horizon workflows, and legitimate defensive security work. It is part of a model family built with layered safeguards, including trained refusals, real-time misuse classifiers, account-level review, differentiated access, monitoring, and continued red-team testing. GPT-5.6 Terra helps developers, enterprises, and technical teams access strong AI capabilities with a more practical balance of intelligence, speed, and cost.Starting Price: $2 per 1M tokens (input) -
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GPT-5.5
OpenAI
GPT-5.5 is an advanced AI model designed to handle complex, real-world tasks with greater autonomy and efficiency. It quickly understands user intent and can execute multi-step workflows such as coding, research, data analysis, and document creation with minimal guidance. Instead of requiring step-by-step instructions, GPT-5.5 plans tasks, uses tools, evaluates outputs, and continues working until completion. It excels in knowledge work, software development, and analytical problem-solving, helping users move from idea to execution faster. The model is built to operate across tools and environments, making it highly effective for modern digital workflows. With strong reasoning and persistence, GPT-5.5 enables individuals and teams to complete demanding work more efficiently and accurately.Starting Price: $5 per 1M tokens (input) -
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GPT-5.5 Pro
OpenAI
GPT-5.5 Pro is an advanced AI model designed to handle complex, real-world work with greater autonomy and efficiency. It understands user intent quickly and can execute multi-step tasks such as coding, research, data analysis, and document creation with minimal guidance. The model is built to plan, use tools, and refine its outputs until tasks are complete. It excels in knowledge work, software development, and analytical problem-solving. With strong reasoning and persistence, GPT-5.5 Pro can manage long-running workflows across tools and systems. It delivers high-quality results while maintaining speed and efficiency. Overall, it enables individuals and teams to complete demanding tasks faster and more accurately.Starting Price: $30 per 1M tokens (input)
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