
Cloudera Open Data Lakehouse
Cloudera Open Data Lakehouse is a paid lakehouse product combining open table formats, SQL analytics, streaming ingestion, governance catalog capabilities, a…
What Cloudera Open Data Lakehouse is
Cloudera Open Data Lakehouse is a paid lakehouse product combining open table formats, SQL analytics, streaming ingestion, governance catalog capabilities, and ACID transactions. It supports both storage models, giving organizations options for their data-storage approach. The Lakehouse Optimizer plan is listed at $0.05 a month, billed according to Cloudera Compute Unit pricing. It automates Iceberg table optimization, table maintenance, and other lakehouse automations; infrastructure and networking costs are additional. Cloudera Base on premises is an annual subscription with Business Support, with pricing available from sales. That plan includes Apache Iceberg tables, Iceberg maintenance and replication, SDX and an Iceberg catalog, plus HDFS, Ozone, or selected third-party storage. There is no free plan. The two listed offerings therefore differ in deployment and billing: one is compute-priced optimization, while the other is an on-premises subscription with a sales-based price.
Good
- Supports open table formats
- SQL analytics and streaming ingestion
- ACID transaction support
- Automated Iceberg optimization and maintenance
- Governance catalog capabilities
Watch out
- No free plan
- Infrastructure and networking costs are additional
- On-premises Base pricing requires contacting sales
- Base is an annual subscription
Who it suits
It suits organizations needing open table formats with SQL, streaming ingestion, governance, and ACID transactions. Teams can consider the compute-priced optimizer or on-premises Base subscription.
Verdict
Cloudera Open Data Lakehouse addresses analytics, streaming, governance, and transactional lakehouse workloads. Compare the optimizer’s compute billing with Base’s annual, sales-priced on-premises model and account for additional infrastructure costs.
Plans and prices
From Cloudera Open Data Lakehouse's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Lakehouse Optimizer | $0.05 a month | Automated Iceberg table optimization · Table maintenance and lakehouse automations · Compute pricing shown per Cloudera Compute Unit; infrastructure and networking costs are additional. |
| Cloudera Base on premises | Priced on request | Apache Iceberg tables · Iceberg maintenance and replication · SDX and Iceberg catalog · HDFS, Ozone, or select third-party storage · Annual subscription with Business Support; contact sales for pricing. |
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