Apache Hadoop vs. IBM DataStage

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
IBM DataStage
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
IBM® DataStage® is a data integration tool that helps users to design, develop and run jobs that move and transform data. At its core, the DataStage tool supports extract, transform and load (ETL) and extract, load and transform (ELT) patterns. A basic version of the software is available for on-premises deployment, and the cloud-based DataStage for IBM Cloud Pak® for Data offers automated integration capabilities in a hybrid or multicloud environment.N/A
Pricing
Apache HadoopIBM DataStage
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HadoopIBM DataStage
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Apache HadoopIBM DataStage
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
Apache Hadoop
-
Ratings
IBM DataStage
9.1
9 Ratings
9% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings9.59 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings8.88 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
Apache Hadoop
-
Ratings
IBM DataStage
9.5
9 Ratings
14% above category average
Simple transformations00 Ratings9.89 Ratings
Complex transformations00 Ratings9.39 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Apache Hadoop
-
Ratings
IBM DataStage
9.0
9 Ratings
11% above category average
Data model creation00 Ratings9.46 Ratings
Metadata management00 Ratings8.78 Ratings
Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.18 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Testing and debugging00 Ratings9.59 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
Apache Hadoop
-
Ratings
IBM DataStage
8.9
8 Ratings
7% above category average
Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings8.88 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
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User Ratings
Apache HadoopIBM DataStage
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(36 ratings)
8.8
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.6
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(5 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.5
(3 ratings)
9.6
(3 ratings)
Online Training
6.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apache HadoopIBM DataStage
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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IBM
Excellent Cloud data mapping tool and easy creating multiple project data analytics in real-time and the report distribution are excellent via this IBM product. Easy tool to provide data visualization and the integration is effective and helpful to migrating huge amounts of data across other platforms and different websites insights gathering.
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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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IBM
  • Data movement
  • Seamless integration of scripts and etl jobs
  • Descriptive logging
  • Ability to work with myriad of data assets
  • Direct integration for Governance catalog
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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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IBM
  • Connector Stages to Snowflake on the cloud. We had some issues initially but since then had been corrected.
  • Accessing tool from a browser (zero foot-print). Currently we need to either install locally or connect to a server to do ETL work.
  • Diversify ways of authenticating users.
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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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IBM
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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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IBM
Because it is robust, and it is being continuously improved. DS is one of the most used and recognized tools in the market. Large companies have implemented it in the first instance to develop their DW, but finding the advantages it has, they could use it for other types of projects such as migrations, application feeding, etc.
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Performance
Apache
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IBM
It could load thousands of records in seconds. But in the Parallel version, you need to understand how to particionate the data. If you use the algorithms erroneously, or the functionalities that it gives for the parsing of data, the performance can fall drastically, even with few records. It is necessary to have people with experience to be able to determine which algorithm to use and understand why.
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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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IBM
I believe that IBM generally has one of the worst and most complex assistance systems (physical and online) that exists.
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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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IBM
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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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IBM
It's obvious since they both are from the same vendors and it makes it easier and can get better rates for licensing. Also, sales rapes are very helpful in case of escalations and critical issues.
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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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IBM
  • Reduce development time by 65% compared with hand coding.
  • Reduces ETL process maintenance times.
  • Better data governance for technical and non-technical people.
  • Improve time to market for initiatives that require data integration.
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