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Cloudera Data Lake Service

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Spec score 7.1 #12 of 19 in Data Lake Software

What it is

Cloudera Data Lake Service provides data governance, metadata management, access controls, and auditing for data lake workloads. It captures schema and metadata definitions that platform workloads discover or create, then supports search, lineage, chain-of-custody auditing, classification, profiling, and a business glossary. Security capabilities include role- and attribute-based policies, auditing of unauthorized access, and encryption at rest and in motion with key management. Apache Ranger can apply access policies at database, table, column, and file levels, including dynamic conditions such as time or geolocation. Apache Knox provides a protected single sign-on gateway to Data Lake and Cloudera Data Platform interfaces. A cluster includes Hive Metastore, Ranger, Atlas, and Knox. Cloudera supports light-duty and enterprise Data Lakes on AWS, Azure, and GCP. Listed capabilities also include SQL analytics, streaming ingestion, data sharing, and open table formats. The service has web and API access and supports hybrid deployment. The listed pricing note starts at $0.20, while the plan is also described as Contact Sales for pricing; cloud prices exclude infrastructure and networking costs.

Spec sheet

Purpose
Provides capabilities for data schema and metadata, metadata governance and management, data access authorization and authentication, and compliance-ready access auditing.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudera.com
Security
Supports granular, dynamic, role- and attribute-based security policies, auditing of unauthorized access, and encryption at rest and in motion with key management.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudera.com
Support
Cloudera’s product page points users to product support, community, documentation, and downloads, and invites them to book a demo.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudera.com
Headquarters
Silicon Valley, California, USARead 28 Sep 2026 · cloudera.com
Founded
2008Read 28 Sep 2026 · cloudera.com
Access controls
Apache Ranger policies can control access at database, table, column, and file levels and can apply dynamic conditions such as time or geolocation.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.cloudera.com
API access
Data Lake API endpoints are available from the Endpoints tab in the Cloudera Management Console.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.cloudera.com
Cloud availability
Cloudera supports light-duty and enterprise Data Lakes for AWS, Azure, and GCP.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.cloudera.com
Governance
Supports metadata search, lineage and chain-of-custody auditing, classification, profiling, and a business glossary.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudera.com
Integrated services
A Data Lake cluster includes Hive Metastore, Apache Ranger, Apache Atlas, and Apache Knox services.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.cloudera.com
Pricing detail
The pricing page lists on-premises Cloudera Data Services as Contact Sales for pricing and says cloud prices exclude infrastructure and networking costs.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudera.com
Schema and metadata
Automatically captures and stores schema and metadata definitions discovered or created by platform workloads.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudera.com
Single sign-on
Apache Knox provides a protected gateway for single sign-on to Data Lake and Cloudera Data Platform user interfaces.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudera.com

Plans and prices

Cloudera Data Lake Service Priced on request Contact Sales for pricing Pricing not listed on the Data Lake Service page Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudera.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Automatically captures schema and metadata definitions.
  • Supports lineage, classification, profiling, and a business glossary.
  • Ranger policies reach database, table, column, and file levels.
  • Supports AWS, Azure, and GCP Data Lakes.
  • Includes protected single sign-on through Apache Knox.

Limits

  • Free plan is not available.
  • Plan pricing is listed as Contact Sales for pricing.
  • Cloud prices exclude infrastructure and networking costs.

Who it suits

The service suits organizations that need governance, metadata controls, and auditing for data lake workloads. It is relevant to teams using supported AWS, Azure, or GCP Data Lakes and needing detailed access policies.

Verdict

Cloudera Data Lake Service combines metadata governance, fine-grained access policies, auditing, and encryption for data lake environments. Pricing is not straightforwardly stated: the note starts at $0.20, while the plan is listed as Contact Sales for pricing.

Where Specifiction places it

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