Cloudera Data Platform vs. Oracle Exadata

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cloudera Data Platform
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
Cloudera Data Platform (CDP), launched September 2019, is designed to combine the best of Hortonworks and Cloudera technologies to deliver an enterprise data cloud. CDP includes the Cloudera Data Warehouse and machine learning services as well as a Data Hub service for building custom business applications.
$0.04
per CCU (hourly rate)
Oracle Exadata
Score 9.8 out of 10
N/A
Oracle Exadata is an enterprise database platform that runs Oracle Database workloads of any scale and criticality with high performance, availability, and security. Exadata’s scale-out design employs optimizations that let transaction processing, analytics, machine learning, and mixed workloads run faster. Consolidating diverse Oracle Database workloads on Exadata platforms in enterprise data centers, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and multicloud environments helps organizations increase…
$2.90
Per Unit
Pricing
Cloudera Data PlatformOracle Exadata
Editions & Modules
CDP Public Cloud - Data Hub
$0.04
per CCU (hourly rate)
CDP Public Cloud - Data Warehouse
$0.054
per CCU (hourly rate)
CDP Public Cloud - Data Engineering
$0.07
per CCU (hourly rate)
CDP Public Cloud - Operational Database
$0.08
per CCU (hourly rate)
CDP Public Cloud - Flow Management
$0.15
per CCU (hourly rate)
CDP Public Cloud - Machine Learning
$0.17
per CCU (hourly rate)
CDP Private Cloud - Plus Edition
$400
CCU (annual subscription)
CDP Private Cloud - Base Edition
$10,000.00
node + variable (annual subscription)
Database Server
$2.9032
Per Unit
Quarter Rack
$14.5162
Per Unit
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cloudera Data PlatformOracle Exadata
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Cloudera Data PlatformOracle Exadata
Features
Cloudera Data PlatformOracle Exadata
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Cloudera Data Platform
-
Ratings
Oracle Exadata
9.2
3 Ratings
3% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Cloudera Data Platform
-
Ratings
Oracle Exadata
10.0
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Data model creation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
Cloudera Data Platform
-
Ratings
Oracle Exadata
7.0
1 Ratings
6% below category average
Visualization00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Data Warehouse
Comparison of Data Warehouse features of Product A and Product B
Cloudera Data Platform
-
Ratings
Oracle Exadata
9.3
3 Ratings
10% above category average
High-Volume Data Processing00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Data Warehouse Management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Administrative Automation00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
Self-Optimization00 Ratings9.13 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Cloudera Data PlatformOracle Exadata
Small Businesses
Google BigQuery
Google BigQuery
Score 8.7 out of 10
Google BigQuery
Google BigQuery
Score 8.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub
Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub
Score 9.0 out of 10
Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub
Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Oracle Exadata
Oracle Exadata
Score 9.8 out of 10
Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub
Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub
Score 9.0 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
Cloudera Data PlatformOracle Exadata
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(23 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cloudera Data PlatformOracle Exadata
Likelihood to Recommend
Cloudera
I have seen that Cloudera Data Platform is well suited for large batch processes. It works really well for our indication analyses that are performed by the actuaries. I feel that rapid streaming operations may be a situation where additional technology would be needed to provide for a robust solution.
Read full review
Oracle
Oracle Exadata is well-suited for environments where massive performance for Oracle databases is required. Storage indexes reduce the unnecessary I/O. Smart Flash
Cache accelerates random reads/writes.

Our OLTP application demands very high concurrency. Multi-node Exadata provides high availability and zero downtime during DB patching. It comes with lots of built-in automations, so it reduces many routine tasks for sysadmins, like network, storage, and VM configuration, and it also reduces many Oracle DBA tasks, like Oracle software installation, patching, and upgrades.
Read full review
Pros
Cloudera
  • Scales
  • Highly available
Read full review
Oracle
  • Oracle Database : Deliver industry-leading security, high availability and scalability with Oracle Database, which has been significantly enhanced to take advantage of the Oracle Exadata Storage Servers.
  • Exadata Smart Scan : Improve query performance by offloading intensive query processing and data mining scoring to scalable intelligent storage servers.
  • Smart Flash Cache : Transparently cache 'hot' read and write data to fast solid-state storage, improving query response times and throughput. Exadata systems use the latest PCI flash technology rather than flash disks. PCI flash delivers ultra-high performance by placing flash directly on the high speed PCI bus rather than behind slow disk controllers.
  • Hybrid Columnar Compression : Reduce the size of data warehousing tables by 10x, and archive tables by 50x, to improve performance and lower storage costs for primary, standby, and backup databases. Query high, query low, archive high and archive low.
  • Infiniband Network : Connect multiple Oracle Exadata Database Machines using the InfiniBand fabric to form a larger single system image configuration. Each InfiniBand link provides 40 Gigabits of bandwidth–many times higher than traditional storage or server networks.
  • Petabyte Scalability : Easily scale data warehouse to support enterprise data growth.
Read full review
Cons
Cloudera
  • Constantly changing costs
  • Log visibility
Read full review
Oracle
  • The process of patching and upgrade of Exadata server components could be improved with a goal to minimize the overall effort, make it fully automated and transparent.
  • Improved guidelines and possibly more sophisticated tools for sizing of new Exadata servers for migration from old legacy hardware.
Read full review
Usability
Cloudera
No answers on this topic
Oracle
I am comparing Exadata with the Oracle RAC database experience. In addition to Oracle RAC features, Exadata provides automatic performance optimization through Smart Scan and storage indexes. Deep integration with the Oracle ecosystem and tight coupling with Oracle Enterprise Manager
for monitoring and management. Some downsides of Exadata are: a steep learning curve, concepts like cell offloading, IORM, and flash cache behavior aren’t intuitive initially. Operating
Exadata requires specialized DBA skills.
Read full review
Support Rating
Cloudera
We have utilized Cloudera support quite frequently and are very satisfied with the capability and responsiveness of that team. Often, the new features delivered with the platform give us an opportunity to mature the way we're doing things, and the support team have been valuable in developing those new patterns.
Read full review
Oracle
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Cloudera
IBM's offering of the Cloud Pak for Data has been a moving target and difficult to compare to Cloudera Data Platform. We have implemented our solution on Amazon Web Services, which appears to be supported by IBM at this point, but the migration would be very expensive for us to endeavor.
Read full review
Oracle
Oracle Exadata Database Machine had the best performance overall hands down. It clearly beat the competition and we were seeing 1000X improvement on SAP HANA. Oracle Exadata Database Machine beat that without us refactoring our code. To achieve that in HANA, we had to refactor the code somewhat. Now this was for our limited POC of 5 use cases. Given the large number of stored procedures we had in Sybase, we need to capture more production metrics but we are seeing incredible performance.
Read full review
Return on Investment
Cloudera
  • Reduced operational costs
  • Speed to market
Read full review
Oracle
  • Single support from a single vendor with both machine and database from Oracle, which is costing us less.
  • With Exadata, we need less technical manpower and less technical support. A business transaction with the integrated and centralized database helps us focus on other business needs.
  • We don't need to buy additional licenses and Hardware for the next 3 to 5 years.
Read full review
ScreenShots