Amazon EMR vs Hortonworks Data Platform comparison

Amazon EMR
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85% willing to recommend
Hortonworks Data Platform
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  • 341 Comparison Views
89% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between Amazon EMR and Hortonworks Data Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Hadoop solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon EMR
Ranking in Hadoop
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (8th)
Hortonworks Data Platform
Ranking in Hadoop
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Hadoop category, the market share of Amazon EMR is 14.9% and it decreased by 17.1% compared to the previous year. The market share of Hortonworks Data Platform is 1.9% and it decreased by 15.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Hadoop
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Cloud Data Warehouse
4.4%
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Featured Reviews

CG
Aug 1, 2023
Suitable for online deployments with a serverless architecture
EMR Serverless is useful for online deployments that require a serverless architecture. We were previously using a server-based architecture, but we have since switched to serverless The product is very well-designed. It is easy to use, and it is very cost-effective.   The solution eliminates…
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Wallace Hugh - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 24, 2022
A seamless solution with a solid workflow
We use this solution for the hospitality industry.  It was for end to end data processing and data manipulations. The data platform is pretty neat. The workflow is also really good.  The NiFi platform could be enhanced. This refers to the data ingestion in a workflow.  It would also be nice if…
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Amazon EMR is a good solution that can be used to manage big data."
"Amazon EMR's most valuable features are processing speed and data storage capacity."
"The project management is very streamlined."
"The ability to resize the cluster is what really makes it stand out over other Hadoop and big data solutions."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The solution is pretty simple to set up."
"The solution helps us manage huge volumes of data."
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"The upgrades and patches must come from Hortonworks."
"Now, using this solution, it is much cheaper to have all of the data available for searching, not in real-time, but whenever there is a pending request."
"The scalability is the key reason why we are on this platform."
"Distributed computing, secure containerization, and governance capabilities are the most valuable features."
"The product offers a fairly easy setup process."
"The Hortonworks solution is so stable. It is working as a production system, without any error, without any downtime. If I have downtime, it is mostly caused by the hardware of the computers."
"The data platform is pretty neat. The workflow is also really good."
"It is a scalable platform."
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Cons

"The initial setup was time-consuming."
"We don't have much control. If we have multiple users, if they want to scale up, the cost will go and increase and we don't know how we can restrict that price part."
"As people are shifting from legacy solutions to other technologies, Amazon EMR needs to add more features that give more flexibility in managing user data."
"The problem for us is it starts very slow."
"The most complicated thing is configuring to the cluster and ensure it's running correctly."
"There were times where they would release new versions and it seemed to end up breaking old versions, which is very strange."
"Amazon EMR is continuously improving, but maybe something like CI/CD out-of-the-box or integration with Prometheus Grafana."
"There is room for improvement in pricing."
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"The cost of the solution is high and there is room for improvement."
"It's at end of life and no longer will there be improvements."
"I work a lot with banking, IT and communications customers. Hortonworks must improve or must upgrade their services for these sectors."
"I would like to see more support for containers such as Docker and OpenShift."
"Hive performance. If Hive performance increased, Hadoop would replace (not everywhere) traditional databases."
"The version control of the software is also an issue."
"Security and workload management need improvement."
"It would also be nice if there were less coding involved."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"You don't need to pay for licensing on a yearly or monthly basis, you only pay for what you use, in terms of underlying instances."
"There is no need to pay extra for third-party software."
"The price of the solution is expensive."
"Amazon EMR's price is reasonable."
"The cost of Amazon EMR is very high."
"The product is not cheap, but it is not expensive."
"There is a small fee for the EMR system, but major cost components are the underlying infrastructure resources which we actually use."
"Amazon EMR is not very expensive."
"Currently, we are using the product in a sandbox environment, and there is no licensing. We might choose a licensing option once we get the results."
"It is priced well and it is affordable"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Educational Organization
6%
Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Government
7%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon EMR?
Amazon EMR is a good solution that can be used to manage big data.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EMR?
Amazon EMR is not very expensive.
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What needs improvement with Amazon EMR?
As people are shifting from legacy solutions to other technologies, Amazon EMR needs to add more features that give more flexibility in managing user data.
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What do you like most about Hortonworks Data Platform?
Distributed computing, secure containerization, and governance capabilities are the most valuable features.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hortonworks Data Platform?
I haven't done a price analysis specifically for HDP. However, when it was first introduced as Hadoop 2.0, there were a few use cases where the price was quite high. It was particularly expensive f...
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What needs improvement with Hortonworks Data Platform?
Since Cloudera acquired HDP, it's been bundled with CBH and HDP. However, the biggest challenge is cloud storage integration with Azure, GCP, and AWS. These platforms offer competitive storage solu...
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Also Known As

Amazon Elastic MapReduce
Hortonworks, HDP
 

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloudera
 

Overview

Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR) is a web service that makes it easy to quickly and cost-effectively process vast amounts of data. Amazon EMR simplifies big data processing, providing a managed Hadoop framework that makes it easy, fast, and cost-effective for you to distribute and process vast amounts of your data across dynamically scalable Amazon EC2 instances.

The Hortonworks Data Platform is acclaimed for its robust handling of big data, offering scalable solutions for data storage optimization and advanced analytics. Users benefit from its seamless processing of both streaming and batch data, and efficient maintenance of data lakes for improved governance. Key features include comprehensive security and seamless integration with existing analytics tools, significantly enhancing organizational efficiency and decision-making capabilities.

 

Sample Customers

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Mayo Clinic, Symantec, Progressive Insurance, Noble Energy, Cardinal Health, Rogers, Mercy, Neustar, TRUECar, T-Mobile
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