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Cloudera Data Platform vs Stibo STEP MDM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 6, 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 Data Platform
Ranking in Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions
10th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
Data Management Platforms (DMP) (4th)
Stibo STEP MDM
Ranking in Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions category, the mindshare of Cloudera Data Platform is 1.0%. The mindshare of Stibo STEP MDM is 8.1%, up from 7.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Stibo STEP MDM8.1%
Cloudera Data Platform1.0%
Other90.9%
Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Solutions
 

Featured Reviews

Miodrag-Stanic - PeerSpot reviewer
Distributed computing improves data processing while upgrade complexity needs addressing
There are challenges with upgrading or updating various services like Spark, Impala, and Hive on on-premise and bare metal solutions. We aim to address these issues with a Kubernetes-based platform that will simplify the task of upgrading services. We also wish to implement lakehouse capabilities with Iceberg or Delta Lake frameworks.
RahulSoni - PeerSpot reviewer
Modular design, product-based MDM and easy to setup
Stibo is a great product if you want to utilize it in product-based MDM. Customer-base, they are still growing, but product-base is fine because every single time you have to create hierarchies in the product and not care about all the other stuff. But the major thing is the hierarchy, at which particular type that product is and what that product does, how it looks, what is the catalog, what are the relationships with other stuff. So, from that note, Stibo is great. Around 20 to 25 people were there when I was on a particular project. I knew around 20 to 25 people who knew Stibo MDM and were part of it.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The Hortonworks solution is so stable. It is working as a production system, without any error, without any downtime. If I have downtime, it is mostly caused by the hardware of the computers."
"It is a scalable platform."
"Integration with other tools works well for us and we successfully scaled the solution after two to three years without any issues."
"Ambari Web UI: user-friendly."
"Cloudera Data Platform has positively impacted my organization by eliminating challenges we faced with CDH, which had not been supported for a cloud journey; in contrast, CDP allows for easy, mostly automated scalability where I can schedule job workflows, fine-tune system resource metrics, and add nodes with just a click."
"Hortonworks should not be expensive at all to those looking into using it."
"The best features Cloudera Data Platform offers are the processing power with Spark and the distributed data storage, HDFS, which helps us handle massive volumes of data."
"Now, using this solution, it is much cheaper to have all of the data available for searching, not in real-time, but whenever there is a pending request."
"Data profiling allows us to recognize values from our upstream applications. It helps us place limits on the creation of new data domains to organize the ecosystem. The golden record, crucial for downstream applications, ensures data integrity and consistency."
"It's powerful and it's stable."
"The match engine is very good and the BPM solution is very good as well."
"The second feature I love is its modular design, where you can create a certain number of entities and create hierarchical entities."
"It's very user friendly, and we can do everything in one place."
 

Cons

"I have not seen enough innovation in Cloudera Data Platform, particularly in support for machine learning."
"Hive performance. If Hive performance increased, Hadoop would replace (not everywhere) traditional databases."
"The version control of the software is also an issue."
"I would like to see more support for containers such as Docker and OpenShift."
"Security and workload management need improvement."
"I work a lot with banking, IT and communications customers. Hortonworks must improve or must upgrade their services for these sectors."
"Since Cloudera acquired HDP, it's been bundled with CBH and HDP. However, the biggest challenge is cloud storage integration with Azure, GCP, and AWS."
"Deleting any service requires a lot of clean up, unlike Cloudera."
"The analytics module can be improved. It is a self-service solution for creating new reports and submitting visions to bring more data to the CEO table."
"The initial setup is complex."
"There is scope for improvement with regard to the UI."
"The customer service and support were a little adamant about giving workarounds rather than accepting that something was not working correctly."
"The search feature for searching internal records could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is priced well and it is affordable"
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Performing Arts
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Transportation Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Manufacturing Company
20%
Computer Software Company
12%
Retailer
10%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise19
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Hortonworks Data Platform?
Distributed computing, secure containerization, and governance capabilities are the most valuable features.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hortonworks Data Platform?
The pricing model for Cloudera Data Platform is complex and has increased significantly compared to CDH. Initially, CDH had a straightforward pricing model based on nodes, but CDP includes factors ...
What needs improvement with Hortonworks Data Platform?
Cloudera Data Platform should include additional capabilities and features similar to those offered by other data management solutions like Azure ( /products/microsoft-azure-reviews ) and Databrick...
What needs improvement with Stibo STEP MDM?
Stibo needs to make it way much more efficient in the integration of the data. When you insert data, if you're not utilizing StepXML, the data load will take a lot of time. They can utilize direct ...
What is your primary use case for Stibo STEP MDM?
Our use case is based on the master data profile for customers and certain regulatory instances specific to Brazil. We used Stibo STEP MDM to create and manage the records for these datasets.
 

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Sample Customers

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Sears Canada, Best Buy, Oriental Trading
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