Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs InfluxDB comparison

Cloudera and InfluxData are both solutions in the NoSQL Databases category. Cloudera is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.3, while InfluxData is ranked #3 with an average rating of 9.0. Cloudera holds a 2.3% mindshare in ND, compared to InfluxData’s 7.8% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Cloudera users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of InfluxData users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 7, 2025

Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop and InfluxDB compete in the enterprise data management and time-series database markets, respectively. Cloudera seems to have an upper hand in enterprise capabilities, while InfluxDB offers ease of use.

Features: Cloudera offers enterprise level features, including robust data security, fast processing with Impala, and comprehensive cluster management tools like Cloudera Manager. InfluxDB provides excellent time-series data handling, seamless integration with Grafana, and powerful metric aggregation capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Cloudera faces challenges with complex setups, licensing, and real-time processing speed, also needing improvements in API integration and Spark documentation. InfluxDB requires better configuration management, high availability, and enhanced query language support, along with improved tool integration and data backup solutions.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Cloudera allows complex but flexible deployment across diverse environments, with mixed support experiences highlighting community reliance. InfluxDB offers efficient on-premises and cloud deployments with generally positive support, though reliance on forums and documentation is noted.

Pricing and ROI: Cloudera Distribution is typically expensive with high licensing and support costs, resulting in suitability for large enterprises needing advanced capabilities. InfluxDB is a more cost-effective open-source option, though scaling incurs additional expenses, aligning with organizations seeking cost-efficiency.

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Categories and Ranking

Cloudera Distribution for H...

Ranking in NoSQL Databases

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Hadoop (2nd)

InfluxDB

Ranking in NoSQL Databases

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Non-Relational Databases (2nd), Open Source Databases (9th), Network Monitoring Software (23rd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (24th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is 2.3%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of InfluxDB is 7.8%, down from 12.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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DeepakR

Site Reliability Engineer(Observability) at Sapiens

An open-source database that can be used to insert data

InfluxDB is generally stable, but we've encountered issues with the configuration file in our ticket stack. For instance, a mistake in one of the metrics out of a hundred KPIs can disrupt data collection for all KPIs. This happens because the agent stops working if there's an issue with any configuration part. To address this, it is essential to ensure that all configurations are part of the agent's EXE file when provided. This makes it easier to package the agent for server installation and ensures all KPIs are available from the server. Additionally, the agent cannot encrypt and decrypt passwords for authentication, which can be problematic when monitoring URLs or requiring authentication tokens. This requires additional scripting and can prolong service restart times.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"Cloudera provides a hybrid solution that combines compute on cloud or on-premises."

"The main advantage is the storage is less expensive."

"The data science aspect of the solution is valuable."

"Customer service and support were able to fix whatever the issue was."

"The most valuable feature is Impala, the querying engine, which is very fast."

"The scalability of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is excellent."

"We're now able to store large volumes of data through Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop. We're able to push large volumes of data to the platform, and that used to be a challenge, especially when storing a terabyte of information. This is the area where Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop improved the organization."

"The file system is a valuable feature."

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"The platform operates very quickly. It is easy to configure, connect, and query and integrates seamlessly with Grafana."

"The most valuable features are aggregating the data and integration with Graphana for monitoring."

"In our case, it started with a necessity to fill the gap that we had in monitoring. We had very reactive monitoring without trend analysis and without some advanced features. We were able to implement them by using a time series database. We are able to have all the data from applications, logs, and systems, and we can use a simple query language to correlate all the data and make things happen, especially with monitoring. We could more proactively monitor our systems and our players' trends."

"InfluxDB is a database where you can insert data. However, it would be best if you had different components for alerting, data sending, and visualization. You need to install tools to collect data from servers. It must be installed on Windows or Linux servers. During installation, ensure that the configuration file is correct to prevent issues. Once data is collected, it can be sent to InfluxDB. For visualization, you can use open-source tools like Grafana."

"While I would rate InfluxDB a ten on a scale of one to ten, users should be thoughtful about matching the engine to their specific needs."

"The most valuable features of InfluxDB are the documentation and performance, and the good plugins metrics in the ecosystem."

"The user interface is well-designed and easy to use. It provides a clear overview of the data, making it simple to understand the information at hand."

"InfluxDB works as expected with excellent scalability and stability, which is critical for our application."

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Cons

"It could be faster and more user-friendly."

"The procedure for operations could be simplified."

"It is quite complicated to configure and install."

"It is quite complicated to configure and install. Integrating the platform into an information system is always a challenge, especially when starting with on-premise implementation."

"Cloudera's support is extremely bad and cannot be relied on."

"The solution is not fit for on-premise distributions."

"The price of this solution could be lowered."

"The governance aspect of the solution should be improved."

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"I've tried both on-premises and cloud-based deployments, and each has its limitations."

"The error logging capability can be improved because the logs are not very informative."

"The solution doesn't have much of a user interface."

