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Cloudera Data Platform vs HPE Data Fabric comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 18, 2026

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 Data Platform
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) (6th), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (4th), AI Data Analysis (6th)
HPE Data Fabric
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Hadoop (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Cloudera Data Platform and HPE Data Fabric aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Cloudera Data Platform is designed for Data Management Platforms (DMP) and holds a mindshare of 7.9%, up 3.6% compared to last year.
HPE Data Fabric, on the other hand, focuses on Hadoop, holds 10.2% mindshare, down 15.2% since last year.
Data Management Platforms (DMP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cloudera Data Platform7.9%
Palantir Foundry13.5%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)10.1%
Other68.5%
Data Management Platforms (DMP)
Hadoop Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE Data Fabric10.2%
Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop14.7%
Apache Spark13.9%
Other61.2%
Hadoop
 

Featured Reviews

T Sarwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Data architect at SentientAI, Karachi
Has enabled efficient big data processing and querying but remains complex to manage and configure
Cloudera Data Platform should use fewer tools and remove the complexity between them. It should make it easier for the end user to change the configuration and understand it better. The UI tool for jobs in Cloudera Data Platform can be improved to provide a proper image of ETL jobs and detailed consolidated graphs to monitor Spark-based Hue jobs.
Hamid M. Hamid - PeerSpot reviewer
Data architect at Banking Sector
A stable and scalable tool that serves as a great database
The initial setup of HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric is easy. I am not sure how long it took to deploy HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric, but I haven't heard about any disadvantages when it comes to the time taken for the deployment. I remember that one of our company's clients who had purchased the product never mentioned the product's setup phase being complex. One of the drawbacks with HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric stems from the fact that the product's upgrade was not straightforward, and it was a complex process since one of the teams in my company who deals with the tool found the upgrade part to be tough. The solution is deployed on an on-premises model. My company has two dedicated staff members to look after the deployment and maintenance phases of HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use it for data science activities."
"The data platform is pretty neat. The workflow is also really good."
"Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) has helped our organization improve data management consistency and scalability across multiple environments, with the unified control plane and centralized governance reducing operational overhead and making it easier to manage workloads between on-premise and cloud environments."
"Open-source Big community"
"Cloudera Data Platform has impacted my organization positively in many ways, especially for banking customers, by providing a robust capability to handle structured and unstructured data via features like PDF extraction and speech-to-text conversion for analytics."
"Cloudera Data Platform has significantly improved our data management."
"Ranger for security; with Ranger we can manager user’s permissions/access controls very easily."
"Now, using this solution, it is much cheaper to have all of the data available for searching, not in real-time, but whenever there is a pending request."
"This product enabled us opening up endless possibilities in data analytics, IOE/IOT, and predictive analysis."
"Initial setup is rather straightforward thanks to detailed documentation covering all the bases."
"The model creation was very interesting, especially with the libraries provided by the platform."
"Outside of human error, MapR is probably the most stable of the major releases."
"MapR is a great distribution, although I have limited experience with other distributors."
"The fact that the heavy computation is required on Big Data can be distributed across many nodes in a cluster, makes this solution a winner."
"HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric can be accessed from any namespace globally as you would access it from a machine using an NFS."
"My customers find the product cheaper compared to other solutions. The previous solution that we used did not have unified analytics like the runtime or the analog."
 

Cons

"More information could be there to simplify the process of running the product."
"Hive performance. If Hive performance increased, Hadoop would replace (not everywhere) traditional databases (Oracle/Teradata, etc.), which would save a lot of money for the company."
"Hadoop, does not provide improved performance, compared to traditional RDBMS, unless processing batches in the TB-PB range, or if the Hadoop platform has significantly more resources available."
"I would like to see more support for containers such as Docker and OpenShift."
"Almost every part of the Hadoop ecosystem has its problems and bugs."
"It needs to be quicker and to have the ability to automate deployment on multiple nodes."
"Customer Service: 3/10 Technical Support: 3/10"
"Initially, we went with Cloudera due to it being a popular choice in the market, etc, then realized it was bad choice."
"The interface part, what I'm calling the integration part, could be improved."
"HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric is not compatible with third-party tools."
"It would be nice to have new developments in the Apache space (Spark, Storm, etc.)."
"I'd say we've had issues with pricing."
"The deployment could be faster. I want more support for the data lake in the next release."
"It'd like to see file system auditing, data encryption, and certification of other vendors' tools."
"Upgrading Ezmeral to a new version is a pain. They're trying to make the solution more container-friendly, so I think they're going in the right direction. The only problem we've had in the past was the upgrades. The process isn't smooth due to how the Red Hat operating system upgrades currently work."
"The UI for administration still has a lot of manual work to set up the cluster and get it running."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Currently, we are using the product in a sandbox environment, and there is no licensing. We might choose a licensing option once we get the results."
"It is priced well and it is affordable"
"There is a need for my company to pay for the licensing costs of the solution."
"HPE is flexible with you if you are an existing customer. They offer different models that might be beneficial for your organization. It all depends on how you negotiate."
"The tool's price is cheap and based on a usage basis. The solution's licensing costs are yearly and there are no extra costs."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Construction Company
13%
Healthcare Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise26
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hortonworks Data Platform?
The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is very good.
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Cloudera Data Platform on AWS was adopted as the core enterprise data platform, covering the full data lifecycle from ingestion to analytics and advanced use cases. Cloudera Data Platform was used ...
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Also Known As

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MapR, MapR Data Platform
 

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