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Cloudera Data Platform vs Veritas Alta Data Protection 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:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
4.8
Organizations see varied ROI from Cloudera Data Platform, with benefits in efficiency and costs, but experiences and expectations differ.
Sentiment score
5.4
Veritas Alta offers a single-vendor data protection with ransomware defense, AWS backup, and reported 10% cost savings.
There are licensing costs that have been saved when we moved some of the data platforms, decommissioned them, and moved on to this platform.
Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
In terms of return on investment, I see great changes in operational effectiveness measured by RTO when comparing on-premises solutions with cloud solutions.
Cloud Data Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
A specific example of the positive impact of Cloudera Data Platform is the clearly saved time and improved performance, which is the main result of it.
Data Platform Specialist at Lutech
It is not primarily about cost optimization, but more about protecting our organization against ransomware attacks to avoid being brought to its knees.
Storage Platform Engineer at Expedia Group
We can see approximately 10% in savings, which could be in terms of time saving or money saving.
Assistant General Manager System at Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.0
Cloudera Data Platform's customer service is praised for responsiveness but experiences vary; community resources aid those without paid service.
Sentiment score
4.9
Veritas Alta Data Protection's customer service is praised, but APAC users face challenges due to limited resources and time zone issues.
I would rate the customer support of Cloudera Data Platform ten out of ten.
Principal Consultant Data Analytics at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I have communicated with technical support, and they are responsive and helpful.
Data Architect at ubl
Cloudera support is timely and responsive, adhering to the SLAs they provide.
Cloud Data Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
This is a challenge for me, especially since I work in APAC, and whenever we engage with Veritas technical support, I must wait for someone in the United States to be available to help with our issue.
Storage Platform Engineer at Expedia Group
The IVR system should be reduced so that customers can reach support directly, as when someone calls, it is typically for a critical technical issue and the call should connect directly to a representative.
Assistant General Manager System at Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd.
With the enterprise support model for Veritas Alta Data Protection, the technical support is at a level of nine.
Manager, Network Ict at Associated Motorways (Private) Limited
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.4
Cloudera Data Platform is praised for its scalability and seamless cloud integration, though some face challenges during upgrades or on-premises.
Sentiment score
6.7
Veritas Alta Data Protection excels in scalable, adaptable, and cost-effective storage options, gaining high ratings for reliability and flexibility.
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.
Cloud Data Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
They have the cloud burst feature available where if the on-premises capacity is not sufficient at a point in time, you can run that Spark job on the cloud itself.
Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The ability to scale processing capacity on demand for batch jobs without impacting other workloads, and support for a growing number of concurrent users and teams accessing the platform simultaneously are significant advantages.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Veritas Alta Data Protection is not expensive, which makes it scalable.
Assistant General Manager System at Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.5
Cloudera Data Platform offers reliable performance with minor issues, requiring careful configuration, especially in complex environments to prevent downtime.
Sentiment score
8.4
Veritas Alta Data Protection is highly rated for stability, with no performance issues and effective use of geographic clusters.
Sometimes the end user is not experienced or does not have all the expertise related to Cloudera specifically, making it very difficult to manage properly
Data architect at SentientAI, Karachi
Sometimes a node goes down, but it automatically returns to a healthy state.
Cloud Data Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Cloudera Data Platform is pretty stable in my experience; there are not any downtime or reliability issues.
Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Cloudera Data Platform needs usability, stability, and security improvements, enhanced AI/ML features, and better multi-tenancy and cloud integration.
Veritas Alta Data Protection needs a user-friendly interface, simplified reporting, and AI features to improve user experience.
We aim to address these issues with a Kubernetes-based platform that will simplify the task of upgrading services.
Senior Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Cloudera Data Platform should include additional capabilities and features similar to those offered by other data management solutions like Azure and Databricks.
Data Architect at ubl
Cloudera Data Platform can be improved by addressing the feasibility of using it in the cloud; there are some complexities around the components used in cloud by Cloudera Data Platform that are not really convenient.
ML Engineer - Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I want a very simple GUI which even an L1 engineer or L1 cloud engineer can understand and use with minimum supervision.
Enterprise solution architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Veritas Alta Data Protection can be deployed on multiple cloud providers, including Azure and GCP.
Storage Platform Engineer at Expedia Group
The solution could benefit from some artificial intelligence features where we can restore files or get assistance from the AI side.
Assistant General Manager System at Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd.
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers find Cloudera cost-effective versus Oracle, though pricing complexity varies based on deployment size and negotiations.
Veritas Alta Data Protection offers competitive pricing with potential discounts, though regional distributor margins might affect final costs.
Initially, CDH had a straightforward pricing model based on nodes, but CDP includes factors like processors, cores, terabytes, and drives, making it difficult to calculate costs.
Senior Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
We find Cloudera Data Platform to be cost-effective.
Cloud Data Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
So far, I would say that it is competitive pricing that we have received.
Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Since we have been using Veritas Alta Data Protection for the last four years, the price is very friendly.
Assistant General Manager System at Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd.
Customers do not receive the real pricing advantage because the distributor keeps a margin, and the vendor also keeps a margin.
Manager, Network Ict at Associated Motorways (Private) Limited
Regarding the pricing aspect, we received a pretty good discount when we started onboarding all of our backups to Veritas Alta Data Protection.
Storage Platform Engineer at Expedia Group
 

