# Cloudera Enterprise Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Cloudera Enterprise the right Business Intelligence solution for you? Explore 9 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/116729/Cloudera-Enterprise/reviews --- Cloudera Enterprise 4.3 (9) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Cloudera Enterprise Ease of use 3.6 Customer Service 3.7 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-9 of 9 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Suru S. BigData Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A stable cloud platform for your Big Data needs" March 3, 2023 4.0 Overall, it provides Big data analysis capabilities, Streaming services, BI services, ML services, Data Warehousing services for all kinds of business requirements to meet and solutions to build. Pros Performs really well and maintains the whole Hadoop ecosystem being stable most of the times. Data Engineers, ML engineers, Data Scientists can use this platform to meet their business needs It can process large amount of data within a short span of time easily. Have used Cloudera VM Virtual box too to setup the Hadoop ecosystem and also the real-time file processing with good integration and AI capabilities within. Cons It takes a lot of time when launching the Virtual Machine even after allocating ample resources to it, that makes it launch again and again causing delay and waste of time. Documentation understanding is on the higher side as it cannot be understood for newbies in the first go. Lastly, very limited customization options provided. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Data Modeller Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Prime Big Data Platform" February 14, 2020 4.0 1\. Our bank is using Cloudera as the big data platform; 2. The overal experience is positive; 3. while due to the concern in point 3 of Cons, I don't think it is quite healthy; 4. platform is the biggest foundation of the system, the person design, configure and manage the platform is very important, i don't think the number of mature consultants is enough in the market. which make the foundation not very robust although maybe not that expensive initially. Pros 1\. A complete package for the big data platform; 2. Combining the features of hortonworks after the two company merging; 3. A reasonable price; 4. The big community who are making enhancement frequently; Cons 1\. The Open source nature makes it happen that some low-quality or non-consistent development result; 2. Some inconsistency between the HIVEQL, Spark and impala; 3. quick changes means not very stable; 4. Cloudera expects the clients to be able to setup , implement the big data platform themselves, while not always feasible. Alternatives considered [Microsoft Azure](https://www.capterra.com/p/16365/Azure/)[Amazon RDS](https://www.capterra.com/p/192201/Amazon-RDS/) Reason for choosing Cloudera Enterprise We didn't choose others due to the concern for security and price. But we are not quite sure if that is a good choice. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Solution Sales Director Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great for data storage and processing, not so much for BI Analytics" December 14, 2022 4.0 Good support and flexible licensing structure, helpful sales team. Pros High volume data processing and big data storage management Cons Lacking BI and data analytics features needed for most big data projects Review Source Carine Sylvie T. Virtual assistant Consumer Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "The best" October 13, 2023 5.0 Pros Probably the best data platform with various features. Cons It requires significant hardware ressources and memory. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CEO Internet Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "very good application for data management" December 28, 2022 5.0 from my very good experience with Cloudera I would recommend Pros cloudera is a very good application for enterprise data management, statistics tracking and data security Cons since I've been using it I haven't had any complications yet Review Source AR Aysan R. Big Data Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A good big data platform for big enterprises " September 25, 2020 4.0 Overall I think cloudera is a big player in this area and can extend its footprint if it provides more SaaS offering (especially in AWS and Azure) Pros Cloudera is a very good system for big data and Hadoop projects on large scale projects. The support team is also very helpful and very interested to see your success Cons Portability is still a big issue. When you start with one Big Data platform it is not easy to switch to other platform. Reason for choosing Cloudera Enterprise It was prior to their merge and cloudera provided more evidence they could support the project and operation teams. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer PHD Student Higher Education Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "All in one" November 28, 2018 5.0 Pros All Big data environments (Hadoop, HBase, Mahout, PIG) are pre installed here Cons The options it provides, it makes sense that the software is heavy weighted. Review Source AJ Aman J. Student Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "best analytical tool for big data" April 19, 2018 4.0 Pros This tool is very fast and simple. for big data it is very fast and very secure. Most data science solutions can be solved using this tool. large analytics algorithms can be implemented using this tool. Cons for beginners this tool may create problem in getting started beacause the use cases are not well defined and can be documented in more detailed manner. Review Source AB Abhay B. Used the software for: ### "Good tool to use for de-duping" October 5, 2016 4.0 Got a reference from a former employee as it was big issue. We implemented it in no time and got it running. Both marketing and Sales Opes are using it to dedupe Contacts and accounts Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Data Management Platforms](https://www.capterra.com/data-management-platforms-software/)[Big Data](https://www.capterra.com/big-data-software/)[Business Intelligence](https://www.capterra.com/business-intelligence-software/) ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.