Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop Reviews

There are multiple use cases of Cloudera. It is a big data platform where we collect all the data and connect other sources to get data from multiple sources. Cloudera has a Data Lake.

Data Lake is mature. Their integration across the Hadoop ecosystem and the interoperability across other distributions is mature. The technical skill set for Cloudera is available. They enhance their roadmap quarterly and provide new features to enhance current functionalities and capabilities. They are capitalizing on their product and have a clear roadmap.

Pricing could be improved.

I have been using Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop for six years.

The product is stable.

The solution is scalable. You can add many whenever you need.

We have 100s of users using this solution. We have plans to increase the usage.

Customer support is supportive and proactive. They engage you for patching and upgrades.

I have used HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric. The difference is compatibility. HPE lacks compatibility with Informatica, while Cloudera is compatible.

The initial setup is easy.

The value is huge. We have about 30 use cases.

The product comes with an annual subscription, which is expensive. They are bundling technologies together. You have to pay an extra cost if you need the technology out of the base license.

Day-to-day maintenance is simple. We have two technical staff to take care of the solution.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

It offers a pre-build distribution. Even the support is there for the solution, whatever the issue is that you face. And apart from that, they have a platinum best practice to manage tools and all these things.  

The company is struggling to keep up with the upgrades of various components, and they are not willing to invest more in Cloudera.

The company is still switching from traditional methods to cutting-edge technology. While the deployed product is generally functional, there are instances where it presents difficulties. For example, the high SPs do not allow for metadata patching once it is created in the panel. This restriction limits our ability to make changes to the metadata.

I am aware that some companies are using open-source alternatives, which offer more flexibility. So, product maturity with cutting-edge technology will take more time.  

The primary concern is the cost. If you have the budget and are willing to pay for it, then it's fine. However, if we don't want to spend more money, it's not the best option.

I've used it. 

Customer service and support were able to fix whatever the issue was. But they haven't used the solution, so they cannot do anything in whatever is implementation. Because they are using self-managed open-source technology. There's no order or feature development by now. So wherever there's a limitation from the product, like the tool side, the kind of environment, they are not able to do anything.

Positive

It is an expensive product.

For using Cloudera, it depends on what you want to use it for. If you're looking for something easy to manage and operate in the cloud environment, then Cloudera is a good option. 

You don't need to do much; you can just deploy it and go. From my perspective, it depends on your use case and how you see your data needs, as well as how you manage cloud data technologies and work with different departments, teams, and identity features. If Cloudera satisfies your requirements and you have no issues with it, then go for it.

Overall, I would rate it a seven out of ten.

It is helpful to gather and process data.

We used to collect data in small cases, and with Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop, we used data on large scales. It helps to store and protect the data and is helpful for processing.

The Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is valuable.

There are multiple bugs when we update.

We have been using this solution for three and a half years and using version 6.3. It is deployed on-premises.

It is a stable solution.

It is a scalable solution. It is the best solution for larger companies. There are about 3000 users, and there are medical teams for medical data with about 1000 users. We require about six people for maintenance and deployment.

Cloudera's support is helpful, and I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.

Positive

The initial setup was straightforward and not an issue.

We have seen a return on investment.

I rate this solution a nine out of ten, and it is a helpful solution.

CDH has a wide variety of proprietary tools that we use, like Impala. So from that perspective, it's quite useful as opposed to something open-source. We get a lot of value from Cloudera's proprietary tools. 

Integration is one of the main things we struggle with because we're working with several other environments. For example, we've got an MPP environment outside the Hadoop environment. Many cloud-based platforms like Azure are fully integrated with technology that gives you MPP machine learning and data lakes all in one environment. We've got on-premises IBM solutions and Cloudera, so it isn't easy to integrate. It would be useful if Cloudera had more tools like SQL Engines that offer the traditional relational database. We have to do a lot of work preparing the data outside Cloudera before getting it into the platform. And ideally, we should get as much raw data as possible into the platform before we can do the engineering, so we have machine learning and model training.

I've been using CDH for about two years, or rather, I manage the team that uses it.

We haven't had any issues with Cloudera. It's a solid product. 

Cloudera is dependable, and it's completely scalable.

