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# Apache ORC Reviews & Product Details

Apache ORC is a self-describing type-aware columnar file format for Hadoop workloads.

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## User Insights

Average based on 11 real user reviews.

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Raj V.

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Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

4/15/2022

"This has a high scope of improvement"

3/5

What do you like best about Apache ORC?

Apache ORC promises to deliver quite a few objectives and acheives them as well to a point. We used this with multiple tools and overall results were okay. It can be made better though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache ORC?

Overall usability needs to improve. I think the entire system needs to be rethought of when it comes to making this product better. Our business requirements were hardly fulfilled. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache ORC:

There are better options available in market, explore them first. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Our business objectives were to reduce costs while enhancing productivity. Though in some fields productivity did increase but cocts went up rather than going down. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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