Apache Hadoop vs. Google Cloud BigTable

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Hadoop
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
Hadoop is an open source software from Apache, supporting distributed processing and data storage. Hadoop is popular for its scalability, reliability, and functionality available across commoditized hardware.N/A
Cloud BigTable
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Google's Cloud Bigtable is a fully managed, scalable NoSQL database service for large analytical and operational workloads with up to 99.999% availability.
$0.03
per month
Pricing
Apache HadoopGoogle Cloud BigTable
Editions & Modules
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Backup Storage
$0.026
per month per GB
HDD storage
$0.026
per month per GB
SSD storage
$0.17
per month per GB
Nodes
$0.65/hour
per month per node (minimum 1 nodes)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HadoopCloud BigTable
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Apache HadoopGoogle Cloud BigTable
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Apache HadoopGoogle Cloud BigTable
Database-as-a-Service
Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Apache Hadoop
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Ratings
Google Cloud BigTable
8.8
1 Ratings
1% above category average
Automatic software patching00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Database scalability00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Automated backups00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Database security provisions00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Monitoring and metrics00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Apache HadoopGoogle Cloud BigTable
Small Businesses

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Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.7 out of 10
SingleStore
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Score 9.8 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Analytics Engine
IBM Analytics Engine
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Score 9.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
Apache HadoopGoogle Cloud BigTable
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(36 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.6
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(5 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.5
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
6.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apache HadoopGoogle Cloud BigTable
Likelihood to Recommend
Apache
Altogether, I want to say that Apache Hadoop is well-suited to a larger and unstructured data flow like an aggregation of web traffic or even advertising. I think Apache Hadoop is great when you literally have petabytes of data that need to be stored and processed on an ongoing basis. Also, I would recommend that the software should be supplemented with a faster and interactive database for a better querying service. Lastly, it's very cost-effective so it is good to give it a shot before coming to any conclusion.
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Google
Google Bigtable is ONLY suited for massive data sets which scale PetaBytes and TerraBytes. Anything under this can easily be done via dedicated VMs and open source tools. Google Bigtable is expensive and shall be used wisely. It should be utilised only where it is well suited else you would simply be wasting dollars and not utilizing its full benefits.
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Pros
Apache
  • Handles large amounts of unstructured data well, for business level purposes
  • Is a good catchall because of this design, i.e. what does not fit into our vertical tables fits here.
  • Decent for large ETL pipelines and logging free-for-alls because of this, also.
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Google
  • Analytics: is at Google's heart. No on can beat Google in this space and BigTable is one of its implementation of this. The insights you gain from BigTable are simply usable in your day to day activities and can help you make real difference.
  • Speed: Processing TBs and PBs of data under minutes needs real efficient platform which is capable of doing much more than just processing data. All this data cannot be processed by a single machine, but rather huge pairs of machines working in conjuction with each other. BigTable's implementation is one of the finest and allows you achieve great speeds!
  • Interface: is great. Google has segregated required task under logically placed buttons which takes no time by users to understand and get habituated.
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Cons
Apache
  • Less organizational support system. Bugs need to be fixed and outside help take a long time to push updates
  • Not for small data sets
  • Data security needs to be ramped up
  • Failure in NameNode has no replication which takes a lot of time to recover
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Google
  • User interface's responsiveness: I understand so much is going on under the hood, but laggyness is acceptable if a workload is running or being processed. In case their is not workload being process, GUI should work blazing fast. I have faced this at times, and this becomes frustrating as well.
  • Nothing other than this - BigTable is quite efficient platform and does exactly what it is built for.
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Likelihood to Renew
Apache
Hadoop is organization-independent and can be used for various purposes ranging from archiving to reporting and can make use of economic, commodity hardware. There is also a lot of saving in terms of licensing costs - since most of the Hadoop ecosystem is available as open-source and is free
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Google
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Usability
Apache
Great! Hadoop has an easy to use interface that mimics most other data warehouses. You can access your data via SQL and have it display in a terminal before exporting it to your business intelligence platform of choice. Of course, for smaller data sets, you can also export it to Microsoft Excel.
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Google
For big IT firms like us, data is very important and it only holds its value if it can make sense to us. Therefore, Bigtable's usability is priceless when it comes to decision making based on data.
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Support Rating
Apache
We went with a third party for support, i.e., consultant. Had we gone with Azure or Cloudera, we would have obtained support directly from the vendor. my rating is more on the third party we selected and doesn't reflect the overall support available for Hadoop. I think we could have done better in our selection process, however, we were trying to use an already approved vendor within our organization. There is plenty of self-help available for Hadoop online.
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Google
Google provides premium support services for BigTable which is absolutely blazing fast similar to Bigtable's performance.
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Online Training
Apache
Hadoop is a complex topic and best suited for classrom training. Online training are a waste of time and money.
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Google
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Alternatives Considered
Apache
Not used any other product than Hadoop and I don't think our company will switch to any other product, as Hadoop is providing excellent results. Our company is growing rapidly, Hadoop helps to keep up our performance and meet customer expectations. We also use HDFS which provides very high bandwidth to support MapReduce workloads.
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Google
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Return on Investment
Apache
  • There are many advantages of Hadoop as first it has made the management and processing of extremely colossal data very easy and has simplified the lives of so many people including me.
  • Hadoop is quite interesting due to its new and improved features plus innovative functions.
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Google
  • Positive return on investment.
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