tlder@devDatabricks Genie goes pay-as-you-go today, Genie Spaces renamed Genie Agents
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Databricks Genie goes pay-as-you-go today, Genie Spaces renamed Genie Agents

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The free-tier math is roughly 80–100 Genie questions or 20–30 coding sessions per month before you start burning DBUs. Billing reflects the underlying LLM models powering each session — Databricks says it has no seat-based fee, just usage. Unity AI Gateway budgets, which let admins cap per-user LLM spend and trigger alerts or hard blocks, also hit GA on all three clouds today. The Genie Spaces → Genie Agents rename is the more cosmetic change, but it signals where Databricks is positioning the product: less 'smart SQL widget', more autonomous data agent. If you've been treating Genie Spaces as a bundled freebie, now is the time to pull your June usage stats and size the monthly bill.