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Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs Hortonworks Data Platform comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cloudera Distribution for H...
Ranking in Hadoop
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
NoSQL Databases (7th)
Hortonworks Data Platform
Ranking in Hadoop
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (15th), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (9th)
 

Featured Reviews

Shahan Rehman - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 21, 2024
Can host multiple technologies and help businesses with their AI initiatives
The ease or difficulty in setting up the product depends on the environment of the customer where the tool is deployed. If a banking, industrial, or retail sector firm is taken into concentration, depending on how big of a database is maintained, including the applications that are to be hosted, the deployment process can range from a simple to a very complex phase, depending on the architecture. For Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop, one has to go through the usual deployment process, like for any software product. You have to have different environments before going into production, like pre-production environments, test and dev environments. You install and configure all the components in the test environment and then test them on the pre-production environment. Once UAT is done, you move them to the production environment. In general, it's a critical product deployed in a company.
Leslie Mavonyani - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 31, 2023
Helps with data management and has good scalability
We use Hortonworks Data Platform for data management, significant data ingestion, and analytics Hortonworks Data Platform has a limited user community. I haven't seen much discussion about user experiences. More information could be there to simplify the process of running the product. We have…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CDH has a wide variety of proprietary tools that we use, like Impala. So from that perspective, it's quite useful as opposed to something open-source. We get a lot of value from Cloudera's proprietary tools."
"Provides a viable open-source solution for enterprise implementations and reliable, intelligent data analysis."
"The scalability of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is excellent."
"The file system is a valuable feature."
"In terms of scalability, if you have enough hardware you can scale out. Scalability doesn't have any issues."
"The tool can be deployed using different container technologies, which makes it very scalable."
"Very good end-to-end security features."
"We had a data warehouse before all the data. We can process a lot more data structures."
"It is a scalable platform."
"Distributed computing, secure containerization, and governance capabilities are the most valuable features."
"Hortonworks should not be expensive at all to those looking into using it."
"We use it for data science activities."
"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."
"Ranger for security; with Ranger we can manager user’s permissions/access controls very easily."
"The upgrades and patches must come from Hortonworks."
"The product offers a fairly easy setup process."
 

Cons

"We experienced many issues when we started working with Hadoop 3.0 in the Cloudera 6.0 version, so there is a lot of things that need to improve."
"This is a very expensive solution."
"Without the big data environment, we cannot store all of this data live. We have billions of records and terabytes of storage to be used. It's not an option actually for us to have a big data environment."
"The solution is not fit for on-premise distributions."
"It would be useful if Cloudera had more tools like SQL Engines that offer the traditional relational database. We have to do a lot of work preparing the data outside Cloudera before getting it into the platform."
"The tool's ability to be deployed on a cloud model is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"There is a maximum of a one-gigabyte block size, which is an area of storage that can be improved upon."
"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop has a limited feature list and a lot of costs involved."
"The version control of the software is also an issue."
"Security and workload management need improvement."
"More information could be there to simplify the process of running the product."
"The cost of the solution is high and there is room for improvement."
"It would also be nice if there were less coding involved."
"Hive performance. If Hive performance increased, Hadoop would replace (not everywhere) traditional databases."
"I would like to see more support for containers such as Docker and OpenShift."
"I work a lot with banking, IT and communications customers. Hortonworks must improve or must upgrade their services for these sectors."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I wouldn't recommend CDH to others because of its high cost."
"The tool is not expensive."
"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is expensive, with support costs involved."
"The solution is fairly expensive."
"I believe we pay for a three-year license."
"The pricing must be improved."
"The price is very high. The solution is expensive."
"It is an expensive product."
"It is priced well and it is affordable"
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
15%
Educational Organization
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
10%
University
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop?
The tool can be deployed using different container technologies, which makes it very scalable.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop?
The tool is expensive. Overall, it's not a cheap software tool, and that is why only large enterprises who are mature enough and have an architecture that is complex enough opt for Cloudera, as its...
What needs improvement with Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop?
The tool doesn't support reporting, and relational databases are still the major source of reporting data. Apache Iceberg will be launched soon within the Cloudera cluster for analytical purposes. ...
What do you like most about Hortonworks Data Platform?
Distributed computing, secure containerization, and governance capabilities are the most valuable features.
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...
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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Hortonworks, HDP
 

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Sample Customers

37signals, Adconion,adgooroo, Aggregate Knowledge, AMD, Apollo Group, Blackberry, Box, BT, CSC
Mayo Clinic, Symantec, Progressive Insurance, Noble Energy, Cardinal Health, Rogers, Mercy, Neustar, TRUECar, T-Mobile
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