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Cloudera Data Platform vs Reco comparison

 

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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 Data Platform
Ranking in AI Data Analysis
5th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) (6th), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (3rd)
Reco
Ranking in AI Data Analysis
28th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the AI Data Analysis category, the mindshare of Cloudera Data Platform is 0.6%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Reco is 0.4%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Data Analysis Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cloudera Data Platform0.6%
Reco0.4%
Other99.0%
AI Data Analysis
 

Featured Reviews

T Sarwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Data architect at SentientAI, Karachi
Has enabled efficient big data processing and querying but remains complex to manage and configure
Cloudera Data Platform should use fewer tools and remove the complexity between them. It should make it easier for the end user to change the configuration and understand it better. The UI tool for jobs in Cloudera Data Platform can be improved to provide a proper image of ETL jobs and detailed consolidated graphs to monitor Spark-based Hue jobs.
reviewer2817672 - PeerSpot reviewer
Gerente De Arquitectura De Ciberseguridad at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Security posture management has provided clear SaaS and AI agent risk visibility and alerts
I am not using the inclusion of LLMs in the knowledge graph yet; to be honest, I see that it's showing things, but until now, I don't see big value on that. Apart from the integration with Copilot Studio that I mentioned, I would like to see more posture security controls added in some SaaS applications; I see a few of them, but it could have more. I would like to see real-time detection in prompts included to Reco in the next releases, maybe in Copilot Studio to see if I have any attack or prompt injection or whatever in Copilot Studio and all the agent platforms to inspect those prompts.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The upgrades and patches must come from Hortonworks."
"Cloudera Data Platform has impacted my organization positively by providing cost-saving benefits, which is the North Star because of which we have shifted to it."
"It's the one and only complete open source big data platform Ambari-managed admin configuration for HDFS, YARN, Hive, HBase, etc."
"With it, we have faster processing times for our apps."
"We use it for data science activities."
"In my experience, the best features Cloudera Data Platform offers are that all the services provided are excellent."
"Its ability to scale out seamlessly with little to no effort is very valuable to us."
"It is a scalable platform."
"What I appreciated most about Reco was its strong detection capability."
"What I like about Reco is that it's pretty easy to integrate with the applications; it's almost plug and play."
 

Cons

"Hadoop, does not provide improved performance, compared to traditional RDBMS, unless processing batches in the TB-PB range, or if the Hadoop platform has significantly more resources available."
"That said, there’s still room for improvement in integration speed and UI responsiveness, especially when managing large clusters or hybrid deployments."
"It would also be nice if there were less coding involved."
"Cloudera Data Platform could improve by innovating more in terms of full-fledged support for AI workloads, enriching machine learning or LLM, as there haven't been updates in that aspect over the last one and a half years."
"We face downtime and reliability issues many times a week with Cloudera Data Platform because it is a very complex system and all configurations are managed by the end user."
"Areas for improvement with Cloudera Data Platform could be the initial learning curve that can be a step for teams new to big data economy systems."
"Hortonworks is at end of life; they are not adding new things to this, so everything will be Cloudera now."
"The initial setup may take several hours or days, depending on the challenges faced during installation. It's not always a smooth process due to potential complexities."
"To be honest, I see that it's showing things, but until now, I don't see big value on that."
"What I disliked about Reco was that it sometimes produced a lot of false positives."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Currently, we are using the product in a sandbox environment, and there is no licensing. We might choose a licensing option once we get the results."
"It is priced well and it is affordable"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Outsourcing Company
30%
Construction Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Wholesaler/Distributor
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise26
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hortonworks Data Platform?
The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is very good.
What needs improvement with Hortonworks Data Platform?
Areas for improvement with Cloudera Data Platform could be the initial learning curve that can be a step for teams new to big data economy systems. Platform setup and configuration require careful ...
What is your primary use case for Hortonworks Data Platform?
Cloudera Data Platform on AWS was adopted as the core enterprise data platform, covering the full data lifecycle from ingestion to analytics and advanced use cases. Cloudera Data Platform was used ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Reco?
My experience with the pricing was reasonable; it was okay for the features and what the product provides. The contract, the negotiation, and everything were okay.
What needs improvement with Reco?
I am not using the inclusion of LLMs in the knowledge graph yet; to be honest, I see that it's showing things, but until now, I don't see big value on that. Apart from the integration with Copilot ...
What is your primary use case for Reco?
I implemented Reco for cybersecurity posture management for SaaS applications, and also for AI agents posture, so SaaS security posture management and agent posture management. I am using Reco for ...
 

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