Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs QueryIO comparison

Cloudera and QueryIO are both solutions in the Hadoop category. Cloudera is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.4, while QueryIO is ranked #13. Cloudera holds a 15.1% mindshare in H, compared to QueryIO’s 2.4% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Cloudera users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of QueryIO users who would recommend it.

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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

Ranking in other categories

NoSQL Databases (9th)

QueryIO

Ranking in Hadoop

13th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Hadoop category, the mindshare of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is 15.1%, down from 27.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of QueryIO is 2.4%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Hadoop Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop	15.1%
QueryIO	2.4%
Other	82.5%

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Rok Dolinsek

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.

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Marco Reyes

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.

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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 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."

"The product is completely secure."

"With a cluster available, you can manage the security layer using the shared SDX - it provides flexibility."

"The tool can be deployed using different container technologies, which makes it very scalable."

"This is the only solution that is possible to install on-premise."

"The data science aspect of the solution is valuable."

"Cloudera, as a whole, is designed to provide organizations with solutions for big data."

"The tool's most interesting features are the distributed file system and unstructured data processing capability. Because we have a lot of unstructured data, like XML and social media logs, these features make it more valuable than the usual data warehousing solutions."

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"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."

Cons

"The user infrastructure and user interface needs to be improved, as well as the performance. The GUI needs to be better."

"The price of this solution could be lowered."

"The competitors provide better functionalities."

"The security of this solution could be improved. There should also be a way to basically have a blockchain enabled storage with the HDFS."

"The areas of improvement depend on the scale of the project. For banking customers, security features and an essential budget for commercial licenses would be the top priority. Data regulation could be the most crucial for a project with extensive data or an extra use case."

"The governance aspect of the solution should be improved."

"The initial setup of Cloudera is difficult."

"There are multiple bugs when we update."

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"There needs to be some simplification of the user interface."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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 product’s price depends from project to project."

"I haven't bought a license for this solution. I'm only using the Apache license version."

"I believe we pay for a three-year license."

"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is expensive, with support costs involved."

"The solution is fairly expensive."

"Cloudera requires a license to use."

"The price could be better for the product."

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Top Industries

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Educational Organization

19%

Financial Services Firm

19%

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	31

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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 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.

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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.

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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.

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QueryIO is a Hadoop-based SQL and Big Data Analytics solution, used to store, structure, analyze and visualize vast amounts of structured and unstructured Big Data. It is especially well suited to enable users to process unstructured Big Data, give it a structure and support querying and analysis of this Big Data using standard SQL syntax. QueryIO enables you to leverage the vast and mature infrastructure built around SQL and relational databases and utilize it for your Big Data Analytics needs.

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