Job compute

Job compute is the current Databricks name, previously Automated Clusters (since February 2020).

Automated Clusters → Job compute

Compute created to run a single job and shut down when it finishes, billed at the cheaper job rate rather than the all-purpose one.

• Databricks arrived at this name twice. It was the original wording, was replaced in 2019 by a name describing the billing rate, and came back six months later. 🔗
• The noun changed without ceremony. The 2020 rename produced Job Clusters, and the docs now say job compute throughout, with no release note ever marking the switch. 🔗

Category

Compute / BI

In use from

February 2020🔗

Also known as

Job Clusters, job cluster, New Job Cluster, Jobs Compute

Verified

2026-09-17