Apache Hadoop vs Oracle Big Data Appliance comparison

Apache and Oracle are both solutions in the Data Warehouse category. Apache is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.2, while Oracle is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.0. Apache holds a 3.7% mindshare in Data Warehouse, compared to Oracle’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Apache users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 75% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Apache Hadoop

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89% willing to recommend

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75% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Apache Hadoop and Oracle Big Data Appliance are products competing in the big data processing category. While Oracle Big Data Appliance is perceived as superior due to its comprehensive features and Oracle integration, Hadoop is notable for its cost-effectiveness.

Features: Apache Hadoop offers scalability, wide community support, and extensive customization possibilities through its open-source framework. Oracle Big Data Appliance provides a tightly integrated solution with advanced security, high performance, and seamless Oracle ecosystem compatibility.

Room for Improvement: Apache Hadoop could improve in simplifying deployment, enhancing user-friendly interfaces, and providing more robust enterprise-level support. Oracle Big Data Appliance may benefit from reducing costs, offering flexible integration with non-Oracle products, and expanding support outside the Oracle ecosystem.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Apache Hadoop deployment generally requires significant technical expertise and relies on community support. In contrast, Oracle Big Data Appliance offers a turnkey solution with simplified deployment and robust vendor-provided customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Apache Hadoop is open-source, often leading to lower setup costs and potentially higher ROI if companies invest in technical expertise. Oracle Big Data Appliance, with higher initial investment, provides value through comprehensive support and integration, offering ROI for organizations utilizing Oracle's suite.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Apache Hadoop

Ranking in Data Warehouse

7th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Big Data Appliance

Ranking in Data Warehouse

14th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Apache Hadoop is 3.7%, down from 4.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Big Data Appliance is 2.5%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Apache Hadoop	3.7%
Oracle Big Data Appliance	2.5%
Other	93.8%

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Nick Rapoport

Financial Advisor at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Reliable performance maintained but requires ongoing management and support

Hadoop was used for years, but there were problems since the people who originally set it up left the firm. The group that owned it later didn't have the technical resources to properly maintain it. Although there was nothing wrong with Hadoop itself, issues arose without proper management and upgrades.

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reviewer1031826

Analytics Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Platinum partnership leverages advanced storage and fosters seamless data integration

Areas of Oracle Big Data Appliance that can be improved include the pricing perspective because nowadays they have competition. We have so many technologies that have come to the market for less than even one-fourth or one-fifth of the Oracle price. For my side, the last time I worked with Oracle was in '21, '22. The price is a challenge that they have to look after. From the storage and data management perspective, I cannot recall anything that they have to improve, but they have to improve the visualization part significantly because they offer Oracle BI, which is an extremely not-matured application.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Hadoop is designed to be scalable, so I don't think that it has limitations in regards to scalability."

"The Distributed File System, which is the base of Hadoop, has been the most valuable feature with its ability to store video, pictures, JSON, XML, and plain text all in the same file system."

"The most valuable feature is the database."

"The most valuable features are the ability to process the machine data at a high speed, and to add structure to our data so that we can generate relevant analytics."

"What comes with the standard setup is what we mostly use, but Ambari is the most important."

"It's good for storing historical data and handling analytics on a huge amount of data."

"The scalability of Apache Hadoop is very good."

"Hadoop is extensible — it's elastic."

More Apache Hadoop pros

"The best feature of Oracle Big Data Appliance, from a price perspective for the storage, is because they have technology called the ZFS technology; it offers huge storage with a decent price."

"The best thing about the product is that the end-user can build the reports by themselves without really knowing anything about databases."

"Because Big Data Appliance allows me to have a single source of truth, it means I have clean data that can be monetized and leveraged to gain more insights with real-time reports from the dashboard."

"This is a comprehensive solution that is easy to deploy."

"Big Data responds to my needs."

"We could work on large unstructured datasets from different parts of the world on Facebook and Twitter to get better insights."

Cons

"In general, stability can be a challenge."

"The stability of the solution needs improvement."

"Once we had an issue with stability, due to a complete shutdown of a cluster."

"I think more of the solution needs to be focused around the panel processing and retrieval of data."

"From the Apache perspective or the open-source community, they need to add more capabilities to make life easier from a configuration and deployment perspective."

"The price could be better. I think we would use it more, but the company didn't want to pay for it. Hortonworks doesn't exist anymore, and Cloudera killed the free version of Hadoop."

"The main thing is the lack of community support. If you want to implement a new API or create a new file system, you won't find easy support."

"The upgrade path should be improved because it is not as easy as it should be."

More Apache Hadoop cons

"It seems like the deployment of repositories has become more difficult in later versions of the product rather than easier."

"The product should be simplified for the average user."

"We had to pursue several performance tuning measures to bring up the system to scale."

"From a technical perspective, Big Data Appliance could be improved with more innovation in the AI and machine-learning parts instead of relying on Cloudera."

"We need to display the results on our website. I think there is another product that joins with it to give you the possibility."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price could be better. Hortonworks no longer exists, and Cloudera killed the free version of Hadoop."

"For any big enterprise the costs can be handled, and it is suitable for big enterprises because the scale of data is large. For medium and small enterprises, the tool is on the high-price side."

"Do take into consider that data storage and compute capacity scale differently and hence purchasing a "boxed" / 'all-in-one" solution (software and hardware) might not be the best idea."

"There are no licensing costs involved, hence money is saved on the software infrastructure."

"The product is open-source, but some associated licensing fees depend on the subscription level."

"It's reasonable, but there's room for improvement in cost-effectiveness."

"We just use the free version."

"This is a low cost and powerful solution."

More Apache Hadoop pricing and cost advice

"Oracle's prices are too high compared to others in the market."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

31%

Computer Software Company

Government

University

Financial Services Firm

20%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Government

14%

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	21

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Apache Hadoop?

It's primarily open source. You can handle huge data volumes and create your own views, workflows, and tables. I can also use it for real-time data streaming.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Apache Hadoop?

The product is open-source, but some associated licensing fees depend on the subscription level. While it might be free for students, organizations typically need to pay for their subscriptions. Th...

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What needs improvement with Apache Hadoop?

The problem with Apache Hadoop arose when the guys that originally set it up left the firm, and the group that later owned it didn't have enough technical resources to properly maintain it. This wa...

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What needs improvement with Oracle Big Data Appliance?

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Big Data Appliance?

The typical use case for Oracle Big Data Appliance, which my clients use, is usually that the customer who has an Oracle application uses it because they can leverage the storage part. I don't need...

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Overview

The Apache Hadoop project develops open-source software for reliable, scalable, distributed computing. The Apache Hadoop software library is a framework that allows for the distributed processing of large data sets across clusters of computers using simple programming models. It is designed to scale up from single servers to thousands of machines, each offering local computation and storage. Rather than rely on hardware to deliver high-availability, the library itself is designed to detect and handle failures at the application layer, so delivering a highly-available service on top of a cluster of computers, each of which may be prone to failures.

Apache

Oracle Big Data Appliance is a flexible, high-performance, secure platform for running diverse workloads on Hadoop and NoSQL systems. With Oracle Big Data SQL, Oracle Big Data Appliance extends Oracle’s industry-leading implementation of SQL to Hadoop and NoSQL systems. By combining the newest technologies from the Hadoop ecosystem and powerful Oracle SQL capabilities together on a single pre-configured platform, Oracle Big Data Appliance is uniquely able to support rapid development of new Big Data applications and tight integration with existing relational data.

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