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Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs HPE Data Fabric comparison

 

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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

"I like the combination of all the tools that allow me to provide solutions and enable me to solve the use cases I'm working on."
"The data science aspect of the solution is valuable."
"Implementing a Hadoop cluster has become relatively straight-forward using CDH."
"The features I find most valuable is that the solution is that it is easy to install and to work with."
"The most valuable feature is Impala, the querying engine, which is very fast."
"We also really like the Cloudera community. You can have any question and will have your answer within a few hours."
"It made Hadoop easy to use and made it easy to get started."
"In terms of scalability, if you have enough hardware you can scale out. Scalability doesn't have any issues."
"Our customer purchased a paid support service and so far MapR has addressed our issues well."
"MapR is a great distribution, although I have limited experience with other distributors."
"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."
"HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric can be accessed from any namespace globally as you would access it from a machine using an NFS."
"I like the administration part."
"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."
"I highly recommend MapR."
"Initial setup is rather straightforward thanks to detailed documentation covering all the bases."
 

Cons

"The tool doesn't support reporting, and relational databases are still the major source of reporting data. Apache Iceberg will be launched soon within the Cloudera cluster for analytical purposes. The Cloudera Machine Learning aspect could be tuned and enhanced to enable us to host some predictive analytics machine learning and AI use cases."
"It could be faster and more user-friendly."
"There are better solutions out there that have more features than this one."
"It needs more standardized documentation on Hive."
"The initial setup of Cloudera is difficult."
"Apache Kudu needs improvement. It's a real-time updatable database."
"I had a bad experience connecting the Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop cluster to my other resources in the company, like the active directory or firewall."
"The user infrastructure and user interface needs to be improved, as well as the performance. The GUI needs to be better."
"Having the ability to extend the services provided by the platform to an API architecture, a micro-services architecture, could be very helpful."
"The deployment could be faster. I want more support for the data lake in the next release."
"The UI for administration still has a lot of manual work to set up the cluster and get it running."
"The product is not user-friendly."
"It would be nice to have new developments in the Apache space (Spark, Storm, etc.)."
"It'd like to see file system auditing, data encryption, and certification of other vendors' tools."
"The interface part, what I'm calling the integration part, could be improved."
"One weakness for MapR is the Kerberos support."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price could be better for the product."
"I haven't bought a license for this solution. I'm only using the Apache license version."
"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is expensive, with support costs involved."
"The pricing must be improved."
"The solution is fairly expensive."
"Cloudera requires a license to use."
"When comparing with Oracle Sybase and SQL, it's cheaper. It's not expensive."
"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%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Healthcare Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Construction Company
11%
Healthcare Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise32
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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