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Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs QueryIO comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Cloudera Distribution for H...
Ranking in Hadoop
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
NoSQL Databases (10th)
QueryIO
Ranking in Hadoop
12th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Hadoop category, the mindshare of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is 14.7%, down from 21.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of QueryIO is 2.7%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Hadoop Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop14.7%
QueryIO2.7%
Other82.6%
Hadoop
 

Featured Reviews

Rok Dolinsek - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Bussines Development & Co Owner at Troia d.o.o.
Enables on-premise implementation with powerful data processing capabilities
This is the only solution that is possible to install on-premise. Cloudera provides a hybrid solution that combines compute on cloud or on-premises. It includes all machine learning algorithms in the Spark machine learning library. All functionalities needed for a big data platform and ETL are on the platform, eliminating the need for other tools. It is scalable, ready for vertical scaling, and very powerful, offering numerous functionalities and configurations for generative AI.
MR
Manager of Process & Systems / Solutions Architect / BI Developer at HENKEL FRANCE
Stable with good connectivity and good integration capabilities
Data cleansing is not intuitive and user-friendly. When things have errors, you have to hunt them down as opposed to the solution simply showing you intuitively where to find it. I would recommend that they look at that Tableau Prep tool and see how it is pieced together. That's a great data cleansing tool. If Microsoft has something like that, then we wouldn't even have to look at some of the other options. There needs to be some simplification of the user interface. Right now it's too complicated. There isn't a way to put controls on the solution, so anyone can use any part of it, and sometimes novices will go and try to create things, but not know enough about what is official and what is published. It would be ideal if we could segment off certain sections so that not everyone had access to the whole solution. I'd like to see something more of a mapping tool so that you could see how the reports are connected, similar to Tableau Prep and Naim. That would make for a pretty useful diagnostics check. People would be better able to understand the linkage between your datasets. It would be nice if the solution offered some templates. It would make it even more plug and play, and give people a good jumping-off point. After that, they could explore other bells and whistles as they get further into understanding the solution. The solution should work in some virtualization. It would be a good added feature. If this product had those things then I wouldn't need to use other products.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Very good end-to-end security features."
"The most valuable feature is Impala, the querying engine, which is very fast."
"We also really like the Cloudera community. You can have any question and will have your answer within a few hours."
"We had a data warehouse before all the data. We can process a lot more data structures."
"We're now able to store large volumes of data through Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop. We're able to push large volumes of data to the platform, and that used to be a challenge, especially when storing a terabyte of information. This is the area where Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop improved the organization."
"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop provides numerous features and capabilities combined into one platform, offers power processing, supports different file systems and query engines, and provides parallel processing for handling many requests."
"The product is completely secure."
"With a single script, we are able to run the jobs within minutes, which is an advantage."
"Anyone who has even a little bit of knowledge of the solution can begin to create things. You don't have to be technical to use the solution."
"It's so readily available and there's information online to educate yourself on the product."
 

Cons

"While the deployed product is generally functional, there are instances where it presents difficulties."
"Sometimes the heavy queries do not finish at all."
"The Cloudera training has deteriorated significantly."
"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 dashboard could be improved."
"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. The Cloudera Machine Learning aspect could be tuned and enhanced to enable us to host some predictive analytics machine learning and AI use cases."
"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop has a limited feature list and a lot of costs involved."
"There needs to be some simplification of the user interface."
"Technical support is not that great. It's more like a study session than support."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"The pricing must be improved."
"The solution is expensive."
"I haven't bought a license for this solution. I'm only using the Apache license version."
"The tool is not expensive."
"The product’s price depends from project to project."
"The price could be better for the product."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
19%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise32
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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.
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