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Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs Oracle NoSQL comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 7, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Cloudera Distribution for H...
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Hadoop (2nd)
Oracle NoSQL
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
16th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is 6.0%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle NoSQL is 3.9%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
NoSQL Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop6.0%
Oracle NoSQL3.9%
Other90.1%
NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

SA
Head of Advaced Analytics & Intelligence; AGM at Alinma Bank
Integration of multiple features supports data analytics and processing
Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop provides numerous features and capabilities combined into one platform.The solution offers power processing and supports different file systems and query engines. It provides parallel processing for handling many requests. The platform includes role-based access control in Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop. It secures the data itself and provides users with different roles and privileges.
SS
Support on banking at Aithent
Handles large data volumes effectively but connection issues require attention
The Oracle NoSQL solution is used primarily for storing data for our web applications. We work alongside the DBA team for this purpose, given that specific departments manage aspects of its use. We choose it specifically to handle large scales of data, such as in one of our bank customer's scenarios using more than nine hundred gigabytes of data.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It has been helpful in allowing data storage in one centralized location with data lakes and all of the surrounding applications."
"In terms of scalability, if you have enough hardware you can scale out. Scalability doesn't have any issues."
"The solution has good features connected to end-to-end security."
"The product as a whole is good."
"Cloudera is a great product and, overall, there are many features."
"The most valuable feature is Kubernetes."
"We also really like the Cloudera community. You can have any question and will have your answer within a few hours."
"For enterprise organizations that can bear the cost, it's a good solution."
"NoSQL has high availability; I think it's perfect from a technical perspective, and it's quick to run and go."
"We have a support agreement with Oracle, ensuring full support for the product. It is crucial for our public-facing features. Oracle NoSQL is easy to manage and has fast data retrieval. Its compatibility with Oracle Database is seamless, making integration between NoSQL and relational databases smooth and effortless. Oracle NoSQL and NoSQL data replication in our environment works efficiently. Oracle fully supports it, and we can easily configure and manage authentication for the NoSQL database."
"Oracle NoSQL is pretty scalable."
"The features I've found to be most valuable are the speed of reading and writing (read/write performance levels are really high), the transactions model (semantics for data manipulation), and just the overall simplicity of using it."
"Try it! You’ll be impressed."
"So far, we find stability to be very reasonable, it is dependable and we do not have any big issues."
"The tool is easy to learn."
"The product meets expectations when it comes to stability."
 

Cons

"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."
"It is quite complicated to configure and install."
"Sometimes the heavy queries do not finish at all."
"The tool's ability to be deployed on a cloud model is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop has a limited feature list and a lot of costs involved."
"Cloudera 5 is currently very unstable. Between two Cloudera 5 clusters, we have an incident at least twice a week due to what are now outstanding bugs."
"The performance can be improved. We have experienced some performance issues."
"It could be faster and more user-friendly."
"Oracle could improve how NoSQL works in containers. I don't think NoSQL needs any new features, but I want to see new features in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. I would like to see some improvements in OCI's building options."
"Focusing on making the administration easier compared to other solutions like MongoDB could be beneficial. Simplifying the administrative tasks could enhance the user experience."
"The main areas that need improvement with NoSQL are in the area of big data and user-friendly presentation."
"We've had some issues with stability. During our testing, we were able to drop an entire database by writing huge amounts of data."
"Personally, I’d like to see some improvements in the monitoring UI for it."
"I would rate Oracle NoSQL six or 6.5 out of ten based on my experience."
"The installation is difficult."
"You will get high performance when you organize your data correctly at the beginning. Otherwise, there are instability issues."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"When comparing with Oracle Sybase and SQL, it's cheaper. It's not expensive."
"I haven't bought a license for this solution. I'm only using the Apache license version."
"Cloudera requires a license to use."
"The solution is expensive."
"It is an expensive product."
"The solution is fairly expensive."
"The price could be better for the product."
"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is expensive, with support costs involved."
"The product is expensive and Oracle could work to lower the licensing cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
9%
Performing Arts
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise32
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop?
The price for Cloudera is average, yet it is very good compared to other solutions. It can be deployed on-premises, unlike competitors' cloud-only solutions.
What needs improvement with Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop?
If they could support modifying the data more easily than the current implementation, it would be beneficial.
What is your primary use case for Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop?
We use Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop for many use cases including analytics, storing huge data sets, and various data processing tasks.
What needs improvement with Oracle NoSQL?
Sometimes we face problems with the connection between our applications and the database. It may be due to network issues or performance issues on Oracle's side. Our DBA team requests validations f...
What is your primary use case for Oracle NoSQL?
We use Oracle NoSQL ( /products/oracle-nosql-reviews ) to store data for our web applications. It is being used for customer projects, and we handle one of our bank customers using more than nine h...
 

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Sample Customers

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