# Apache Sentry Reviews
**Vendor:** The Apache Software Foundation  
**Category:** [Risk-Based Authentication Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/risk-based-authentication-rba)  
**Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 5
## About Apache Sentry
Apache Sentry is a system for enforcing fine grained role based authorization to data and metadata stored on a Hadoop cluster.




## Apache Sentry Reviews
  ### 1. Very secured & support of different authorisations based on requirements

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Harshit B. | QA Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 10, 2023

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

Its ability to give specific access/permissions to certain group of members.

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

It can be improve in searching logs in live application

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

Single platform for all our requirements like database, monitoring live application and accessing with different levels of authentication.

  ### 2. Apache Dentry

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2018

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

Secure, fine-grained, role-based authorization
Multi-tenant administration
Role-based authorization

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

In some cases, the authorization is not as fine-grained as I could wish. Some examples:

If you give somebody a right to create a table in Hive database, then this user can also drop any table in this database. It would useful to user can only drop tables that she is the owner of, similarly to what “sticky-bit” provides for HDFS.
If you give somebody writes permissions to the Solr policy file to define privileges for some Solr collection, this user can actually change privileges for any collection.

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

Data security, delegate authorization and stuff

  ### 3. Apache Sentry Strong performance

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 20, 2018

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

I like that it supports impala, because that makes it more universal. Runs well and is highly organized. 

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

I dislike that it is so close to Apache Ranger, and feel that these two programs should be synthesized to create a more effective hybrid. 

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

I have been using Sentry to manage permissions and authorizations. Having the system makes things run much for smoothly. 

  ### 4. Great for Hadoop authentication

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2018

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

Provides an integrated platform that works well with other Apache suite products to provide user authentication mechanisms.

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

Can sometimes take a long time to process requests.

**Recommendations to others considering Apache Sentry:**

Faster response time. Less delays in processing high volume queries.

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

User profile management, data security and authorization.

  ### 5. Easy authentication service

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2018

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

It's very simple to set up controls around providing different levels of access to employees. Definitely needed at a place where security and confidentiality are highly prioritized. 

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

So far, I have no qualms about this product. 

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

Confidentiality and authentication. 



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## Apache Sentry Features
**Administration**
- Bi-Directional Identity Synchronization
- Policy Management
- Cloud Directory
- Application Integrations

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