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Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs Datameer comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cloudera Distribution for H...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Hadoop (2nd), NoSQL Databases (10th)
Datameer
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
BI on Hadoop (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop and Datameer aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is designed for Hadoop and holds a mindshare of 14.7%, down 25.6% compared to last year.
Datameer, on the other hand, focuses on BI on Hadoop, holds 11.0% mindshare, down 13.2% since last year.
Hadoop Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop14.7%
Apache Spark13.9%
HPE Data Fabric10.2%
Other61.2%
Hadoop
BI on Hadoop Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Datameer11.0%
AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3)20.8%
JethroData19.3%
Other48.9%
BI on Hadoop
 

Featured Reviews

SA
Head of Advaced Analytics & Intelligence; AGM at Alinma Bank
Integration of multiple features supports data analytics and processing
Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop provides numerous features and capabilities combined into one platform.The solution offers power processing and supports different file systems and query engines. It provides parallel processing for handling many requests. The platform includes role-based access control in Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop. It secures the data itself and provides users with different roles and privileges.
it_user357459 - PeerSpot reviewer
Hadoop Developer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
It helps to onboard and enrich data quickly as it does not involve writing scripts or queries, but the transformation functions can be more mature.
The most valuable feature are the data transformation functions in the workbook It helps to onboard and enrich data quickly as it does not involve writing scripts or queries. Maintenance is easy. We would like to have more inbuilt connections to different types of sources. The transformation…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The data science aspect of the solution is valuable."
"We used it to build an enterprise data hub."
"Cloudera is one of the best solutions for on-prem."
"Cloudera Manager is the most valuable feature for its ease of use, features, ease of upgrade and install components."
"Cloudera won as it had more functionality with HUE, Sqoop, and Solr as built-in functions."
"The scalability of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is excellent."
"Cloudera is a great product and, overall, there are many features."
"The product provides better data processing features than other tools."
"Customer Service: It's very good."
"Datameer has around 400 inbuilt functions that are very useful for any beginner and also it has a good visualization which helps end user to see that how the trend is showing."
"The most valuable feature are the data transformation functions in the workbook."
"The built-in smart analytic tools are the most valuable features for me."
 

Cons

"While the deployed product is generally functional, there are instances where it presents difficulties."
"There are better solutions out there that have more features than this one."
"We found some difficulties when importing Hive tables from another cluster."
"Spark with R integration is missing. Also, it is lacking Spark SQL support."
"The pricing needs to improve."
"The price of this solution could be lowered."
"There is a maximum of a one-gigabyte block size, which is an area of storage that can be improved upon."
"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop has a limited feature list and a lot of costs involved."
"It needs better integration with other enterprise technologies out of the box."
"When I run the single license on my MacBook Pro, the memory space can be an issue."
"It is a good tool from an analysis perspective, but is not suitable for IT."
"Although this tool is very good, it has some limitations that I think could be removed in later versions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product’s price depends from project to project."
"I believe we pay for a three-year license."
"The tool is not expensive."
"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is expensive, with support costs involved."
"The tool is expensive...For the SMB market or customers whose environments are not that complex and do not have multiple systems running, Cloudera might not be a good option."
"When comparing with Oracle Sybase and SQL, it's cheaper. It's not expensive."
"I wouldn't recommend CDH to others because of its high cost."
"It is an expensive product."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
23%
Construction Company
10%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
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Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise32
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Questions from the Community

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.
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.
What is your primary use case for Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop?
We use Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop for many use cases including analytics, storing huge data sets, and various data processing tasks.
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