Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs IBM Spectrum Computing comparison

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40% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop and IBM Spectrum Computing 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

Cloudera Distribution for H...
Ranking in Hadoop
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
NoSQL Databases (5th)
IBM Spectrum Computing
Ranking in Hadoop
7th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (10th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Hadoop category, the market share of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is 31.2% and it increased by 31.2% compared to the previous year. The market share of IBM Spectrum Computing is 2.6% and it increased by 171.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Hadoop
Unique Categories:
NoSQL Databases
2.0%
Cloud Management
1.2%
 

Featured Reviews

Miodrag-Stanic - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 19, 2023
You can manage all services from one place in an integrated manner
We share company data leaks based on cloud data on their clusters We had a data warehouse before all the data. We can process a lot more data structures. The solution has data managers. You can manage all services from one place in an integrated manner. You don't have to manage the other…
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MY
Sep 27, 2019
Provides stable backup for our databases and has good technical support
The primary use case of this solution is to backup everything in our data center. This includes VMware environments, Microsoft Hyper-V, Unix machines including HP UNIX, and AIX, as well as normal machines for Windows. The deployment model we used was on-premises The most valuable feature is the…
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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

"The tool can be deployed using different container technologies, which makes it very scalable."
"It is helpful to gather and process data."
"With a cluster available, you can manage the security layer using the shared SDX - it provides flexibility."
"The file system is a valuable feature."
"The product as a whole is good."
"The most valuable feature is that I can use CDH for almost all use cases across all industries, including the financial sector, public sector, private retailers, and so on."
"The product provides better data processing features than other tools."
"The features I find most valuable is that the solution is that it is easy to install and to work with. It starts with the installation and from there on the management is very simple and centralized."
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"The most valuable feature is the backup capability."
"Spectrum Computing's best features are its speed, robustness, and data processing and analysis."
"Easy to operate and use."
"The most valuable aspect of the product is the policy driving resource management, to optimize the computing across data centers."
"We are satisfied with the technical support, we have no issues."
"This solution is working for both VTL and tape."
 

Cons

"The user infrastructure and user interface needs to be improved, as well as the performance. The GUI needs to be better."
"They should focus on upgrading their technical capabilities in the market."
"The dashboard could be improved."
"The governance aspect of the solution should be improved."
"The procedure for operations could be simplified."
"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."
"I would like to see an improvement in how the solution helps me to handle the whole cluster."
"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."
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"Spectrum Computing is lagging behind other products, most likely because it hasn't been shifted to the cloud."
"Lack of sufficient documentation, particularly in Spanish."
"We have not been able to use deduplication."
"We'd like to see some AI model training for machine learning."
"This solution is no longer managing tapes correctly."
"SMB storage and HPC is not compatible and it should be supported by IBM Spectrum Computing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cloudera requires a license to use."
"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is expensive, with support costs involved."
"I believe we pay for a three-year license."
"The tool is expensive...For the SMB market or customers whose environments are not that complex and do not have multiple systems running, Cloudera might not be a good option."
"It is an expensive product."
"The pricing must be improved."
"The solution is fairly expensive."
"The price is very high. The solution is expensive."
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"Spectrum Computing is one of the most expensive products on the market."
"This solution is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
15%
Educational Organization
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
32%
Media Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
 

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.
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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...
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What needs improvement with Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop?
The tool's ability to be deployed on a cloud model is an area of concern where improvements are required. The tool works very well when deployed on an on-premises model. The deployment on a cloud p...
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What do you like most about IBM Spectrum Computing?
Easy to operate and use.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Spectrum Computing?
This solution is too expensive for a lot of our customers.
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What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Computing?
The biggest problem is the lack of documentation in general, and documentation in Spanish, in particular.
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Overview

Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is the world's most complete, tested, and popular distribution of Apache Hadoop and related projects. CDH is 100% Apache-licensed open source and is the only Hadoop solution to offer unified batch processing, interactive SQL, and interactive search, and role-based access controls. More enterprises have downloaded CDH than all other such distributions combined.

IBM Spectrum Computing uses intelligent workload and policy-driven resource management to optimize resources across the data center, on premises and in the cloud. Now up to 150X faster and scalable to over 160,000 cores, IBM provides you with the latest advances in software-defined infrastructure to help you unleash the power of your distributed mission-critical high performance computing (HPC), analytics and big data applications as well as a new generation open source frameworks such as Hadoop and Spark.

 

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London South Bank University, Transvalor, Infiniti Red Bull Racing, Genomic
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