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Apache Spark

byApache Software Foundation
in Event Stream Processing
4.4

Overview

Overall experience with Apache Spark

IT Associate
30B + USD, Banking
FAVORABLE

“Efficient Python Module Handles Huge Data with Ease”

5.0
Feb 4, 2025
I used this via a python module. It's great for handling large amounts of data with efficiency. The module also provides easy coding options and optimization.
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Apache Spark Likes & Dislikes

Like

The use of module via easy set of programs. a programer need not write large codes to operate and use of sql like commands is also supported.

Like

Some of the features of Apache Spark are- 1. It is easily compatible with SQL makes it accessible to users having very less or no programming knowledge. It works with various formats like JSON, Parquet etc. 2. Its in-memory database allows this software to process large volume data. Its processing speed may reach to Petabytes sometimes. 3. It allows users to track real time data and do react to any specific changes done instantly. It is widely accepted by financial industry to operate real time trading and identify gaps instantly.

Like

I love its flexibility and scalability, also it has inbuilt library for machine learning which help us a lot playing with some data scientist projects which i generally love to play around and having fault tolerant inbuilt system helps us most of the time, also it is really a great return on investment product as it helps us a lot and give more than the money worth it.

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Nothing as of now

Dislike

1. Foremost drawback of this software is its high memory consumption. It heavily consumes RAM to provide high speed data processing. But this could lead to major memory consumption and needs additional hardware investment. 2. Apache Spark's processing speed becomes slow when it works on multiple small files. This makes it vulnerable for small scale industry with small and multiple datasets. 3. Fetching data from different sources might affect on data accuracy and data quality which may result to inaccurate analysis result.

Dislike

i dislike its memory consuming process which causes a lot of trouble to me, also deployment of apache and connection to make is really difficult and tricky for beginners which i think its a main disadvantage as beginners has to be very fluent with any of the new product, also support for advance analytics is not supported here in apache spark

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Apache Spark Reviews and Ratings

4.4

(46 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
37%
4 Star
63%
3 Star
0%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
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Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.4

Integration & Deployment

4.5

Service & Support

4.4

Product Capabilities

4.6

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  • IT Associate
    10B+ USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Efficient Python Module Handles Huge Data with Ease

    5.0
    Feb 4, 2025
    I used this via a python module. It's great for handling large amounts of data with efficiency. The module also provides easy coding options and optimization.
  • DATA ANALYTICS MANAGER
    50M-1B USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    Processing Large Datasets using Apache Spark

    5.0
    Nov 8, 2023
    Apache spark is a unified engine software made for large scale data analytics powered by Apache Software Foundation. Its flexible option allows this software to work on multiple language and execute Data Analytics and Machine Learning tasks.
  • DATA AND ANALYTICS MANAGER
    50M-1B USD
    Retail
    Review Source

    it is flexible, scalable, fault tolerant and difficult to use at early stage

    4.0
    Oct 31, 2023
    The main reason for my rating is very very convenient in handling big data and big scale data, and the functionality it offers which is flexibility, scalability using multiple data source is commendable and recommendable, one of the projects which i was using apache spark is for dynamic pricing algorithm with multiple statistical approaches with big data handled very easily there.
  • Manager of IT Services
    1B-10B USD
    Consumer Goods
    Review Source

    Review on Apache Spark

    4.0
    Oct 17, 2023
    As we are handling more than 100 gb data on daily basis, I found spark framework as best solution to accomplish the business need. As spark is know for its speed and performance. It also supports both dataframe API and SQL queries in mutiple languages like scala, python, R and java.
  • SOFTWARE ENGINEER
    1B-10B USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Real time data processing cost effective system

    4.0
    Oct 23, 2023
    Real time data processing cost efficient system, Apply interactive queries
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