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Cloudera Data Platform vs Microsoft Fabric comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Cloudera Data Platform
Ranking in Data Management Platforms (DMP)
5th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) (6th), AI Data Analysis (4th)
Microsoft Fabric
Ranking in Data Management Platforms (DMP)
9th
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2776239 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Uses handwritten notes and voice files to perform text analytics and gain real-time insights
Cloudera Data Platform can be improved in several areas. I recently attended their roadmap session. Whatever limitations they have identified involve moving data from on-premises to cloud as a single-pane view and better lineage. They have done some recent acquisitions as well to overcome their product limitations. They are on the right track by doing this analysis themselves, identifying what the weaknesses are, and then using mergers or acquisitions to overcome them. I would like to add that, beyond the platform itself, they should provide more training to systems integrators so that they can have a more ready workforce to use Cloudera Data Platform.
Ankush-Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Software Engineer at Momentus
Unified analytics platform has simplified complex dashboards and supported secure data pipelines
One thing about Microsoft Fabric that I think could be improved is the potential confusion when working with real-time data versus normal batch loading. If you are dealing with real-time databases or data, you need to work with Event Hub and event streaming, but for normal batch processing, you can usually go ahead with the SQL warehouse or the data lakehouse. I recommend that Microsoft unify these processes, so using one source can meet both requirements. If I am working with real-time data and batched data, I should not have to manage two separate systems; instead of creating an Event Hub and a lakehouse, users could simply manage one house to handle both real-time analysis and batch processing, making it simpler and more user-friendly from both business and development perspectives.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The scalability is the key reason why we are on this platform."
"Its flexibility is the most valuable feature because you can leverage any Hadoop component and take full advantage of its open source capabilities."
"Hadoop/Cloudera is still much cheaper than Oracle's RDBM system, if you want to handle a huge amount of data and make complex analytics."
"Cloudera Data Platform has significantly improved our data management."
"Cloudera Data Platform has positively impacted my organization by eliminating challenges we faced with CDH, which had not been supported for a cloud journey; in contrast, CDP allows for easy, mostly automated scalability where I can schedule job workflows, fine-tune system resource metrics, and add nodes with just a click."
"From a product standpoint, their Ambari UI is incredibly valuable for cluster monitoring."
"With it, we have faster processing times for our apps."
"The Hadoop value proposition is in expanded functionality, linear scalability, and reduced software and infrastructure costs."
"The most valuable and useful feature I have found in Microsoft Fabric is data consistency, which is the top thing."
"The features and capabilities of Microsoft Fabric that I have found most useful include it being a uniform platform."
"The best feature Microsoft Fabric offers in my experience is the Dataflow."
 

Cons

"There have been some governance initiatives, but they are far from production ready."
"I have not seen enough innovation in Cloudera Data Platform, particularly in support for machine learning."
"The setup of Hadoop was easy thanks to Ambari, but installing the security components was complex."
"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."
"Since Cloudera acquired HDP, it's been bundled with CBH and HDP. However, the biggest challenge is cloud storage integration with Azure, GCP, and AWS."
"The only issue that I had was when I tried to reinstall the software on every node."
"Cloudera Data Platform can be improved in several areas. I recently attended their roadmap session. Whatever limitations they have identified involve moving data from on-premises to cloud as a single-pane view and better lineage."
"The cost of the solution is high and there is room for improvement."
"I think the Copilot usage in Microsoft Fabric can be improved."
"In my experience, Microsoft Fabric is not stable."
"One thing about Microsoft Fabric that I think could be improved is the potential confusion when working with real-time data versus normal batch loading."
 

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"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
15%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise26
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Questions from the Community

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The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is very good.
What needs improvement with Hortonworks Data Platform?
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What is your primary use case for Hortonworks Data Platform?
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What needs improvement with Microsoft Fabric?
I think Microsoft Fabric can be improved, but I feel that everything is adequate. Everything is acceptable regarding the needed improvements.
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Fabric?
My main use case for Microsoft Fabric is data engineering. A specific example of something my team has used Microsoft Fabric for is to collect information from many sources and put it in the data w...
What advice do you have for others considering Microsoft Fabric?
My advice to others looking into using Microsoft Fabric is that it is a good solution. I heard from the cloud infrastructure team about this product. I do not have any additional thoughts about Mic...
 

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