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Likelihood to Recommend
Hadoop
Apache Hadoop (and its subsequent add-ons) are well-suited to larger, unstructured data flows, such as aggregation of web traffic or advertising. Geospatial algorithms and their outputs are well-suited for this kind of aggregation as structuring that data is challenging, but leaving it unstructured and performing queries as-needed is a better fit for most business models. With the advent of data science, I would expect Hadoop fits a LOT of their initial outputs quite well.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Simpli.fiOnline Media, 201-500 employees
OpenText Magellan
If you do not have a large budget and are a large organization, I would steer clear of Actuate. If you are looking to do very complex washboarding, I would not use them. Your developers have to be very skilled to work with this. Plan to bring in consultants if necessary to help your process. Adhoc reporting is weak. If your pricing is user based and you expand, this could be very expensive.
Director Advertising Technology
Crisp MediaPublic Relations and Communications, 11-50 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
BI Standard Reporting
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
8.0
Customizable dashboards
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
9.0
Report Formatting Templates
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
7.0
Ad-hoc Reporting
Hadoop
—
OpenText Magellan
7.7
Drill-down analysis
Hadoop
—
OpenText Magellan
5.0
Formatting capabilities
Hadoop
—
OpenText Magellan
9.0
Report sharing and collaboration
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
9.0
Report Output and Scheduling
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
8.0
Publish to Web
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
9.0
Publish to PDF
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
9.0
Report Versioning
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
9.0
Report Delivery Scheduling
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
5.0
Access Control and Security
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
5.0
Role-Based Security Model
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
5.0
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
5.0
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
5.0
Mobile Capabilities
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
3.0
Responsive Design for Web Access
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
3.0
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
3.0
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
6.2
REST API
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
5.0
Javascript API
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
9.0
Java API
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
5.0
Themeable User Interface (UI)
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
7.0
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
Hadoop
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OpenText Magellan
5.0
Pros
Hadoop
- HDFS is reliable and solid, and in my experience with it, there are very few problems using it
- Enterprise support from different vendors makes it easier to 'sell' inside an enterprise
- It provides High Scalability and Redundancy
- Horizontal scaling and distributed architecture
Sr. Engineering Manager/Delivery Manager
Nisum Technologies, Inc.Retail, 10,001+ employees
OpenText Magellan
- The report outputs can vary across different types such as HTML, PDF, and Excel
- Their open source offering is very sufficient
- There are great boards and blogs for developers and engineers to expand and use their features.
- The people from the company that I've worked with are professional and courteous.
Sr. Systems Engineer
MétierInformation Services, 11-50 employees
Cons
Hadoop
- Hadoop is a batch oriented processing framework, it lacks real time or stream processing.
- Hadoop's HDFS file system is not a POSIX compliant file system and does not work well with small files, especially smaller than the default block size.
- Hadoop cannot be used for running interactive jobs or analytics.
Senior Software Engineer
San Jose State UniversityComputer Software, 51-200 employees
OpenText Magellan
- The documentation on all the available features, but most importantly on the scripting side, can be improved
- The standard look & feel of some basic options, like parameter selection or sorting and filtering, looks dated and can't be customized
- The server portal needs to provide better tools
- More integration is needed with other OpenText products
IT solutions Manager
APP Corporation Pty LtdConstruction, 201-500 employees
Likelihood to Renew
Hadoop
Hadoop 9.6
Based on 8 answers
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
Senior Vice President
IpsosInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
OpenText Magellan
OpenText Magellan 3.9
Based on 9 answers
I am no longer working for the company that was using Actuate but I believe they would continue to use it because the stitching costs would be to high. It would require a complete rewrite of the reports and the never version of Actuate (BIRT) even required an almost complete report rewrite
Systems Analyst
MATECH Solutions (Machining Technologies, Inc.)Food Production, 10,001+ employees
Usability
Hadoop
Hadoop 8.5
Based on 5 answers
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.
Senior Financial Analyst
Lowe's Companies, Inc.Retail, 10,001+ employees
OpenText Magellan
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Hadoop
Hadoop 6.9
Based on 6 answers
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.
Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees
OpenText Magellan
OpenText Magellan 9.1
Based on 2 answers
Always there on the front and backend for us and the client.
Business and Channel Development Director
Back2BasicsHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 201-500 employees
Online Training
Hadoop
Hadoop 6.1
Based on 2 answers
Hadoop is a complex topic and best suited for classrom training. Online training are a waste of time and money.
Senior Vice President
IpsosInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
OpenText Magellan
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Hadoop
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.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employeesOpenText Magellan
I've used JReports and Actuate is very similar but seems to have a lot more customization features for the end user of BIRT reports.
Software Developer
ACI WorldwideComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees
Return on Investment
Hadoop
- Hadoop has allowed us to scale out a few of our tier-1, customer facing applications to provide very fast access to reports and analytics.
- Hadoop was easily implemented by our Linux team and onboarded by our Hadoop Admins.
- Hadoop has been a very stable platform and only goes down due to server patching or other maintenance.
Senior Network Administrator
Vizient, Inc.Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees
OpenText Magellan
- Actuate can handle 50 to 60 sub reports inside a report very well.
- Dynamically creating the datasource, chart, graph, reports are the main advantages. We can do any level of drilling, and can create a performance matrix dashboard efficiently.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
10,001+ employeesScreenshots
Pricing Details
Hadoop
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
OpenText Magellan
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No