Apache HBase vs Cloudera Operational Database

AHApache HBase—Visit Cloudera Operational Database8.0Visit

AH Apache HBase #6 in Wide-Column Databases —/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 2 of 3 features Visit Apache HBase

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Higher score Cloudera Operational Database #7 in Wide-Column Databases 8.0/10 From $0.08 ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Cloudera

• Apache HBase fits best

  Free self-hosted HBase-compatible infrastructure

• Cloudera Operational Database fits best

  Enterprise HBase with SQL and governance

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Side by side

Feature	AHApache HBase —/10 Visit ↗	Cloudera Operational Database 8.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	—	8.0
Ranking	#6 in Wide-Column Databases	#7 in Wide-Column Databases
Best for	Free self-hosted HBase-compatible infrastructure	Enterprise HBase with SQL and governance
Pricing model	Free	Paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Linux	Web
Support	Community, Docs	Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7
Integrations	6 integrations	9 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Apache HBase 2/3 · Cloudera Operational Database 3/3
Multi-region support	✓	✓
Transaction support	—	✓ (best)
Horizontal scaling	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Self_hosted	Both
Query interface	Multiple	Multiple
Consistency controls	Configurable	Configurable
Maximum row size	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	Real-time reads and writes for very large tables Automatic sharding and RegionServer failover Java, REST, and Thrift access gateways	Apache HBase with ANSI SQL through Apache Phoenix Integrated Apache Solr search with distributed transactions Failover, autoscaling, replication, and enterprise governance
Cons	Self-hosted deployment requires teams to operate the infrastructure Platform coverage is limited to Linux Not ACID-compliant and does not provide transactions	No free plan for evaluation or smaller workloads Pricing excludes infrastructure, networking, and other cloud costs The feature set may exceed teams needing a narrower database service
Our verdict	Apache HBase is an open-source, distributed wide-column data store modeled after Google Bigtable. It is designed for teams operating scalable clusters that need random, real-time reads and writes across very large tables, including… Read the review →	Cloudera Operational Database is a managed wide-column NoSQL database built on Apache HBase for real-time, high-throughput applications. It is aimed at enterprise teams running transactional, customer-facing, time-series, and other… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Apache HBase — where it wins

  • Real-time reads and writes for very large tables
  • Automatic sharding and RegionServer failover
  • Java, REST, and Thrift access gateways

  Where it doesn't

  • Self-hosted deployment requires teams to operate the infrastructure
  • Platform coverage is limited to Linux
  • Not ACID-compliant and does not provide transactions

• Cloudera Operational Database — where it wins

  • Apache HBase with ANSI SQL through Apache Phoenix
  • Integrated Apache Solr search with distributed transactions
  • Failover, autoscaling, replication, and enterprise governance

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan for evaluation or smaller workloads
  • Pricing excludes infrastructure, networking, and other cloud costs
  • The feature set may exceed teams needing a narrower database service

• AHApache HBase—/10 · Free plan

  A strong fit for teams running open-source HBase-compatible infrastructure on Linux.

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• Cloudera Operational Database8.0/10 · From $0.08

  A governed HBase service with SQL, search, scaling, and hybrid-cloud deployment.

  Visit ClouderaFull verdict →