Altiscale [EOL] vs Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop comparison

SAP and Cloudera are both solutions in the Hadoop category. Additionally, 92% of Cloudera users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Altiscale [EOL]

Average Rating

0.0

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No ranking in other categories

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Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

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Ranking in other categories

Hadoop (2nd), NoSQL Databases (10th)

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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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Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	9
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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

Liberate your data, by making it possible for any data analyst in your company to access and rapidly analyze data in the Hadoop data lake, without burdening your IT team. The Altiscale Insight Cloud handles both real-time and batch analytics, and connects easily to your favorite BI solutions.

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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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