--- title: Apache ORC Reviews meta\_title: 'Apache ORC Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 11 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Apache ORC works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 11 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: IT Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-management --- # Apache ORC Reviews & Product Details Apache ORC is a self-describing type-aware columnar file format for Hadoop workloads. * * * Seller [The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-apache-software-foundation) Discussions [Apache ORC Community](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-orc/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Google Cloud BigQuery](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Cloud BigQuery") Google Cloud BigQuery 4.5/5(1,224) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigquery/reviews) [ ![Snowflake](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Snowflake") Snowflake 4.6/5(764) ](https://www.g2.com/products/snowflake/reviews) [ ![Amazon Redshift](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Amazon Redshift") Amazon Redshift 4.3/5(404) ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-redshift/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-orc/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 11 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Feenaz A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Feenaz A.") FA Feenaz A. Associate Data Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/15/2022 "Most efficient file format" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Apache ORC? It's faster response time, parallel processing of the row collections and storing data in columnar format is what works best for me Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache ORC? In starting understanding its structure and getting a hang of it is bit difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache ORC solving and how is that benefiting you? Its ability to store compressed and uncompressed data. Also storing aggregate data and row wise columnar data. Helps in faster query processing and execution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sandeep C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sandeep C.") SC Sandeep C. Managing Director Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/29/2022 "Best application for business analytics" 5/5 What do you like best about Apache ORC? Coming from a software development background, the application has a drone analytics features which is highly useful for clients abroad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache ORC? The interface is a bit slow, but cleaning the cache will work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache ORC solving and how is that benefiting you? It is useful in analytics, business intelligence and enterprise search software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 8/9/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") IF Verified User in Financial Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/21/2022 "Our developers never got happier!" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Apache ORC? It is few of the fastest columnar storage for Hadoop workloads. It is suitable for many ways of querying, the data is aggregated and can be read directly. It also has a faster response time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache ORC? It needs to expend to improve operations. It is less efficient with nested data. But overall it's a great software and provides a highly efficient way when it comes to data aggregation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache ORC solving and how is that benefiting you? It has a faster response time which makes it easy and efficient. It supports both compressed and uncompressed storage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 7/23/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite AK Anish K. C Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/20/2022 "Apache ORC" 5/5 What do you like best about Apache ORC? Apache ORC promises to deliver quite few objectives and achieve them as well to a point. We used this with multiple tools and overall results were okay. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache ORC? Overall usability needs to improve. I guess the entire system needs to be rethought. Although our business requirements were fulfilled. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache ORC solving and how is that benefiting you? Its really good for organizing the data including streaming data. Efficient and quick storage like helping apache. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Automotive](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Automotive") UA Verified User in Automotive Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/30/2022 "ORC: ACID supporting file format to enrich the ability to store & search" 5/5 What do you like best about Apache ORC? A parquet like application with the support of ACID that fascinated me the most. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache ORC? I am little not sure of the community support but though it is an Apache projec, expects a lot in future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache ORC solving and how is that benefiting you? As I mentioned ACID support have kind of given me transaction level stability in my big data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Restaurants](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Restaurants") UR Verified User in Restaurants Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/14/2018 "Great program" 5/5 What do you like best about Apache ORC? This program helps us store data analytics very easily. It's much easier for us to use than Microsoft Access as it is more user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache ORC? It is a little hard to understand at first, but once we got a hold on it, we found it easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache ORC: If you have a lot of data to analyze, consider Orc. It's great for loads of data or streaming data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache ORC solving and how is that benefiting you? It's really great for organizing data, including streaming data like the Blazin Rewards program which is updating indefinitely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-orc/pricing) ## Work at The Apache Software Foundation? Claim this profile to respond to reviews, update product info, and reach in-market buyers. 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