We have engaged the technical support based in the UK. My team hasn't worked with them directly, but the administration team has. To my knowledge, they're fairly responsive. 

I rate Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop eight out of 10.

We used this solution as a data platform. 

The pricing needs to improve. If the price was affordable, then we might have continued using Cloudera. We switched to HPE because of the cost.

I used this solution for the last year.

The solution is stable. 

It is a scalable solution. There were about 20 users of this solution in my company. 10 people were required for the deployment and maintenance of the solution, including developers. 

The initial setup is straightforward. 

The price is very high. The solution is expensive. 

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate this solution as an eight out of ten. 

In my previous organization, we used Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop
for compiling website logs and application logs. We used it for log analytics.

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 feature I found most valuable in Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is the Cloudera Manager. It's a good component because it makes log management easy. It's really useful as a management and monitoring console.

The setup and administration were not easy with Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop. They could be improved.

The solution has a limited feature list, so having more features is something I'd like to see in the next release of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop.

I've been using Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop for two years. I'm still using it.

Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop seems to be a stable product.

Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is really easy to scale. We can add more servers to it, so it's scalable.

I don't have experience contacting the technical support team of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop.

The initial setup for Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop was easy for us because we outsourced the work to the vendor. All the nitty-gritty was taken care of by them.

We implemented Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop through the vendor. Deployment was done by an integrator. It usually doesn't take a lot of time. It usually takes just a day to deploy the solution.

Our implementation strategy for Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop was more into outsourcing. For example, the hardware, including its management, was outsourced, so the admin, data management, support, etc., were also outsourced. We were looking into having the application done in-house, with the team. We were looking at a one-year implementation plan to move more and more governance and data sets into Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop. Every quarter, we planned to have other features reintroduced into the platform.

Two people did the installation and two people did the deployment. It was deployed in a single location, and we initially had ten users of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop.

It's tricky to derive the ROI from Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop, because in analytics, it's a little difficult to determine that this is the investment, and we're increasing the footprints and the revenue. It's very difficult to evaluate.

Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is expensive. There are a lot of costs involved. For example: apart from the standard licensing fees, there are support costs involved, and support could be for three years, five years, etc., so support is a pretty large part of the contract.

We didn't evaluate other options before choosing Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop.

I'm using Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop.

The advice I would give to others looking into implementing or using Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is for them to opt for a cloud variant, particularly something scalable for Azure, because of the ease of deployment and ease of setup. Procuring Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is also a challenge unless the customer goes for its cloud version.

I would rate Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop six out of ten because of its limited features. If they can enhance their feature list, that would improve their score.

We use Cloudera Distribution for file storage. 

This solution is deployed on-premise. 

The file system is a valuable feature. 

The security of this solution could be improved. There should also be a way to basically have a blockchain enabled storage with the HDFS. 

I have been working with Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop for 11 years. 

This solution is stable. 

This solution is scalable enough for us. 

We have created a product, using HDFS, and when our engineers install it for themselves or for customers, we use this solution. There are about 15 to 20 people using it at any point of time. 

The installation is straightforward. We use command-line-based installation and we have created our own way of installing with our product. 

Depending on the customer or depending on internal usage, our DevOps engineer will install it or my development team will install it. 

We are very well-versed on these tools, so we implemented it ourselves. 

I haven't bought a license for this solution. I'm only using the Apache license version. 

I rate this solution an eight out of ten. Cloudera is a great product and, overall, there are many features. 

We actually use Cloudera HDFS underneath, and we build our product on top of it. So, we don't use the Cloudera versions of all the other products, we just use the Cloudera HDFS, nothing else.

I use the solution because my data is too big. It is almost 100 TB.

The product provides many APIs to connect with other applications. The product provides better data processing features than other tools.

The dashboard could be improved.

I have been using the solution for seven years.

The tool is stable. I rate the stability an eight out of ten.

The tool is scalable. I rate the scalability an eight out of ten. It is easy to scale the product. Almost 20 to 25 people use the tool in our organization. We maintain the solution ourselves. We have nine engineers in our maintenance team.

The support is very, very helpful.

Positive

I have worked with Oracle. Oracle is too expensive.

It was pretty easy to install the product. It took us 20 minutes.

The product’s cost is higher compared to other tools. The pricing must be improved.

I recommend the solution to others. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.