"InfluxDB is generally stable, but we've encountered issues with the configuration file in our ticket stack. For instance, a mistake in one of the metrics out of a hundred KPIs can disrupt data collection for all KPIs. This happens because the agent stops working if there's an issue with any configuration part. To address this, it is essential to ensure that all configurations are part of the agent's EXE file when provided. This makes it easier to package the agent for server installation and ensures all KPIs are available from the server. Additionally, the agent cannot encrypt and decrypt passwords for authentication, which can be problematic when monitoring URLs or requiring authentication tokens. This requires additional scripting and can prolong service restart times."

"It is challenging to get long-running backups while running InfluxDB in a Microsoft Azure Kubernetes cluster."

"The solution's UI can be more user-friendly."

"InfluxDB cannot be used for high-cardinality data. It's also difficult and time-consuming to write queries, and there are some issues with bulk API."

"In terms of features that I would like to see or have, in the community version, some features are not available. I would like to have clustering and authentication in the community version."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."

"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."

"The product’s price depends from project to project."

"When comparing with Oracle Sybase and SQL, it's cheaper. It's not expensive."

"The pricing must be improved."

"I wouldn't recommend CDH to others because of its high cost."

"The tool is not expensive."

"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is expensive, with support costs involved."

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"InfluxDB recently increased its price. It is very expensive now."

"We are using the open-source version of InfluxDB."

"InfluxDB is open-source, but there are additional costs for scaling."

"The tool is an open-source product."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

23%

Educational Organization

15%

Computer Software Company

14%

Energy/Utilities Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

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Questions from the Community

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?

It is quite complicated to configure and install. Integrating the platform into an information system is always a challenge, especially when starting with on-premise implementation. Integrating wit...

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What do you like most about InfluxDB?

InfluxDB is a database where you can insert data. However, it would be best if you had different components for alerting, data sending, and visualization. You need to install tools to collect data ...

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What needs improvement with InfluxDB?

It is challenging to get long-running backups while running InfluxDB in a Microsoft Azure Kubernetes cluster. Replicating data for on-prem development and testing is difficult. Having a SQL abstrac...

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What is your primary use case for InfluxDB?

InfluxDB is the main component in our large enterprise-scale streaming data application for maritime vessels. We collect position data from vessels around the coast once per second, put it on a Kaf...

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Overview

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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InfluxDB is open-source software that helps developers and enterprises alike to collect, store, process, and visualize time series data and to build next-generation applications. InfluxDB provides monitoring and insight on IoT, application, system, container, and infrastructure quickly and easily without complexities or compromises in scale, speed, or productivity.

InfluxDB has become a popular insight system for unified metrics and events enabling the most demanding SLAs. InfluxDB is used in just about every type of industry across a wide range of use cases, including network monitoring, IoT monitoring, industrial IoT, and infrastructure and application monitoring.

InfluxDB offers its users:

Infrastructure and application monitoring: Collect, process, and analyze real-time data from edge devices to help optimize distributed infrastructure.

IoT monitoring and analytics: InfluxDB is designed to store large volumes of time series data and quickly perform real-time analysis on that data. Gain insights from all the sensor data and use the collected data to create and perform automated tasks.

Network monitoring: Manage responsive and high-performing networks with widely distributed resources.

InfluxDB Benefits

There are several benefits to using InfluxDB . Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

APIs and ready toolset: InfluxDB can be accessed via a set of powerful tools enabling users to get started quickly, with less programming required. This includes a REST API, extensive client libraries, a wide variety of open-source integrations, and Flux - a functional data scripting language for querying, analysis, and events. The InfluxDB API can be used to write data from edge devices to the InfluxDB instance

Time series engine: Get any data - events, logs, traces - from any edge device - systems, sensors, queues, databases, and networks. This data is stored in a powerful and high-performing engine capable of ingesting millions of data points per second.

Community: InfluxDB has a large community of cloud and open-source developers ready to assist users.

Ready-made templates: Use InfluxDB Templates, a set of tools with a packager and other ready monitoring solutions. These tools allow users to share their monitoring expertise with coworkers and other community members around the world. The Templates gallery offers available templates for some of the most popular tools and applications.

Enhanced UI: InfluxDB’s UI includes an explorer, dashboarding tools, and a script editor. Use it to easily browse the collected metric and event data and apply common transformations. The dashboarding tool comes with a variety of visualization options that help users view insights from the data. The script editor assists users to quickly master Flux with easily accessible examples, auto-completion, and real-time syntax checking.

Reviews from Real Users

InfluxDB stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its flexible integration options and its data aggregation feature.

Shalauddin Ahamad S., a software engineer at a tech services company, notes, “The most valuable features are aggregating the data and the integration with Grafana for monitoring.”

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Sample Customers

37signals, Adconion,adgooroo, Aggregate Knowledge, AMD, Apollo Group, Blackberry, Box, BT, CSC

ebay, AXA, Mozilla, DiDi, LeTV, Siminars, Cognito, ProcessOut, Recommend, CATS, Smarsh, Row 44, Clustree, Bleemeo

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