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# Apache Kylin Reviews
**Vendor:** The Apache Software Foundation  
**Category:** [Data Warehouse Solutions](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-warehouse)  
**Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 12
## About Apache Kylin
Apache Kylin is an open source distributed analytics engine designed to provide SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) on Hadoop supporting extremely large datasets, original contributed from eBay Inc.




## Apache Kylin Reviews
  ### 1. I think it’s a good and nice software but I’m not really a fan of it

**Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Amy F. | Officer for review and document edit, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 30, 2022

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

It's resourcefulness and higher sense of intelligence in creating the software

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

Ads and online option to use and unable to use without internet connection

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

It's not solving anything for me since I don't use it anymore


## Apache Kylin Discussions
  - [What is Apache Kylin used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-apache-kylin-used-for)

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## Apache Kylin Features
**Data Management**
- Data Integration
- Data Compression
- Data Quality
- Built-In Data Analytics
- In-Database Machine Learning
- Data Lake Analytics
- ETL - Extract Transfer Load
- Data Capture and Transfer
- Real-Time Analytics
- Reporting/Analytics

**Integration**
- AI/ ML Integration
- BI Tool Integration
- Data lake Integration

**Deployment**
- On-Premise
- Cloud

**Performance **
- Scalability

**Security**
- Data Governance
- Data Security

**Generative AI**
- AI Text Generation
- AI Text Summarization
- Generative AI

**Additional Functionality**
- Parallel Processing
- Ad hoc Analysis
- Multiple Data Sources
- API
- In-Database Processing
- Monitoring
- Real-Time Reporting
- Data Synchronization
- Real-Time Monitoring
- Data Connectors
- Performance Metrics
- Ad hoc Reporting
- Alerts/Notifications
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Drag & Drop
- Data Visualization
- Data Import/Export
- Match & Merge
- Data Transformation
- Secure Data Storage
- Data Extraction
- AI Copilot
- Customizable Reports
- Activity Dashboard
- Data Migration
- In-Memory Processing
- Data Mapping

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