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Compare Cloudera and Hadoop HDFS 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (51.5% of reviews)
Enterprise (55.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Cloudera
Star Rating
(38)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (51.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about ClouderaHadoop HDFS
Star Rating
(141)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (55.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Hadoop HDFSCloudera vs Hadoop HDFS
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Cloudera easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Cloudera overall.
- Reviewers felt that Hadoop HDFS meets the needs of their business better than Cloudera.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Hadoop HDFS is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Hadoop HDFS over Cloudera.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Cloudera
No pricing availableHadoop HDFS
No pricing availableFree Trial
Cloudera
No trial information availableHadoop HDFS
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.2
30
8.6
118
Ease of Use
7.7
30
7.5
120
Ease of Setup
7.8
18
6.9
47
Ease of Admin
7.2
18
7.1
44
Quality of Support
6.9
26
7.8
103
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.8
15
7.7
42
Product Direction (% positive)
7.0
31
8.0
113
Features by Category
Data Management
Not enough data
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Integration
Not enough data
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Deployment
Not enough data
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Performance
Not enough data
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Security
Not enough data
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Generative AI
Not enough data
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Data Management
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Availability
Not enough data
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Performance
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
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Feature Not Available
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Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Database
7.8
10
8.6
42
8.8
10
9.1
46
8.1
8
9.0
40
Integrations
8.7
10
9.1
44
8.1
9
8.8
40
Platform
9.2
6
8.3
40
7.5
8
8.4
43
8.1
9
8.8
40
Processing
7.8
6
8.7
36
8.1
8
8.5
41
Data Transformation
7.0
9
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Verified
Not enough data
8.3
6
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Verified
Not enough data
Connectivity
9.0
10
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Verified
Not enough data
9.1
9
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Verified
Not enough data
8.5
9
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Verified
Not enough data
9.0
8
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Verified
Not enough data
Operations
7.5
8
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Verified
Not enough data
8.0
9
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Verified
Not enough data
7.9
7
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Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
5
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Verified
Not enough data
Building Reports
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Platform
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Database Features
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Cloudera and Hadoop HDFS are categorized as Big Data Processing and Distribution
Unique Categories
Cloudera is categorized as Key Value Databases, Big Data Analytics, Data Warehouse, and Big Data Integration Platforms
Hadoop HDFS has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Cloudera
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Hadoop HDFS
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
21.2%
Telecommunications
12.1%
Computer Software
12.1%
Retail
9.1%
Marketing and Advertising
6.1%
Other
39.4%
Computer Software
24.0%
Information Technology and Services
21.7%
Internet
7.8%
Financial Services
4.7%
Higher Education
3.9%
Other
38.0%
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Discussions
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What is Hadoop HDFS used for?
1 Comment
VV
Hadoop HDFS is used for storing large volume of data... so called 'Big Data'.
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