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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

$$$$$
Anshuman F.
AF
Anshuman F.
Software Engineer 2
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Wonderful orchestration tool"
5/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

I used zookeeper along with apache kafka for handling my distributed system setup. It's easy to get up and running without having to manage configurations, naming and synchronisation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

Haven't used that much to actually be able to comment on what it lacks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
CI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"The unseen cluster guard"
4/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

I love zookeeper ability to manage the meta data of a cluster even when the cluster (brokers) lost track of it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

The need to maintain yet another cluster (zookeeper itself is kind of a cluster) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ravi K.
RK
Ravi K.
Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"It has been a good experience working with zookeeper"
4.5/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

I have used zookeeper along with Kafka. And most often at the time of failures and lags, we rely on zookeeper. The way with which it contain metadata and connections is excellent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

Nothing as such. Looking can be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Babu C.
BC
Babu C.
Java Software Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Zookeeper is an open source server to reliably coordinate distributed processes"
5/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

1. Consistency 2. Partition tolerance. 3. Replication of Zookeeper state across all the nodes. 4. It's a very lightweight service and it works without downtimes and maintenance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

In Zookeeper we don't have any user interface for managing ztree Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shubham R.
SR
Shubham R.
Software Programmer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Zookeeper for leader election and distributed synchronization"
4.5/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

Capability to be used in leader election. I used it in one of my projects and I am really impressed. I am already using it in my hadoop and kafka projects. And it works smoothly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

A little bit on the developed side. Hard to debug at times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harneet S.
HS
Harneet S.
Sr. Big Data Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"NameSpace for Cluster Management"
5/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

It is kind of a database which saves data in node-like structure. How? It actually stores data in files(end/leaf nodes) and path to reach leaf nodes are directories(which can also store data as leafNodes). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

There is no guarantee that every server in the ensemble is always completely up to date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Arvind R.
AR
Arvind R.
Software Development engineer IV
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Simple, Useful and easy to maintain"
3.5/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

Easy to maintain. Easy to setup Abstracting complex capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

Adding new machine takes downtime or inconsistency Only 3 or 5 nodes are allowed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
UT
Verified User in Telecommunications
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Used for 2 years"
4.5/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

We used for Zookeeper manages all the distributed services and as config management tool. The things I like about it are : 1- It's easy to use 2- can track job timing and clusters performance 3- manage cluster job with help of apache zookeeper Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

User interface for non expert users so that they can manege easily, there are some unoffical tools , would be nice an official too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lokesh A.
LA
Lokesh A.
Software Consultant
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best for distributed system"
5/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

I have used zookeeper for distributed systems where I need to manage the different systems under one server and its voting algorithm is super. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

There is nothing I dislike about zookeeper but there is always hope for improvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Utilities
UU
Verified User in Utilities
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"zookeeper - modern necessity"
4/5
What do you like best about ZooKeeper?

In my organisation, apache zookeeper is used for mainly for Queuing message across a distributed micro services. A massive data is transferred on daily basis and it helps to keep it synchronized and smooth functioning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ZooKeeper?

It is a bit complex for beginners i think. I had to go deep to get a basic understanding about its working. 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
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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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