Apache Hive vs. Fivetran

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apache Hive
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Apache Hive is database/data warehouse software that supports data querying and analysis of large datasets stored in the Hadoop distributed file system (HDFS) and other compatible systems, and is distributed under an open source license.N/A
Fivetran
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Fivetran replicates applications, databases, events and files into a high-performance data warehouse, after a five minute setup. The vendor says their standardized cloud pipelines are fully managed and zero-maintenance. The vendor says Fivetran began with a realization: For modern companies using cloud-based software and storage, traditional ETL tools badly underperformed, and the complicated configurations they required often led to project failures. To streamline and accelerate…
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Pricing
Apache HiveFivetran
Editions & Modules
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Starter
$0.01
per credit
Standard
$0.01
per credit
Enterprise
$0.01
per credit
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Apache HiveFivetran
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Community Pulse
Apache HiveFivetran
Top Pros
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Features
Apache HiveFivetran
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
Apache Hive
-
Ratings
Fivetran
10.0
8 Ratings
18% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
Apache Hive
-
Ratings
Fivetran
6.3
7 Ratings
25% below category average
Simple transformations00 Ratings6.67 Ratings
Complex transformations00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Apache Hive
-
Ratings
Fivetran
6.1
8 Ratings
26% below category average
Data model creation00 Ratings2.06 Ratings
Metadata management00 Ratings4.04 Ratings
Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings7.55 Ratings
Testing and debugging00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
Apache Hive
-
Ratings
Fivetran
9.0
7 Ratings
10% above category average
Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
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User Ratings
Apache HiveFivetran
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(35 ratings)
8.5
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(7 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apache HiveFivetran
Likelihood to Recommend
Apache
Software work execution is on a large scale, it is good to use for new projects or organizational changes, data lineage mapping has always been dubious but this one has had good results. You can store and synchronize data from different departments, the storage process can be manual but it is best automated.
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Fivetran
Fivetran's business model justifies the use-case where we require data from a single source basically a lot of data but if the requirement is not on the heavier side, Fivetran comes to costly operation when compared to its peers. Otherwise, I'll recommend Fivetran for stability and update and seamless service provider.
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Pros
Apache
  • Apache Hive allows use to write expressive solutions to complex problems thanks to its SQL-like syntax.
  • Relatively easy to set up and start using.
  • Very little ramp-up to start using the actual product, documentation is very thorough, there is an active community, and the code base is constantly being improved.
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Fivetran
  • Easily connects to source data using delivered connectors
  • Transforms data into standard models and schemas
  • Has very good documentation to help quickly setup connectors
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Cons
Apache
  • Some queries, particularly complex joins, are still quite slow and can take hours
  • Previous jobs and queries are not stored sometimes
  • Switching to Impala can sometimes be time-consuming (i.e. the system hangs, or is slow to respond).
  • Sometimes, directories and tables don't load properly which causes confusion
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Fivetran
  • Very difficult to get connectors enhanced if a specific needed object is not supported by them
  • Depending on the edition needed and the data volumes, can get quite expensive
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Likelihood to Renew
Apache
Since I do not know the second data warehouse solution that integrate with HDFS as well as Hive.
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Fivetran
No answers on this topic
Usability
Apache
Hive is a very good big data analysis and ad-hoc query platform, which supports scaling also. The BI processes can be easily integrated with Hadoop via the Hive. It can deal with a much larger data set that traditional RDBMS can not. It is a "must-have" component of the big data domain.
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Fivetran
Very easy and intuitive to setup and maintain as there usually are not that many options. Very well documented (e.g. how to setup each connector, how the schema looks like, any specific features of this connector etc.). Also the operation is intuitive, e.g. you have status pages, log pages, configuration pages etc. for each connector.
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Performance
Apache
No answers on this topic
Fivetran
It runs pretty well and gets our data from point A to point cluster quickly enough. Honestly, it's not something I think about unless it breaks and that's pretty rare.
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Support Rating
Apache
Apache Hive is a FOSS project and its open source. We need not definitely comment on anything about the support of open source and its developer community. But, it has got tremendous developer support, awesome documentation. I would justify the fact that much support can be gathered from the community backup.
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Fivetran
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Apache
Besides Hive, I have used Google BigQuery, which is costly but have very high computation speed. Amazon Redshift is the another product, I used in my recent organisation. Both Redshift and BigQuery are managed solution whereas Hive needs to be managed
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Fivetran
We never seriously considered using anything else. Our data engineers had used Fivetran extensively in previous roles so when it came time to make a decision, there wasn't much of a process. They gladly signed the contract with Fivetran pretty quickly.
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Return on Investment
Apache
  • Apache hive is secured and scalable solution that helps in increasing the overall organization productivity.
  • Apache hive can handle and process large amount of data in a sufficient time manner.
  • It simplifies writing SQL queries, hence helping the organization as most companies use SQL for all query jobs.
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Fivetran
  • It has been very positive in serving BI team with new source requests
  • It has been OK at scaling to match as data volumes as source data size grows
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