Valuable Features

Cloudera Data Platform offers scalability, user-friendly interface, integration, cost-effective storage, security, and simplifies administration for hybrid environments.
Veritas Alta Data Protection provides robust ransomware protection, cloud integration, automated operations, and cost-effective, secure data management and recovery.
By using the Hadoop File System for distributed storage, we have 1.5 petabytes of physical storage with 500 terabytes of effective storage due to a replication factor of three.
Senior Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The Ranger integration makes it more flexible and reliable for me by allowing control over data access, specifying who can access at what level, such as table level, masking, or data layer level.
Cloud Data Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
What stands out the most in Cloudera Manager are SDX, which provide centralized control for governance, security, and data lineage across multiple sources.
Data Platform Specialist at Lutech
We tested the effectiveness of Veritas Alta Data Protection's granular restoration feature during POC because we had a requirement to test various scenarios like restoring the bucket in a particular region, restoring the bucket in a different region, restoring EC2 instances, restoring containers, and databases.
Storage Platform Engineer at Expedia Group
The unique selling proposition includes automated policy-driven operations.
Assistant General Manager System at Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd.
Multi-factor authentication is enabled, ransomware protection is enabled, and all security checks have been put in place.
Manager, Network Ict at Associated Motorways (Private) Limited
 

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)
Veritas Alta Data Protection
Ranking in AI Data Analysis
22nd
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (29th)
 

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 Veritas Alta Data Protection is 0.5%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Data Analysis Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cloudera Data Platform0.6%
Veritas Alta Data Protection0.5%
Other98.9%
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.
RahulSharma8 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Platform Engineer at Expedia Group
Cloud backups have secured critical data and have enabled fast recovery from ransomware threats
I do utilize the automated policy-driven operations with Veritas Alta Data Protection. They have helped in reducing manual workloads because manual intervention is required to handle errors or backup job failures when trying to back up a particular AWS account where critical resources are deployed. Discovery takes a lot of time because we are backing up data already in the S3 buckets. We often face challenges with resource discovery because discovery does not happen once a month; it happens daily. Every day, the discovery job runs before backing up resources. We may encounter issues in discovery or related to permissions, meaning if we have backup permissions on a bucket but further intensive permissions are present on any particular file, the Veritas Alta Data Protection job will skip that file. At times, backup fails with one or another error, and manual intervention is definitely needed. It is predominantly automated and policy-driven, but manual intervention is also required sometimes. We tested the effectiveness of Veritas Alta Data Protection's granular restoration feature during POC because we had a requirement to test various scenarios like restoring the bucket in a particular region, restoring the bucket in a different region, restoring EC2 instances, restoring containers, and databases. One more crucial feature for us in selecting Veritas Alta Data Protection is having replication between Veritas Alta Data Protection clusters. Once the primary backup job is complete, Veritas Alta Data Protection runs an SLP job, which is a storage lifecycle policy. This SLP job moves or replicates the data from one Veritas Alta Data Protection cluster to another. If the Veritas Alta Data Protection cluster goes down, the data is still replicated to the other Veritas Alta Data Protection cluster.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Construction Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Healthcare Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise26
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your primary use case for Veritas Alta Data Protection?
Veritas Alta Data Protection is used for enterprise-level backups in our environment.
 

Overview

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909,725 professionals have used our research since 2012.