Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs MarkLogic vs Oracle NoSQL comparison

Cloudera and Progress Software are both solutions in the NoSQL Databases category. Cloudera is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.4, while Progress Software is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.0. Cloudera holds a 3.3% mindshare in ND, compared to Progress Software’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Cloudera users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Progress Software users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

Oracle NoSQL

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop, MarkLogic, and Oracle NoSQL based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is 3.3%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MarkLogic is 2.2%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle NoSQL is 3.5%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

NoSQL Databases Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop	3.3%
Oracle NoSQL	3.5%
MarkLogic	2.2%
Other	91.0%

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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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Dixit Singla

Staff Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Search workflows have become faster for complex data while cloud-native flexibility still needs work

I think MarkLogic can be improved by providing good cloud infrastructure. Since we are in a very tech era, MarkLogic should provide good cloud infrastructure. If you look at other databases or systems like Kafka and MongoDB, they have cloud infrastructure. You do not need to worry about maintaining your own servers or provisioning your own servers. You simply log in and tell MarkLogic you want a certain number of clusters or nodes in a cluster and what cloud provider you want to use, then click okay, and they will build it for you. That is a headache with MarkLogic. Apart from that, I don't see any issues. It is a really great product.

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Susantha Kumar

Support on banking at Aithent

Handles large data volumes effectively but connection issues require attention

The Oracle NoSQL solution is used primarily for storing data for our web applications. We work alongside the DBA team for this purpose, given that specific departments manage aspects of its use. We choose it specifically to handle large scales of data, such as in one of our bank customer's scenarios using more than nine hundred gigabytes of data.

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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

"The solution is reliable and stable, it fits our requirements."

"The scalability of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is excellent."

"Very good end-to-end security features."

"The features I find most valuable is that the solution is that it is easy to install and to work with. It starts with the installation and from there on the management is very simple and centralized."

"With a cluster available, you can manage the security layer using the shared SDX - it provides flexibility."

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

"Provides a viable open-source solution for enterprise implementations and reliable, intelligent data analysis."

"The tool's most interesting features are the distributed file system and unstructured data processing capability. Because we have a lot of unstructured data, like XML and social media logs, these features make it more valuable than the usual data warehousing solutions."

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"The rules can show us if there are missing items, like titles, and we can add them in to ensure everything is filled and makes sense and there are no missing details."

"MarkLogic's greatest asset is its strong engineering foundation. It was specifically designed with search capabilities in mind, and the developers placed a great emphasis on ensuring the quality of the indexing and all subsequent layers that were added."

"MarkLogic has positively impacted my organization by making everything quick and fast, and I believe that is a major change we have seen here."

"We moved to MarkLogic and created the API using JavaScript server-side language, and we saw almost 60% improvement in the speed of the search."

"NoSQL has high availability. I think it's perfect from a technical perspective. It's quick to run and go."

"The product meets expectations when it comes to stability."

"We have a support agreement with Oracle, ensuring full support for the product. It is crucial for our public-facing features. Oracle NoSQL is easy to manage and has fast data retrieval. Its compatibility with Oracle Database is seamless, making integration between NoSQL and relational databases smooth and effortless. Oracle NoSQL and NoSQL data replication in our environment works efficiently. Oracle fully supports it, and we can easily configure and manage authentication for the NoSQL database."

"The tool is easy to learn."

"Oracle NoSQL is pretty scalable."

Cons

"This is a very expensive solution."

"If they could support modifying the data more easily than the current implementation, it would be beneficial."

"The tool's ability to be deployed on a cloud model is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"There is a maximum of a one-gigabyte block size, which is an area of storage that can be improved upon."

"Currently, we are using many other tools such as Spark and Blade Job to improve the performance."

"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is not always completely stable in some cases, which can be a concern for big data solutions."

"There are multiple bugs when we update."

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

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"One of the most common requests is to improve the user interface of the database. While it is primarily a database, there are other databases available that offer more user-friendly interfaces. The UI is good for developers but not for regular users. More visuals would be beneficial."

"MarkLogic's scalability is very bad. In production, when you get to know that your data is increasing and you need to add one more node, that is not easy and not straightforward."

"The spreadsheet capabilities could be improved."

"Oracle could improve how NoSQL works in containers. I don't think NoSQL needs any new features, but I want to see new features in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. I would like to see some improvements in OCI's building options."

"Focusing on making the administration easier compared to other solutions like MongoDB could be beneficial. Simplifying the administrative tasks could enhance the user experience."

"I would rate Oracle NoSQL six or 6.5 out of ten based on my experience."

"Handling big data in a user-friendly way is currently a bit of an issue. The dashboard for this needs some work."

"The installation is difficult."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I haven't bought a license for this solution. I'm only using the Apache license version."

"Cloudera requires a license to use."

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

"The solution is fairly expensive."

"The pricing must be improved."

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

"The tool is not expensive."

"The tool is expensive...For the SMB market or customers whose environments are not that complex and do not have multiple systems running, Cloudera might not be a good option."

More Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop pricing and cost advice

"MarkLogic is a pricey option, but there are some advantages to its pricing structure. For medium-sized clients or departments within larger companies, it is possible to obtain a license for one or two nodes for less than a hundred thousand dollars. Additionally, if you only need to deploy a single node, you can do so for under fifty thousand dollars. This is in contrast to other high-quality software options that are only accessible to larger businesses, where the starting price can be upwards of two hundred thousand dollars."

"The product is expensive and Oracle could work to lower the licensing cost."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Marketing Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Comms Service Provider

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Financial Services Firm

14%

Outsourcing Company

Manufacturing Company

Performing Arts

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	31

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	5

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.

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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, u...

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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.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MarkLogic?

Regarding my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing, I find it quite high compared to other things, but I...

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What needs improvement with MarkLogic?

As for areas where MarkLogic can be improved, nothing else comes to mind. I have been using MarkLogic for seven years...

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What is your primary use case for MarkLogic?

My main use case for MarkLogic is data development. We have a banking type of data, so we used to convert it to PDF o...

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What do you like most about Oracle NoSQL?

The tool is easy to learn.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle NoSQL?

We use the enterprise edition of Oracle NoSQL.

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What needs improvement with Oracle NoSQL?

Sometimes we face problems with the connection between our applications and the database. It may be due to network is...

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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

MarkLogic is an operational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL database that is designed to integrate, store, manage and search SON and XML documents and semantic data (RDF Triples).

Progress Software

The Oracle NoSQL Database (ONDB) provides network-accessible multiterabyte distributed key/value pair storage with predictable latency. Data is stored in a very flexible key-value format, where the key consists of the combination of a major and minor key (represented as a string) and an associated value (represented as a JSON data format or opaque set of bytes). It offers full Create, Read, Update and Delete (CRUD) operations, with adjustable durability and consistency guarantees. It also provides powerful and flexible transactional model that eases the application development.

The Oracle NoSQL Database is designed to be a highly available and extremely scalable system, with predictable levels of throughput and latency, while requiring minimal administrative interaction.

For more information on Oracle NoSQL Database, visit Oracle.com

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