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UC

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/22/2019

"fast and easy way to use"

5/5

What do you like best about Apache Drill?

The use of basic SQL on serialized files such as parquet and very easy to play around in a distributed cluster.(cloud-based) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Drill?

It works on all the files, however, for serialized it works faster on .parquet extension files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache Drill:

I think the documentation of Apache Drill is one of the best documents for those who want are SQL beginners as well as new to Apache Drill set-up. Even on standalone system you can very well set-up and use the features of database query and data manipulation.

I highly recommend going through their documentation which provides an explanation of even in which scenario the drill queries will perform faster operations and why? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache Drill solving and how is that benefiting you?

I work to extract insights for various empirical analyses from the stored files on the Hadoop cluster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UM

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/20/2019

"We used Drill in a proof of concept to access data in our proprietary data store"

4/5

What do you like best about Apache Drill?

Drill was pretty easily extended to get data from our proprietary platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Drill?

The thing that we had the hardest time with was getting our organization to put more resources into turning our proof of concept into a product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/2/2019

"Apache Drill makes querying easy"

4/5

What do you like best about Apache Drill?

Apache Drill is awesome because you can use regular SQL to query multiple datastores. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Drill?

I dislike that it can only read data in certain formats. Converting to json or parquet adds overhead if your data is not already in that format. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UC

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/17/2018

"Fast queries for large flat files"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Apache Drill?

Better than various flat file JDBC drivers out there for querying huge CSV files. Also integrates JSON and other formats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Drill?

Complicated setup, not supported on Windows (using Cygwin is a hack) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.