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Cloudera Reviews & Product Details

Pricing

Pricing provided by Cloudera.

AI Inference

$0.25
1 CCU (Hourly rate)
Mohd Marzuq Ikram M.
MM
Mohd Marzuq Ikram M.
Vice President, Head of Analytics Engineering, Group Data & Analytics
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Adaptable Open Standards Without Compromising Security"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Cloudera?

Ability to adapt to various technologies and using open standards without comprising security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudera?

Open source also have the downside of having various patches and upgrades to fix issues where we as clients are playing catchup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prashant D.
PD
Prashant D.
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Loving the New Agentic AI Developments"
5/5
What do you like best about Cloudera?

The Agentic AI developments which were released today. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudera?

Nothing as of now, all features look good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Timotius N.
TN
Timotius N.
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"On-Premise Deployment Done Right"
5/5
What do you like best about Cloudera?

on premise deployment, workspace provisioning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudera?

hard to upgrade, a little bit late for Agentic solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Senthil N.
SN
Senthil N.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy to Understand with Strong Open-Format Data Support"
4/5
What do you like best about Cloudera?

Ease of understanding and support for open format data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudera?

Nothing specific of any concern. May be pricing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

TS
t s.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Feature-Rich and Easy to Use"
5/5
What do you like best about Cloudera?

features, easy of use lots of integrations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudera?

support responsiveness, sometimes scan be hard to contact Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Guntupalli K.
GK
Guntupalli K.
Lead platform manger
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Love Sparkr3, bigdatA, iceburg, yarn, hive, and AI"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Cloudera?

Sparkr3, bigdatA, iceburg, yarn, hive,ai Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudera?

More expensive for the maintenance cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rohit S.
RS
Rohit S.
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Solution Architect"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Cloudera?

No need to manage CVE and upgrade the tech stack Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudera?

No free credit to try new services which make it difficult to champion it internally Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GURU P R.
GR
GURU P R.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Wonderful Product Support and Professional Services"
5/5
What do you like best about Cloudera?

Wonderful product support and professional services. They are very helpful in understanding issues and helping to resolve them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudera?

Version upgrades are extremely complex and too many dependencies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
CI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Hybrid Technology That Delivers"
5/5
What do you like best about Cloudera?

I like it because of the hybrid nature of the technology Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudera?

There is not much to dislike as I have been a long time user Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Verified User in Financial Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Safe, Secure Cloud Software Trusted by Big Companies"
5/5
What do you like best about Cloudera?

it is a safe and protected cloud software and many big companies are using it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudera?

sometimes it’s slow because a lot of people are using it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Pricing Options

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AI Inference

$0.25
1 CCU (Hourly rate)

AI Workbench

$0.20
1 CCU (Hourly rate)

Data Engineering

$0.20
1 CCU (Hourly rate)
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