--- title: Apache Parquet Reviews meta\_title: 'Apache Parquet Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 27 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Apache Parquet works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.3 review\_count: 27 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: IT Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-management --- # Apache Parquet Reviews & Product Details Apache Parquet is a columnar storage format available to any project in the Hadoop ecosystem, regardless of the choice of data processing framework, data model or programming language. * * * Seller [The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-apache-software-foundation) Discussions [Apache Parquet Community](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-parquet/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![ClickHouse](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "ClickHouse") ClickHouse 4.5/5(23) ](https://www.g2.com/products/clickhouse/reviews) [ ![Azure Cosmos DB](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Azure Cosmos DB") Azure Cosmos DB 4.2/5(68) ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-cosmos-db/reviews) [ ![Snowflake](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Snowflake") Snowflake 4.6/5(764) ](https://www.g2.com/products/snowflake/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-parquet/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 27 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") II Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/19/2023 "I prefer HBase over Parquet." 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Parquet? As it is free and open source so we use this and there are also some advantages of Apache parquet. Also it consumes very less space compared to its competitives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Parquet? As it is free and open source but still HBase is more popular and we in our organisation are using HBase. I am not criticizing but we people go for popularity and easa of usability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Parquet solving and how is that benefiting you? We all know that it is a columnar file format and it is very high performance and efficient and also it comesums very less space and we mainly use it in big data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Tanmay A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Tanmay A.") TA Tanmay A. Data Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/7/2023 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Exploring parquet" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Parquet? Best thing that I like about the parquet file format was compression and predictive push down that helps to select only those columns that needed not the whole data will come Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Parquet? The thing that we don't like for parquet files is that it does not support for the use case where our dataset schema frequently changing that pushes me use other file format Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Parquet solving and how is that benefiting you? For me it benefiting by helps to store huge amount of data in compressed also easy and faster to query on large amount of data as I was using spark with it ,it support extermly good with spark Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 12/10/2024 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite HS harshal s. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/16/2023 "Apache Parquet : The Scalable Data Lake Architecture" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Parquet? Faster execution of the query.Best compression technics which will help to reduce the storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Parquet? As abatch processing system its not ideal for scenarios where we have to need real time updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Parquet solving and how is that benefiting you? We can store the large number of historical data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/8/2023 "Apache parquet and everything" 5/5 What do you like best about Apache Parquet? Columnar storage, schema evolution, predicates pushdown, compression, compatibility across various data processing tools, supports wide range of data types like nested structures and arrays. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Parquet? Limited use case since may not be used for transactional or operational data, overhead when reading or writing data due to its compression and encoding technique Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Parquet solving and how is that benefiting you? Parquet stores data in columnar format which is sufficient for analytics, it improves query performance, allows schema evolution, supported in big data systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ankur Kumar R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ankur Kumar R.") AR Ankur Kumar R. Analyst Education Management Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/18/2023 "Best software for the large datasets" 5/5 What do you like best about Apache Parquet? Apache Parquet is best solution for handling large datasets. It saves time and makes data loading easier than in JSON or CSV formats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Parquet? Need more schemas for different datasets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Parquet solving and how is that benefiting you? It can be used on multiple query engines so that using diffferent engines becomes so easy. And by this data storage and retreival both are easy . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/16/2023 "Revolutionary Columnar Storage" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Parquet? Performance and cross-platform compatible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Parquet? Learning curve is quite steep, complexity is high Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Parquet solving and how is that benefiting you? For big data analytics, and efficient storage of fata Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") UF Verified User in Financial Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/10/2023 "Apache Parqut is the best db for columnar data storage" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Parquet? The best about Apce Parquet is it's ability to handle synchronisation and concurrent connections. It provides efficient data storage speed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Parquet? The daya retrieval speed for concurrent connections Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Parquet solving and how is that benefiting you? It is making the db open source and that helps us see the operations done at there level to identify bottlenecks and improve Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Anuththara R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Anuththara R.") AR Anuththara R. Business Analyst Intern Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/19/2019 "An efficient way to store columnar data" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Parquet? I love the way it is created to store columnar data. The best thing i like most is that it is built to support very efficient compression and encoding schemes and can be used by anyone. And this is very much helpful in Big Data Analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Parquet? It was a bit hard to learn by myself but the Apache parquet site provides all the configurations in step by step procedures. So that was not a big issue with me. So honestly there is not much I dislike about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Parquet: I would definitely recommend apache prequet to anyone if you are using columnar data processing in any project that you are working Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Parquet solving and how is that benefiting you? In the hadoop project system that i have been i had to use compressed columnar data and there for the data processing frameworks Apache parquet helped me alot and made my work easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Reeham N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Reeham N.") RN Reeham N. Lead Data Scientist/Analytics Manager Investment Banking Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/27/2019 "Pretty good software for large datasets" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Parquet? Certain times with various large datasets its difficult to process during an etl pipeline for hadoop. This makes it easier since connectivity to other platforms with parquet files is easier to command. It makes the data load easier to handle than json or csv. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Parquet? There needs to be more schemas available for different business solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Parquet: Think about how your data looks like before committing as schemas are limited in growth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Parquet solving and how is that benefiting you? Various types of load and compression as well as data loading within hadoop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Jake B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jake B.") JB Jake B. System Project Manager Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/18/2019 "A great format for columnar data" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Parquet? I love how easy it is to use to store columnar data. Once you learn the details, it makes Hadoop-use a breeze. Column-store data has many benefits, and Parquet is such a help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Parquet? There is definitely a learning curve with the environment, but it is minimal. There honestly is not much I dislike about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Parquet: I would definitely recommend Apache Parquet if you are considering using columnar-store data! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Parquet solving and how is that benefiting you? I had to gather raw data and consolidate it in a way to run statistical analysis and machine learning on it. Apache Parquet made my job a lot easier. This data analysis provided a huge step in the completion of the project. 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. 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