Top 10 Hortonworks Data Platform Alternatives & Competitors

Top 10 Alternatives to Hortonworks Data Platform Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

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Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
By Databricks Inc.
4.6/5
(658)
Product Description
Making big data simple
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Reviewers say compared to Hortonworks Data Platform, Databricks Data Intelligence Platform is:
Easier to set up
More usable
More expensive
Categories in common with Hortonworks Data Platform:
Big Data Processing and Distribution

Hadoop HDFS
By The Apache Software Foundation
4.4/5
(141)
Product Description
The Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) is a scalable and fault-tolerant file system designed to manage large datasets across clusters of commodity hardware. As a core component of the Apache Hadoop ecosystem, HDFS enables efficient storage and retrieval of vast amounts of data, making it ideal for big data applications. Key Features and Functionality: - Fault Tolerance: HDFS replicates data blocks across multiple nodes, ensuring data availability and resilience against hardware failures. - High Throughput: Optimized for streaming data access, HDFS provides high aggregate data bandwidth, facilitating rapid data processing. - Scalability: Capable of scaling horizontally by adding more nodes, HDFS can accommodate petabytes of data, supporting the growth of data-intensive applications. - Data Locality: By processing data on the nodes where it is stored, HDFS minimizes network congestion and enhances processing speed. - Portability: Designed to be compatible across various hardware and operating systems, HDFS offers flexibility in deployment environments. Primary Value and Problem Solved: HDFS addresses the challenges of storing and processing massive datasets by providing a reliable, scalable, and cost-effective solution. Its architecture ensures data integrity and availability, even in the face of hardware failures, while its design allows for efficient data processing by leveraging data locality. This makes HDFS particularly valuable for organizations dealing with big data, enabling them to derive insights and value from their data assets effectively.
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Reviewers say compared to Hortonworks Data Platform, Hadoop HDFS is:
Better at meeting requirements
Categories in common with Hortonworks Data Platform:
Big Data Processing and Distribution

Amazon EMR
By Amazon Web Services (AWS)
4.1/5
(64)
Product Description
Amazon EMR is a web-based service that simplifies big data processing, providing a managed Hadoop framework that makes it easy, fast, and cost-effective to distribute and process vast amounts of data across dynamically scalable Amazon EC2 instances.
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Reviewers say compared to Hortonworks Data Platform, Amazon EMR is:
Easier to set up
More expensive
Easier to admin
Categories in common with Hortonworks Data Platform:
Big Data Processing and Distribution
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Azure HDInsight
By Microsoft
3.9/5
(17)
Product Description
HDInsight is a fully-managed cloud Hadoop offering that provides optimized open source analytic clusters for Spark, Hive, MapReduce, HBase, Storm, Kafka, and R Server backed by a 99.9% SLA.
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Reviewers say compared to Hortonworks Data Platform, Azure HDInsight is:
Easier to admin
More expensive
Easier to set up
Categories in common with Hortonworks Data Platform:
Big Data Processing and Distribution

Snowflake
By Snowflake, Inc.
4.6/5
(678)
Product Description
Snowflake’s platform eliminates data silos and simplifies architectures, so organizations can get more value from their data. The platform is designed as a single, unified product with automations that reduce complexity and help ensure everything “just works”. To support a wide range of workloads, it’s optimized for performance at scale no matter whether someone’s working with SQL, Python, or other languages. And it’s globally connected so organizations can securely access the most relevant content across clouds and regions, with one consistent experience.
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Reviewers say compared to Hortonworks Data Platform, Snowflake is:
Easier to set up
More usable
Easier to admin
Categories in common with Hortonworks Data Platform:
Big Data Processing and Distribution

Apache Ambari
By The Apache Software Foundation
4.1/5
(23)
Product Description
Apache Ambari is a software project designed to enable system administrators to provision, manage and monitor a Hadoop cluster, and also to integrate Hadoop with the existing enterprise infrastructure.
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Reviewers say compared to Hortonworks Data Platform, Apache Ambari is:
More usable
Easier to admin
Easier to set up
Categories in common with Hortonworks Data Platform:
Big Data Processing and Distribution

Microsoft SQL Server
By Microsoft
4.4/5
(2,259)
Product Description
SQL Server 2017 brings the power of SQL Server to Windows, Linux and Docker containers for the first time ever, enabling developers to build intelligent applications using their preferred language and environment. Experience industry-leading performance, rest assured with innovative security features, transform your business with AI built-in, and deliver insights wherever your users are with mobile BI.
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Reviewers say compared to Hortonworks Data Platform, Microsoft SQL Server is:
More expensive
More usable
Easier to set up
Categories in common with Hortonworks Data Platform:
Big Data Processing and Distribution

Posit
By Posit
4.5/5
(568)
Product Description
In addition to our open-source data science software, RStudio produces RStudio Team, a unique, modular platform of enterprise-ready professional software products that enable teams to adopt R, Python, and other open-source data science software at scale.
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Reviewers say compared to Hortonworks Data Platform, Posit is:
Easier to set up
More usable
Better at meeting requirements
Categories in common with Hortonworks Data Platform:
Big Data Processing and Distribution

Teradata Vantage
By Teradata
4.3/5
(360)
Product Description
The Teradata Database easily and efficiently handles complex data requirements and simplifies management of the data warehouse environment.
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Reviewers say compared to Hortonworks Data Platform, Teradata Vantage is:
More expensive
More usable
Easier to set up
Categories in common with Hortonworks Data Platform:
Big Data Processing and Distribution

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