Delight

What it is

Delight is a listener that streams Spark events logs to a free, enhanced Spark UI. It provides developers with more insightful visualizations and analytics compared to the default Spark UI.

Delight offers a free and enhanced UI for monitoring Spark jobs, providing more insightful visualizations compared to the default Spark UI, making it ideal for developers who need better visibility into their Spark applications.

When it fits — and when it doesn’t

Known weaknesses

Each one links to the public issue, changelog or docs page it came from, where we have one.

1. 01

   Limited language support, primarily Scala-focused

   The primary language is Scala, which can be a barrier for teams with developers who are not proficient in Scala.

2. 02

   Complex setup process

   Setting up Delight requires detailed configuration and integration steps that may be challenging without extensive Spark experience.

3. 03

   Performance overhead when streaming logs

   Streaming event logs to the enhanced UI can introduce performance bottlenecks, especially in large-scale or high-throughput environments.

4. 04

   Small community and limited third-party integrations

   Due to its niche focus on Spark monitoring, Delight has a smaller user base and fewer third-party tools that integrate directly with it.

What it does well

• Streams Spark event logs to an improved UI for better monitoring and analysis.

• Provides more insightful visualizations compared to the default Spark UI.

• Free and open-source.

Pricing

Free tier

YesOpen source — free to use

Paid from

$0

Model

Flat rate

Enterprise plan

No

Pricing not independently confirmed — check the vendor’s page.