Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric comparison

Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs. HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric

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Categories and Ranking

Cloudera Distribution for H...

Ranking in Hadoop

2nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

NoSQL Databases (8th)

HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric

Ranking in Hadoop

4th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Hadoop category, the mindshare of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is 25.7%, up from 24.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric is 15.2%, up from 11.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Hadoop

Featured Reviews

Rok Dolinsek

Manager, Bussines Development & Co Owner at Troia d.o.o.

Enables on-premise implementation with powerful data processing capabilities

This is the only solution that is possible to install on-premise. Cloudera provides a hybrid solution that combines compute on cloud or on-premises. It includes all machine learning algorithms in the Spark machine learning library. All functionalities needed for a big data platform and ETL are on the platform, eliminating the need for other tools. It is scalable, ready for vertical scaling, and very powerful, offering numerous functionalities and configurations for generative AI.

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Arnab Chatterjee

Regional Head of Data and Application Platform at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

It's flexible and easily accessible across multiple locations, but the upgrade process is complicated

Upgrading Ezmeral to a new version is a pain. They're trying to make the solution more container-friendly, so I think they're going in the right direction. The only problem we've had in the past was the upgrades. The process isn't smooth due to how the Red Hat operating system upgrades currently work. They're transforming their host stack to increase cloud readiness and edge compute capability. HPE is transitioning from a standard data-driven approach to one powered by AI analytics. That's something they have released very recently. I haven't tried that, but it will probably make things easier. The ability to adapt Ezmeral to the public cloud is probably missing. I've heard that they're getting leaner. However, it doesn't have a clear managed services offering for you if you want to deploy this stack on the cloud. That's a problem. This probably won't meet your needs if you require consistency across on-prem and the cloud. It's not Ezmeral's fault. None of the products would fit the bill. Cloud offerings are biased towards their own implementation. It's a general issue on most big data platforms. They're already working towards that, but it hasn't been released.

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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

"I don't see any performance issues."

"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 tool can be deployed using different container technologies, which makes it very scalable."

"The most valuable feature is Impala, the querying engine, which is very fast."

"Cloudera, as a whole, is designed to provide organizations with solutions for big data."

"It has the best proxy, security, and support features compared to open-source products."

"We experienced many issues when we started working with Hadoop 3.0 in the Cloudera 6.0 version, so there are a lot of things that need to improve. I believe they are working on that."

"We had a data warehouse before all the data. We can process a lot more data structures."

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"I like the administration part."

"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"My customers find the product cheaper compared to other solutions. The previous solution that we used did not have unified analytics like the runtime or the analog."

"The model creation was very interesting, especially with the libraries provided by the platform."

"HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric can be accessed from any namespace globally as you would access it from a machine using an NFS."

Cons

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

"This is a very expensive solution."

"They should focus on upgrading their technical capabilities in the market."

"The dashboard could be improved."

"The governance aspect of the solution should be improved."

"The pricing needs to improve."

"Without the big data environment, we cannot store all of this data live. We have billions of records and terabytes of storage to be used. It's not an option actually for us to have a big data environment."

"It could be faster and more user-friendly."

More Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop cons

"HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric is not compatible with third-party tools."

"Upgrading Ezmeral to a new version is a pain. They're trying to make the solution more container-friendly, so I think they're going in the right direction. The only problem we've had in the past was the upgrades. The process isn't smooth due to how the Red Hat operating system upgrades currently work."

"The deployment could be faster. I want more support for the data lake in the next release."

"The product is not user-friendly."

"Having the ability to extend the services provided by the platform to an API architecture, a micro-services architecture, could be very helpful."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"When comparing with Oracle Sybase and SQL, it's cheaper. It's not expensive."

"I wouldn't recommend CDH to others because of its high cost."

"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is expensive, with support costs involved."

"The tool is not expensive."

"The solution is fairly expensive."

"The product’s price depends from project to project."

"Cloudera requires a license to use."

"The price could be better for the product."

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"HPE is flexible with you if you are an existing customer. They offer different models that might be beneficial for your organization. It all depends on how you negotiate."

"The tool's price is cheap and based on a usage basis. The solution's licensing costs are yearly and there are no extra costs."

"There is a need for my company to pay for the licensing costs of the solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

25%

Computer Software Company

15%

Educational Organization

14%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

15%

Retailer

Comms Service Provider

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By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop?

The tool can be deployed using different container technologies, which makes it very scalable.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop?

The price for Cloudera is average, yet it is very good compared to other solutions. It can be deployed on-premises, unlike competitors' cloud-only solutions.

What needs improvement with Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop?

It is quite complicated to configure and install. Integrating the platform into an information system is always a challenge, especially when starting with on-premise implementation. Integrating wit...

What do you like most about HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric?

It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution.

What needs improvement with HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric?

There are some drawbacks in HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric when it comes to the interoperability part. HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric is not compatible with third-party tools. For example, HPE Ezmeral Data Fabri...

What is your primary use case for HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric?

The main purpose of HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric for me is that it acts as a database. In my company, we store our data with the help of HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric. It is possible to use Spark engine with ...

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Also Known As

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MapR, MapR Data Platform

Overview

Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is the world's most complete, tested, and popular distribution of Apache Hadoop and related projects. CDH is 100% Apache-licensed open source and is the only Hadoop solution to offer unified batch processing, interactive SQL, and interactive search, and role-based access controls. More enterprises have downloaded CDH than all other such distributions combined.

Cloudera

Forward-leaning companies win market share because they leverage data more effectively than their competitors. Unlock the potential of your data assets with HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric (formerly MapR Data Platform). Empower your data science, analytics, and business teams by simplifying data management on a globally distributed scale. All with enterprise-grade reliability, security, and performance.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Sample Customers

37signals, Adconion,adgooroo, Aggregate Knowledge, AMD, Apollo Group, Blackberry, Box, BT, CSC

Valence Health, Goodgame Studios, Pico, Terbium Labs, sovrn, Harte Hanks, Quantium, Razorsight, Novartis, Experian, Dentsu ix, Pontis Transitions, DataSong, Return Path, RAPP, HP

Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs. HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric