--- title: Apache Ranger Reviews meta\_title: 'Apache Ranger Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 26 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Apache Ranger works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.2 review\_count: 26 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: IT Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-management --- # Apache Ranger Reviews & Product Details Apache Ranger is a framework designed to enable, monitor and manage comprehensive data security across the Hadoop platform. * * * Seller [The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-apache-software-foundation) Discussions [Apache Ranger Community](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-ranger/discuss) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 3 months ### Return on Investment 17 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-ranger/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Egnyte](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Egnyte") Egnyte 4.4/5(1,162) ](https://www.g2.com/products/egnyte/reviews) [ ![Twilio Segment](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Twilio Segment") Twilio Segment 4.5/5(567) ](https://www.g2.com/products/twilio-segment/reviews) [ ![Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform") Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform 4.3/5(376) ](https://www.g2.com/products/teradata-autonomous-knowledge-platform/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-ranger/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 26 real user reviews. Implementation Time 3 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Samar Z.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Samar Z.") SZ Samar Z. Business intelligence Data Engineer (specialist) Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/8/2021 "Likely" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Ranger? user rights roles management , and the GUI view makes every thing simpler. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Ranger? need to cron the jobs for the modification of user rights . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Ranger solving and how is that benefiting you? we has enabled security and mange logs or ours production cluster we easily manage the rules and to manage the users . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite MK Marcel-Jan K. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/14/2020 "Pretty good security for Hadoop environments" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Ranger? The ability to secure HDFS and Hive. Also the ability to connect policies to Active Directory groups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Ranger? The GUI might have been a little better in places, but nothing comes to mind. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Ranger solving and how is that benefiting you? I've been using Ranger to protect sensitive data in the datalake of my employer (a year ago) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Market Research](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Market Research") CM Verified User in Market Research Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/11/2021 "Best tool to handle data security at a finr grained level" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Ranger? Fine grained access to the services and role based management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Ranger? Not so muvh about this but UI can be improved a bit Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Ranger solving and how is that benefiting you? Centralized security administration to manage all security related tasks in a central UI or using REST APIs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Umesh Z.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Umesh Z.") UZ Umesh Z. Software Engineer - Big Data Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/1/2020 "Apache Ranger is best for Security and User acces control" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Ranger? It has best look and feel of WebUI and very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Ranger? Apache Ranger work very well with hive only. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Ranger solving and how is that benefiting you? Giving access of Particular database tables to specific user from tableue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Banking](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Banking") AB Verified User in Banking Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/12/2020 "Better Governance Tool in Big data" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Ranger? It has the feature of controlling access at column level and tagg based policy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Ranger? Audit log should be more clear while getting denial for any request Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Ranger: If you are looking for Access control tool in Big Data, i would suggest you ranger Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Ranger solving and how is that benefiting you? To control user access to specific table and rows and columns. Better user access management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") AC Verified User in Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/19/2021 "My review of Apache ranger" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Ranger? About the security and the ACL's it provides Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Ranger? not having the encryption and decryption facilities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Ranger solving and how is that benefiting you? Giving access to some people , restricting access to some files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") AI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/6/2020 "Apache ranger is great tool to easily fine grain your level of security in Big data and Hadoop." 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Ranger? Very simple to fine grain security in Hadoop Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Ranger? Not integrated to Cloudera or Hortonworks, you have to install as 3rd party. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Ranger: I recommend to use apache ranger Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Ranger solving and how is that benefiting you? Require some level of expertise to install. 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") AF Verified User in Financial Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/24/2020 "Ranger makes things easier" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Ranger? Ease of use and compatibility. Audits and logging Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Ranger? There can be little improvement for the GUI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Ranger solving and how is that benefiting you? Cluster audit , creating policies 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") EC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/28/2019 "Does as advertised, but lacks broad support" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Ranger? Convenient to setup granular functional policies for access controls for Hive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Ranger? Lack of functionality to support across multiple engines like Spark or Presto. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Ranger: Good option to consider for granular data access control with Hive. Needs further investment in the developer community to port functionality for Spark and Presto. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Ranger solving and how is that benefiting you? Granular data access controls for data privacy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. 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