Cloudera
Hybrid data platform for data engineering, warehousing and AI
About Cloudera
Cloudera provides a hybrid data and AI platform that runs on-premises and across public clouds, covering data engineering, warehousing, streaming and machine learning. It grew from the Hadoop ecosystem and merged with Hortonworks in 2019. It has been privately held since 2021.
Common use cases
- Hadoop modernization
- Regulated-industry analytics
- Data lakehouse
- Private-cloud AI
Products and services
Cloudera Data Platform
Hybrid data platform for public cloud and on-premises.
Cloudera Data Warehouse
SQL analytics service.
Cloudera Data Engineering
Spark-based pipeline service.
Cloudera AI
Machine learning and generative AI workbench.
Cloudera DataFlow
NiFi-based data movement.
Key features
- Hybrid deployment
- Shared security and governance
- Data lakehouse
- Spark pipelines
- Streaming ingestion
- Machine learning tools
Integrations
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Apache Iceberg
- NVIDIA
- Kafka
- Spark
- Tableau
Cloudera alternatives
FAQs
Can it run on-premises?
Yes. Hybrid and on-premises deployment is a main differentiator.
Who owns Cloudera?
Private equity firms KKR and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, since 2021.
How is it priced?
Subscription, typically via enterprise contracts.

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