Amazon EMR Alternatives

Amazon EMR is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Amazon EMR for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Linux, SaaS, Self-Hosted and Kubernetes apps. The best Amazon EMR alternative is Google Cloud Dataproc. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ILUM or Gigasheet. Other great apps like Amazon EMR are Cloudera CDH, IBM InfoSphere BigInsights, Sybase IQ and Platfora.

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  1. Google Cloud Dataproc icon

    Google Cloud Dataproc

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    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

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     

    • Google Cloud Dataproc is the most popular Web-based alternative to Amazon EMR.

    • Google Cloud Dataproc is the most popular commercial alternative to Amazon EMR.

    • Google Cloud Dataproc is Paid and ProprietaryAmazon EMR is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Cloudera CDH icon

    Cloudera CDH

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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
     

    • Cloudera CDH is the most popular Linux alternative to Amazon EMR.

    • Cloudera CDH is Paid and ProprietaryAmazon EMR is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. ILUM icon

    ILUM

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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
    ilum free data lakehouse
     

    • ILUM is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Amazon EMR.

    • ILUM is the most popular free alternative to Amazon EMR.

    • ILUM is Freemium and ProprietaryAmazon EMR is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • ILUM is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAmazon EMR is not according to our users
  5. Gigasheet icon

    Gigasheet

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    The big data spreadsheet that requires no coding skills.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     

  6. IBM InfoSphere BigInsights

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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
  7. Sybase IQ icon

    Sybase IQ

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    SAP Sybase IQ, a highly optimized analytics server software which provides business intelligence through column-based oriented architecture tool for data warehousing and mining. Our Sybase analytic database management software server product provides faster results for...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Sybase IQ is the most popular Windows alternative to Amazon EMR.

    • Sybase IQ is Paid and ProprietaryAmazon EMR is Freemium and Proprietary
  9. Platfora icon

    Platfora

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    Platfora puts the power of Big Data Analytics into the hands of business users, providing self-service analytics capability across all of your customer interaction, machine and transactional data sets. With Platfora, you can visualize insights and make decisions that were never...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Stackable icon

    Stackable

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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 (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Kubernetes
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Stackable is the most popular Open Source alternative to Amazon EMR.

    • Stackable is Freemium and Open SourceAmazon EMR is Freemium and Proprietary
  11. Sense Platform icon

    Sense Platform

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    A Cloud Platform for Data Science and Big Data Analytics Collaborate on, scale, and deploy data analysis and advanced analytics projects radically faster. Use the most powerful tools — R, Python, JavaScript, Redshift, Hive, Impala, Hadoop, and more — supercharged and integrated i.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
  12. Domino Data Lab icon

    Domino Data Lab

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    Run your code faster, without the infrastructure hassle

    Domino makes it easy to run your Python, R, MATLAB, and Julia code on more powerful hardware with one command, so you can get your results faster. Customers tell us these features can reduce set-up and configuration times b.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    MapR

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    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
     
  14. Datameer icon

    Datameer

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    Datameer is a business-user-focused business intelligence (BI) platform for Hadoop. But Datameer doesn't treat Hadoop as an island of information; it can connect to any data source through JDBC, Hive, HTTP, or other standards.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     

    • Datameer is the most popular Mac alternative to Amazon EMR.

    • Datameer is Paid and ProprietaryAmazon EMR is Freemium and Proprietary
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