We performed a comparison between Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop and SAP HANA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Hadoop solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Very good end-to-end security features."
"We had a data warehouse before all the data. We can process a lot more data structures."
"The product provides better data processing features than other tools."
"The features I find most valuable is that the solution is that it is easy to install and to work with. It starts with the installation and from there on the management is very simple and centralized."
"The most valuable feature is Kubernetes."
"The data science aspect of the solution is valuable."
"The solution is stable."
"Provides a viable open-source solution for enterprise implementations and reliable, intelligent data analysis."
"The solution is stable."
"Anyone currently using SAP will be transitioning to HANA."
"SAP HANA is one of the best databases known for its performance...The new version of the solution is stable."
"Its in-memory capabilities are good, which is why many companies still use it."
"The data storage requirement is reduced from the original database to the HANA database."
"Technically it resembles Oracle, but as a somewhat lighter version."
"Provides us with predictive capabilities for asset maintenance, and real-time forecasts."
"Eases management of databases."
"The governance aspect of the solution should be improved."
"The initial setup of Cloudera is difficult."
"While the deployed product is generally functional, there are instances where it presents difficulties."
"The solution does not support multiple languages very well and this means users need to create work-arounds to implement some solutions."
"We experienced many issues when we started working with Hadoop 3.0 in the Cloudera 6.0 version, so there is a lot of things that need to improve."
"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is not always completely stable in some cases, which can be a concern for big data solutions."
"There is a maximum of a one-gigabyte block size, which is an area of storage that can be improved upon."
"They should focus on upgrading their technical capabilities in the market."
"The solution could improve by having better migration flexibility. For example, it would be helpful if there was a way for customers could check their nonproduction and production deployments."
"The solution needs to work on its performance and make it faster."
"The worst thing about SAP HANA is the price; it's very expensive. The licensing cost, implementation cost, hosting cost, and appliance cost are all high."
"The documentation can be improved in the future."
"It could be a bit more scalable."
"It is challenging to integrate it with third-party tools."
"SAP HANA is not strong like Oracle when it comes to finance. They are only strong with the logistic business project."
"They can improve their technology for the CRM subsystem. There are other products that are better and more effective for the CRM subsystem. Its price could be better. It is expensive."
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Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is ranked 2nd in Hadoop with 47 reviews while SAP HANA is ranked 1st in Embedded Database with 81 reviews. Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is rated 8.0, while SAP HANA is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop writes "Good end-to-end security features and we like that it's cloud independent". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP HANA writes "Excellent compatibility between modules and the control". Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is most compared with Amazon EMR, HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric, Apache Spark and Cassandra, whereas SAP HANA is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, MySQL, IBM Db2 Database and Apache Spark. See our Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs. SAP HANA report.
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