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# Apache Ambari Reviews
**Vendor:** The Apache Software Foundation  
**Category:** [Big Data Processing And Distribution Systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/big-data-processing-and-distribution)  
**Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 23
## About Apache Ambari
Apache Ambari is a software project designed to enable system administrators to provision, manage and monitor a Hadoop cluster, and also to integrate Hadoop with the existing enterprise infrastructure.




## Apache Ambari Reviews
  ### 1. Apache Ambari

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Naresh B. | Big Data Developer | Data Engineer | NLP Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 02, 2020

**What do you like best about Apache Ambari?**

Better monitoring 
Cluster management
Reports can help for machine learning models

**What do you dislike about Apache Ambari?**

No GUI for querying in 3.x versions, difficult to query via Putty

**What problems is Apache Ambari solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Cluster issues can be reduced and properly managed which didn’t find in other monitoring tools


## Apache Ambari Discussions
  - [Ambari is a more or less intuitive interface for Hadoop & friends. The ability to get a high level view of what your cluster is doing and have a consistent interface for managing it is pretty nice - especially if you have ever tried to run hadoop without](https://www.g2.com/discussions/35217-ambari-is-a-more-or-less-intuitive-interface-for-hadoop-friends-the-ability-to-get-a-high-level-view-of-what-your-cluster-is-doing-and-have-a-consistent-interface-for-managing-it-is-pretty-nice-especially-if-you-have-ever-tried-to-run-hadoop-without) - 1 upvote

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## Apache Ambari Features
**Database**
- Real-Time Data Collection
- Data Distribution
- Data Lake

**Integrations**
- Hadoop Integration
- Spark Integration

**Platform**
- Machine Scaling
- Data Preparation
- Spark Integration

**Processing**
- Cloud Processing
- Workload Processing

**Building Reports**
- Data Transformation
- Data Modeling
- WYSIWYG Report Design
- Integration APIs
- Real-Time Data
- Real-Time Data
- Third-Party Integrations
- Third-Party Integrations

**Platform**
- Mobile User Support
- Customization 
- User, Role, and Access Management
- Internationalization
- Sandbox / Test Environments
- Performance and Reliability
- Breadth of Partner Applications
- Mobile Access
- Metadata Management

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