No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs Oracle NoSQL comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 7, 2025

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 Distribution for H...
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
12th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Hadoop (2nd)
Oracle NoSQL
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
13th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is 4.9%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle NoSQL is 3.8%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
NoSQL Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop4.9%
Oracle NoSQL3.8%
Other91.3%
NoSQL Databases
 

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.
SS
Support on banking at Aithent
Handles large data volumes effectively but connection issues require attention
The Oracle NoSQL solution is used primarily for storing data for our web applications. We work alongside the DBA team for this purpose, given that specific departments manage aspects of its use. We choose it specifically to handle large scales of data, such as in one of our bank customer's scenarios using more than nine hundred gigabytes of data.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It gives us the opportunity to offer more options to our clients and create better solution models."
"The solution is reliable and stable, it fits our requirements."
"The search function is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"Cloudera is one of the best solutions for on-prem."
"We were able to utilize data which was untapped previously."
"I am very comfortable with this product."
"The most valuable feature is that I can use CDH for almost all use cases across all industries, including the financial sector, public sector, private retailers, and so on."
"Cloudera Manager is the most valuable feature for its ease of use, features, ease of upgrade and install components."
"Try it! You’ll be impressed."
"The features I've found to be most valuable are the speed of reading and writing (read/write performance levels are really high), the transactions model (semantics for data manipulation), and just the overall simplicity of using it."
"We have a support agreement with Oracle, ensuring full support for the product. It is crucial for our public-facing features. Oracle NoSQL is easy to manage and has fast data retrieval. Its compatibility with Oracle Database is seamless, making integration between NoSQL and relational databases smooth and effortless. Oracle NoSQL and NoSQL data replication in our environment works efficiently. Oracle fully supports it, and we can easily configure and manage authentication for the NoSQL database."
"The tool is easy to learn."
"The product meets expectations when it comes to stability."
"So far, we find stability to be very reasonable, it is dependable and we do not have any big issues."
"NoSQL has high availability. I think it's perfect from a technical perspective. It's quick to run and go."
"Oracle NoSQL is pretty scalable."
 

Cons

"The initial setup of Cloudera is difficult."
"The solution does not support multiple languages very well and this means users need to create work-arounds to implement some solutions."
"It could be faster and more user-friendly."
"Cloudera is not as easy, as it requires more DevOps resources than other solutions."
"The one thing that we struggled with predominately was support. Because it was relatively new, support was always a big issue and I think it's still a bit of an ongoing concern with the team currently managing it."
"We found some difficulties when importing Hive tables from another cluster."
"Cloudera's support is extremely bad and cannot be relied on."
"The Data Science Workbench doesn't support multiple languages. It needs to support multiple programming languages."
"The installation is difficult."
"The main areas that need improvement with NoSQL are in the area of big data and user-friendly presentation."
"Oracle could improve how NoSQL works in containers. I don't think NoSQL needs any new features, but I want to see new features in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. I would like to see some improvements in OCI's building options."
"Handling big data in a user-friendly way is currently a bit of an issue. The dashboard for this needs some work."
"Oracle could improve how NoSQL works in containers. I don't think NoSQL needs any new features, but I want to see new features in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure."
"We've had some issues with stability. During our testing, we were able to drop an entire database by writing huge amounts of data."
"Focusing on making the administration easier compared to other solutions like MongoDB could be beneficial. Simplifying the administrative tasks could enhance the user experience."
"You will get high performance when you organize your data correctly at the beginning. Otherwise, there are instability issues."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I haven't bought a license for this solution. I'm only using the Apache license version."
"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."
"The price is very high. The solution is expensive."
"The solution is expensive."
"The price could be better for the product."
"Cloudera requires a license to use."
"The product is expensive and Oracle could work to lower the licensing cost."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which NoSQL Databases solutions are best for your needs.
893,244 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise31
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise5
 

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.
What needs improvement with Oracle NoSQL?
Sometimes we face problems with the connection between our applications and the database. It may be due to network issues or performance issues on Oracle's side. Our DBA team requests validations f...
What is your primary use case for Oracle NoSQL?
We use Oracle NoSQL ( /products/oracle-nosql-reviews ) to store data for our web applications. It is being used for customer projects, and we handle one of our bank customers using more than nine h...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

37signals, Adconion,adgooroo, Aggregate Knowledge, AMD, Apollo Group, Blackberry, Box, BT, CSC
Airbus, Globacom, WebAction
Find out what your peers are saying about Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs. Oracle NoSQL and other solutions. Updated: April 2026.
893,244 professionals have used our research since 2012.