Microsoft HDInsight Alternatives

Microsoft HDInsight is described as 'A managed Apache Hadoop, Spark, R, HBase, and Storm cloud service made easy' and is an website in the business & commerce category. There are eight alternatives to Microsoft HDInsight, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including SaaS, Linux, Kubernetes and Self-Hosted apps. The best Microsoft HDInsight alternative is Google Cloud Dataproc. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Amazon EMR or ILUM. Other great sites and apps similar to Microsoft HDInsight are Cloudera CDH, Gigasheet, IBM InfoSphere BigInsights and Stackable.

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  1. Dataproc is a fully managed and highly scalable service for running Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Presto, and 30+ open source tools and frameworks. Use Dataproc for data lake modernization, ETL, and secure data science, at scale, integrated with...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Cloudera CDH icon
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    Cloudera's open-source Apache Hadoop distribution, CDH (Cloudera Distribution Including Apache Hadoop), targets enterprise-class deployments of that technology. Cloudera says that more than 50% of its engineering output is donated upstream to the various Apache-licensed open...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
  3. Amazon EMR is the industry-leading cloud big data solution for petabyte-scale data processing, interactive analytics, and machine learning using open-source frameworks such as Apache Spark, Apache Hive, and Presto.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  4. ILUM icon
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    Ilum is a free data lakehouse platform designed for scalability, flexibility, and simplicity.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Kubernetes
     
  5. Gigasheet icon
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    The big data spreadsheet that requires no coding skills.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. IBM InfoSphere BigInsights brings the power of Hadoop to the enterprise. Apache Hadoop is the open source software framework, used to reliably managing large volumes of structured and unstructured data.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
  7. Stackable icon
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    The Stackable Data Platform was designed with openness and flexibility in mind. It provides you with a curated selection of the best open source data apps like Apache Kafka®, Apache Druid, Trino and Apache Spark™.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Kubernetes
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. MapR icon
     Like

    MapR makes Apache Hadoop more affordable and easier to use for big data analytics, business intelligence, distributed computing, machine learning, distributed file systems and map reduce grid computing.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
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