# Apache Chukwa 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:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 10 ## About Apache Chukwa Apache Chukwa is an open source data collection system for monitoring large distributed systems. ## Apache Chukwa Reviews ### 1. Review for apache chukwa **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shubhan P. | Technical implementation specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 07, 2023 **What do you like best about Apache Chukwa?** The best part about this software is its flexible to all the data source.Chukwa is highly configurable and can be adapted to various data sources and monitoring needs. I use it with a lot of databases like mongodb, postgre sql and ms sql. **What do you dislike about Apache Chukwa?** It seems to be that chukwa is resource limited meaning when collecting large volume of data or processing it, chukwa seems to be slow. It can tamper the performanceof the system being monitored. **What problems is Apache Chukwa solving and how is that benefiting you?** Chukwa integrates well with other data source as well as hadoop ecosystem. Connecting it with hadoop ecosytem has solved a lot and benefitted my visualization, data manipulation and so on. ### 2. Really Helpful and Innovative **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Yash V V. | Application Developer, Computer Software, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 09, 2023 **What do you like best about Apache Chukwa?** Scalability: Can to handle large-scale data collection and processing. It can easily scale to accommodate a growing amount of data, which is crucial in today's data-driven world **What do you dislike about Apache Chukwa?** Some Attributes I dont like: Complex Setup Limited Documentation Learning Curve Resource Intensive Community Size Limited Ecosystem Integration Maintenance and Updates **What problems is Apache Chukwa solving and how is that benefiting you?** key points summarizing the problems Apache Chukwa solves and the associated benefits: Log and Data Collection Real-time Monitoring Scalability Data Integration Customization Fault Tolerance Cost-Effective Data Collection Community Support ### 3. One of best tools for distributed logs **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Manish J. | Senior Data Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 07, 2023 **What do you like best about Apache Chukwa?** Apache Chukwa is valued for its efficiency in managing log data and its compatibility with existing big data infrastructure, making it a reliable choice for organizations with diverse data processing needs. It is really helpful in collecting data from distributed system architecture. **What do you dislike about Apache Chukwa?** It should provide diffrent strorage options apart from HDFS. **What problems is Apache Chukwa solving and how is that benefiting you?** Chukwa is a scable and can handle large data volumes, we are using it to store logs and monitor our systems. ### 4. Experience on using apache chukwa **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 08, 2023 **What do you like best about Apache Chukwa?** It is an open source project and the best part is that is hadoop based data monitoring solution which makes it efficient way **What do you dislike about Apache Chukwa?** It has not released an update since years and needs improvements in many areas **What problems is Apache Chukwa solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helped me montior logs and user usage patterns in my serverless application with multiple distributed servers as a proxy ### 5. Analyze data in real time! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kosha P. | Business Development Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 25, 2023 **What do you like best about Apache Chukwa?** Apache Chukwa is an open-source data collection and analysis system specifically designed to cater to the needs of large scale distributed systems. This powerful tool enables businesses to store and analyze data in real time. **What do you dislike about Apache Chukwa?** I have no complaints or dislike about it. **What problems is Apache Chukwa solving and how is that benefiting you?** Apache Chukwa helps us optimize application performance and improve customer engagement. ### 6. Great tool for data collection! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chirag P. | Sr. Data Resecher Executive , Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 21, 2023 **What do you like best about Apache Chukwa?** It has a great performance and software works without any delay or lag in data collection. **What do you dislike about Apache Chukwa?** There is nothing I dislike as of now as it is the initial phase of the usage. **What problems is Apache Chukwa solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is helping in collecting huge data for all the equipments and distribution systems. ### 7. Open- source data collection analysis system **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 06, 2023 **What do you like best about Apache Chukwa?** It allows businesses to process and analyze huge amounts of real-time data. Data, like logs of applications running, helps in monitoring the performance of applications. **What do you dislike about Apache Chukwa?** Nothing that I discovered that I disliked about it. **What problems is Apache Chukwa solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps in capturing, storing and monitoring the data. ### 8. Experience with Apache chukwa **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 03, 2023 **What do you like best about Apache Chukwa?** It is very fast and helps with analysing large data sets swiftly **What do you dislike about Apache Chukwa?** More approachable product would have very helpful **What problems is Apache Chukwa solving and how is that benefiting you?** Analysis big data for fintechs swiftly ### 9. Apache chukwa product review **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 01, 2023 **What do you like best about Apache Chukwa?** It is very fast and helps with analysing large data sets swiftly **What do you dislike about Apache Chukwa?** More approachable product would have very helpful **What problems is Apache Chukwa solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helping with Big data processing ### 10. Good performance **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 15, 2018 **What do you like best about Apache Chukwa?** the software doesn´t presents lags when show info. **What do you dislike about Apache Chukwa?** the set-up is a little difficult but at the end is sucessfull **Recommendations to others considering Apache Chukwa:** a better marketing. more training about the software **What problems is Apache Chukwa solving and how is that benefiting you?** to monitor a huge qty of equipments ## Apache Chukwa Discussions - [What is Apache Chukwa used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-apache-chukwa-used-for) - 1 comment - [View Apache Chukwa pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-chukwa/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-16+21%3A06%3A16+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=3bb57ced-ae1d-48c7-b771-922fc54e3e9c&secure%5Btoken%5D=312d7734ed74e1881b1939d29fee1a7ebc2a9c8ed4d0a6cb92dff71324bfd1a5&format=llm_user) ## Apache Chukwa 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 **Platform** - Mobile User Support - Customization - User, Role, and Access Management - Internationalization - Sandbox / Test Environments - Performance and Reliability - Breadth of Partner Applications ## Top Apache Chukwa Alternatives - [Google Cloud BigQuery](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigquery/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (1,157 reviews) - [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-sql-server/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (2,112 reviews) - [Databricks](https://www.g2.com/products/databricks/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (744 reviews)