Hortonworks Data Platform Reviews & Insights

Score5 out of 10

37 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Hortonworks Data Platform are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Recommendations

Based on user reviews, users recommend the following for Hortonworks:

It is recommended to learn Big Data concepts before using Hortonworks. Having a solid understanding of Big Data will help users effectively implement their projects using this platform.
Users suggest considering HDP (Hortonworks Data Platform) for long-term use as it is built on Hadoop and is expected to support a wider range of projects in the future. Choosing HDP will provide access to more advanced features and ensure long-term success.
Ambari, the Cluster Management Tool, needs to improve its features to compete with other options. Users suggest that major enhancements should be made to Ambari's functionality to make it more competitive among its counterparts.

In summary, users recommend learning Big Data concepts beforehand, considering HDP for long-term projects, and evaluating Ambari's features when selecting a Hadoop vendor.

Hortonworks Data Platform Reviews

2 Reviews

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Best commercial hadoop distribution product

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

October 2, 2017

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use our hortonworks hadoop cluster to process web & email logs. It has enabled us to process huge volume of data much quicker. It is widely used across the company!

Pros

HDP is the closest to an open source platform you can get in hadoop ecosystem with more choice of tools than everything else. The convenience of Ambari UI and API for building, deploying and managing the cluster makes it relatively easy to get started.
With Yarn and Spark you can mix different nodes for storage and compute and master nodes to manage loads.
The tez engine - hortonworks sandbox which can be installed for learning and development purposes.

Cons

Version upgrades are more challenging than anticipated. Each upgrade has its own quirks and compatibility issues that need to be resolved manually.
Real time analytics like impala is unavailable.
Monitoring isn't that great. Ambari Management interface on HDP is just a basic one and does not have many rich features.

Likelihood to Recommend

Hortonworks provides a framework comprising open source projects which is good for any open source lovers. Easy to start with its great tutorials.

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Hortonworks HDP makes Hadoop easier

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 6, 2016

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have been using Hortonworks Data Platform for personal as well as professional use for some time now. We also consult for clients looking evaluate and use the HDP distribution. HDP makes it intuitive and easy to use for people looking to use Hadoop and relevant Big Data technologies open sourced by Apache. HDP's own products are developed and open sourced which makes the community stronger.

Pros

HDP keeps up-to pace with the Apache Hadoop.
HDP's Ambari is intuitive and easy to use.
HDP remains similar to most open source tools and hence makes the learning curve gentler.

Cons

The HDP community is relatively new and could get better.
Tools like Falcon which are not so much used in general tend to remain dormant in the HDP when it comes to development.

Likelihood to Recommend

I find HDP easy to use and solves most of the problems for people looking to manage their big data. Evaluating the Hortonworks Data Platform is easy as it is free to download and install in your cluster. Single node cluster available as Sandbox is also easy for POCs.

Piyush Routray

Senior Software Developer in Engineering at Nvent (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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