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Cloudera Data Platform vs TIBCO EBX 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
Ranking in Cloud Master Data Management (MDM)
8th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Data Management Platforms (DMP) (4th), AI Data Analysis (9th)
TIBCO EBX
Ranking in Cloud Master Data Management (MDM)
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
Master Data Management (MDM) Software (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) category, the mindshare of Cloudera Data Platform is 2.0%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO EBX is 11.1%, up from 11.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
TIBCO EBX11.1%
Cloudera Data Platform2.0%
Other86.9%
Cloud Master Data Management (MDM)
 

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.
reviewer2731320 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Improved workflow collaboration and data flexibility enhance team efficiency, but performance and logout issues require attention
Regarding improvements or enhancements in TIBCO EBX, when it comes to 5.8 to 5.9, there was a really good feature added, which is the hyperlink. When you click on a table, you navigate to deeper tables. If there is a table with ten fields, those ten fields are taken from a second table and interrelated to a third table, you can keep clicking on each field and go deeper and deeper. To come each level above, there is a hyperlink created on the top. You just need to click on the hyperlink and keep navigating back, similar to certain websites. However, there were some drawbacks I noticed with the latest version 6, particularly in terms of performance, where in a few cases, the performance was impacted, necessitating work to get things sorted. Additionally, the logout from the application happened randomly or sometimes it wasn't logging out, which is a compliance issue since users expect to log out after a certain time. Version 6 introduced a strong filtration logic. All EBX versions have a separate section for filters that offer text search and advanced search options. In EBX 6, they enhanced the search feature deeply, including conjunctions and, or, else, allowing you to create your own logic for how you need the filter to work. They also introduced a top-level search feature, where you enter some text, and it searches the entire table. With the latest update of TIBCO EBX, there are a few issues with the workflow that need improvement. When going through a workflow, there are functionalities to upload files, and sometimes you need to attach files for evidence. That section of EBX had certain issues. We dropped the plan to switch to EBX 6 due to other technical limitations on our side. Those were a few pending items we had raised to them, and they were working on resolving them. From a usage point of view, those were the main concerns, but they introduced a good idea about the side panel. The pagination concept was introduced to navigate among different domains, and in the left panel, you have search capabilities and pagination functionality.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"The best features Cloudera Data Platform offers are the processing power with Spark and the distributed data storage, HDFS, which helps us handle massive volumes of data."
"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."
"The Hortonworks solution is so stable. It is working as a production system, without any error, without any downtime. If I have downtime, it is mostly caused by the hardware of the computers."
"My main use case for Cloudera Data Platform is to support a multi-source system with different data types, handling semi-structured, structured, and unstructured data to support those kinds of workloads."
"Ambari Web UI: user-friendly."
"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."
"Cloudera Data Platform is a perfect tool to manage such vast amounts of big data, store it properly, query it, and move it from one end to another."
"TIBCO EBX saves a lot of time and gives considerable flexibility to business users who might not be completely technical but can work on it in specific areas."
"The customizable data model feature of TIBCO EBX has helped in addressing the complex data requirements of our organization, as its customizability is not only limited to the UI functionality, but also provides extended functionality to use external APIs within the code on the data model level and workflow model level."
"It is a very stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The feature I appreciate most about TIBCO EBX is the UI, which is quite simple and user-friendly."
"The API and the data model are very valuable features."
"This solution allows the user to have complete control, and is 100% customizable."
"The most valuable features of TIBCO EBX are that is a complete tool and everything can be done inside, including data governance. We are able to model everything according to the needs of the company. If the company needs five people to agree to a change in data, they can do it with TIBCO EBX. They can model it with any particular rules. Additionally, there is dynamic data modeling, simple workflows using the GUI that comes from the server."
"The data modeling is very good."
 

Cons

"Hive performance. If Hive performance increased, Hadoop would replace (not everywhere) traditional databases."
"For on-premise use, I would not recommend Cloudera Data Platform as it is expensive and complicated to upgrade."
"I have not seen enough innovation in Cloudera Data Platform, particularly in support for machine learning."
"I would like to see more support for containers such as Docker and OpenShift."
"We face downtime and reliability issues many times a week with Cloudera Data Platform because it is a very complex system and all configurations are managed by the end user."
"I work a lot with banking, IT and communications customers. Hortonworks must improve or must upgrade their services for these sectors."
"We face downtime and reliability issues many times a week with Cloudera Data Platform because it is a very complex system and all configurations are managed by the end user."
"That said, there’s still room for improvement in integration speed and UI responsiveness, especially when managing large clusters or hybrid deployments."
"The documentation needs improvement."
"We would like to see the community an documentation for this solution be developed. At present there is very little tutorial documentation available, and limited community support for issues with the product."
"With the latest update of TIBCO EBX, there are a few issues with the workflow that need improvement. When going through a workflow, there are functionalities to upload files, and sometimes you need to attach files for evidence. That section of EBX had certain issues."
"The tool has to improve mapping and workflow. It should be made more robust."
"The design should be easier and more visual."
"We observe performance issues lately. If we perform any bulk update or use the bulk functionality to update the data, during that time, the index rebuild happens in the back end. The operations team faces issues, including downtime or slowness, and we monitor it, performing any required actions such as restarting applications."
"The product does not scale well horizontally. We find the scalability to be quite inferior to other options."
"The initial setup can be a bit complex."
 

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"
"TIBCO EBX is a very expensive solution. There is an annual fee to use the solution."
"TIBCO EBX is cheaper than Informatica."
"I'm just involved in technical, but I understand that its pricing is similar to HP so it is quite expensive."
"The price of TIBCO EBX is too high. The solution can only be used in a project that has good sponsorship that can afford it."
"This solution is costly compared to other products on the market, but this is due to the complete functionality that is provided. The pricing model is very straightforward, and is worked out on a pay-per- instance basis, and only applies to active instances."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Marketing Services Firm
11%
Performing Arts
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
12%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
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
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise18
 

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.
What needs improvement with Hortonworks Data Platform?
Areas for improvement with Cloudera Data Platform could be the initial learning curve that can be a step for teams new to big data economy systems. Platform setup and configuration require careful ...
What is your primary use case for Hortonworks Data Platform?
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 ...
What needs improvement with Orchestra Networks EBX?
AI could be implemented in TIBCO EBX. Currently, most tools are moving in that direction, so this could be added. The performance in our company, which has a multi-tenant setup, is an issue because...
What is your primary use case for Orchestra Networks EBX?
The most common use cases for TIBCO EBX include creating data models, data spaces, data sets, workflows, REST services, triggers, constraints, value functions, schema extensions, and access rules. ...
 

Also Known As

No data available
TIBCO MDM, Orchestra Networks EBX
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Information Not Available
BNL, SunGard, TUI Group, Uti Worldwide, Yellow Pages Group
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