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Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs HPE Data Fabric comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Cloudera Distribution for H...
Ranking in Hadoop
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
NoSQL Databases (12th)
HPE Data Fabric
Ranking in Hadoop
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Hadoop category, the mindshare of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is 14.8%, down from 25.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Data Fabric is 10.5%, down from 15.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Hadoop Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop14.8%
HPE Data Fabric10.5%
Other74.7%
Hadoop
 

Featured Reviews

SA
Head of Advaced Analytics & Intelligence; AGM at Alinma Bank
Integration of multiple features supports data analytics and processing
Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop provides numerous features and capabilities combined into one platform.The solution offers power processing and supports different file systems and query engines. It provides parallel processing for handling many requests. The platform includes role-based access control in Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop. It secures the data itself and provides users with different roles and privileges.
Hamid M. Hamid - PeerSpot reviewer
Data architect at Banking Sector
A stable and scalable tool that serves as a great database
The initial setup of HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric is easy. I am not sure how long it took to deploy HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric, but I haven't heard about any disadvantages when it comes to the time taken for the deployment. I remember that one of our company's clients who had purchased the product never mentioned the product's setup phase being complex. One of the drawbacks with HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric stems from the fact that the product's upgrade was not straightforward, and it was a complex process since one of the teams in my company who deals with the tool found the upgrade part to be tough. The solution is deployed on an on-premises model. My company has two dedicated staff members to look after the deployment and maintenance phases of HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Customer service and support were able to fix whatever the issue was."
"Cloudera provides a hybrid solution that combines compute on cloud or on-premises."
"It is helpful to gather and process data."
"It gives us the opportunity to offer more options to our clients and create better solution models."
"Improved Business Intelligence reporting from daily to every two hours satisfying the business stakeholders who would favour transactional systems to draft reports because it had the latest data."
"Cloudera is always developing new tools and supports a wide range of tools."
"The solution is reliable and stable, it fits our requirements."
"Cloudera Manager is the most valuable feature for its ease of use, features, ease of upgrade and install components."
"I highly recommend MapR."
"Outside of human error, MapR is probably the most stable of the major releases."
"My first choice is MapR, as it is more adaptable to different contexts, and it could be customized in some way to fit the different needs, and this is my first choice and my first advice to people who ask me about this particular platform."
"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."
"This product enabled us opening up endless possibilities in data analytics, IOE/IOT, and predictive analysis."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"Initial setup is rather straightforward thanks to detailed documentation covering all the bases."
"The fact that the heavy computation is required on Big Data can be distributed across many nodes in a cluster, makes this solution a winner."
 

Cons

"The areas of improvement depend on the scale of the project. For banking customers, security features and an essential budget for commercial licenses would be the top priority. Data regulation could be the most crucial for a project with extensive data or an extra use case."
"I subscribe to Cloudera to get an enterprise version but I have found that I can get some of its features from other vendors that would be at a lower cost than Cloudera."
"The only thing that needs improvement is the cost, it's a very expensive solution and one of the main reasons companies are not attracted to the product."
"Cloudera CDH5.5.x does not support SparkR."
"On same ground I didn't see much training materials from Cloudera."
"Flume seems unstable and has to be restarted quite often."
"This is a very expensive solution."
"The licensing was by node."
"The product is not user-friendly."
"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."
"I'd say we've had issues with pricing."
"One weakness for MapR is the Kerberos support."
"HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric is not compatible with third-party tools."
"The UI for administration still has a lot of manual work to set up the cluster and get it running."
"The biggest drawback is that it has vendor locking."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is fairly expensive."
"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is expensive, with support costs involved."
"Cloudera requires a license to use."
"The solution is expensive."
"The tool is not expensive."
"It is an expensive product."
"I believe we pay for a three-year license."
"The price is very high. The solution is expensive."
"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."
"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."
"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
23%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
6%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Construction Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Healthcare Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise31
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

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?
If they could support modifying the data more easily than the current implementation, it would be beneficial.
What is your primary use case for Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop?
We use Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop for many use cases including analytics, storing huge data sets, and various data processing tasks.
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Also Known As

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MapR, MapR Data Platform
 

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