Cloudera vs Teradata

Cloudera Inc. is an American-based software company that provides Apache Hadoop-based software, support and services, and training to business customers. Cloudera's open-source Apache Hadoop distribution, CDH, targets enterprise-class deployments of that technology. Cloudera says that more than 50% of its engineering output is donated upstream to the various Apache-licensed open source projects that combine to form the Hadoop platform. Cloudera is also a sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation.

Teradata Corporation is a publicly-held international computer company that sells analytic data platforms, marketing applications and related services. Its analytics products are meant to consolidate data from different sources and make the data available for analysis. Teradata marketing applications are meant to support marketing teams that use data analytics to inform and develop programs. In early 2015, the company formed two divisions: Data & Analytics for its data analytics platforms and related services and Marketing Applications for its marketing software and related services. The corporate headquarters are in Miamisburg, Ohio.