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ZooKeeper Reviews & Product Details

Value at a Glance

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

6 months

Return on Investment

28 months

User Insights

Average based on 99 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

6 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"ZrootNode"
4.5/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

ZooKeeper's ability to provide reliable and efficient coordination for distributed systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

if its main node fails, the entire system can fail, leading to a single point of failure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shreya P.
SP
Shreya P.
Senior Associate technology L1
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"My thoughts on Zookeeper"
4/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

It is an open-source and lightweight service. It is highly scalable and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

No migration. The service doesn't support reducing the number of pods and changing volume requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Good service to manage coordination between the cluster nodes"
4.5/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

Useful service to manage nodes in the distributed applications and helps in cluster maintenance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

Nothing much. It's a pretty good service to use for better management and coordination in distributed systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Partha Sarathi R.
PR
Partha Sarathi R.
Product Designer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Zookeeper for me is a game changer."
5/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

I don't think there is any competition which can even come closer to zookeeper in the near future as it covers almost all the essential and futuristic needs of the user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

There is not much of a downside in zooper to be honest. All the modules are perfectly placed and are being shown in the right way. So it's easy to use and the learning curve is also very low. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

saif p.
SP
saif p.
Hadoop administrator
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"I no service can take this service's place in the terms of coordination with hadoop."
5/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

The zookeeper is the best service that helps to manage HDFS and Yarn jobs. Because of this, we have zero downtime in our production its also allows us to manage kafka services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

I didn't find out anything which we can give it a dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Program Development
UP
Verified User in Program Development
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"server"
4.5/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

The best thing about it is that it is an open-source server. It also provides group services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

Generally, it is a good service but its use is somehow difficult for new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sai K.
SK
Sai K.
Software Developer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Useful for coordination for the only once semantics"
4/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

In real-time stream processing along with kafka, Zookeeper plays a vital role in order not to duplicate in the efficient processing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

Nothing specific drawbacks. I only used it for co-rodination in kafka Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dheeraj J.
DJ
Dheeraj J.
Global Team
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Distributed coordination very fast."
5/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

I like the configuration part of the zookeeper Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

Installation. configuration files when add new host add in cloudera. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sumit R.
SR
Sumit R.
Participant
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Awesome product"
4.5/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

Zookeeper quick installation and its compatibility with Kafka Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

Nothing, it's an awesome product I will recommend strongly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
UH
Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Zookeeper being one of the main tool in handling OpenStack cloud stack."
4/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

Ease of use, documentation, and configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

Dislike I don't think as of now anything Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Questions about ZooKeeper? Ask real users or explore answers from the community

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Ivan Z.
IZ
Ivan Zolotaryov
•
Last activity over 6 years ago

What is the best way to upload configuration and is there any 3ed party program for uploading files?

Prabhunath Y.
PY
Prabhunath Yadav
•
Last activity almost 6 years ago

Can zookeeper be used as database.

Pricing Insights

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

6 months

Return on Investment

28 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$
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