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Cloudera sells its data and AI platform as fixed-term subscriptions for on premises software, measured in Cloudera Compute Units (CCUs), Data Under Management, users and GPU units, and as metered consumption for Cloudera on cloud paid from prepaid credits or pay-as-you-go; all software, including legacy CDH and HDP, has required a subscription since 2021-01-31.

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Overview articleCloudera licensingCloudera sells its data and AI platform as fixed-term subscriptions for on premises software, measured in Cloudera Compute Units (CCUs), Data Under Management, users and GPU units, and as metered consumption for Cloudera on cloud paid from prepaid credits or pay-as-you-go; all software, including legacy CDH and HDP, has required a subscription since 2021-01-31.Cited · Edited 2026-10-07 · 14 references

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From the Cloudera catalog: how usage is counted, the rules that apply, the programs licences are bought through and the SKUs. Backed by 49 verbatim excerpts from 19 Cloudera documents.

Products

All 25 Products

Data Management Suites 8

Add-on products entitled at Node level, CDH and HDP subscriptions, Cloudera Base on premises, Cloudera Base on premises (Compute), Cloudera Base on premises (legacy node pricing), Cloudera on premises products licensed on Cores, Input to CCU, Storage-priced Cloudera on premises offerings

Data Integration Tools 5

Cloudera Data Flow Functions (Cloudera on cloud), Cloudera Flow Management, Cloudera Streaming, Cloudera Streaming Operator / Flow Management Operator for Kubernetes, Flow Management and Streaming Operators for Kubernetes

Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms 3

Cloudera AI, Cloudera Data Science Workbench, GPU Acceleration for Cloudera Base on premises, Cloudera Data Services on premises and Cloudera Data Science Workbench

Data Fabric Software 3

Cloudera Data Services on premises, Cloudera on cloud, Cloudera Taikun on cloud

Data Governance Tools 2

Cloudera Data Lineage, Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai)

Business Intelligence Software 2

Cloudera Data Services on premises (Data Visualization), Cloudera Data Visualization

2 more categories

Product History

All acquisitions
  1. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR acquired ClouderaAnnounced 2021-06-01 · Closed 2021-10-08 · About USD 5.3 billion, all cash (as announced)

    Affiliates of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR acquired Cloudera in an all-cash transaction, taking the company private and ending its New York Stock Exchange listing.

    Licensing impact
    • Cloudera listed its definitive agreement to be acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR for USD 5.3 billion as a press release dated 2021-06-01.[1]
    • Cloudera announced on 2021-10-08 that the acquisition had completed, that its common stock had ceased trading and was no longer listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and that CEO Rob Bearden would continue to lead the company.[2]
    Sources and full product history
  2. Cloudera acquired HortonworksAnnounced 2018-10-03 · Closed 2019-01-03 · Combined fully diluted equity value of USD 5.2 billion (as announced)

    Cloudera and Hortonworks combined in an all-stock merger, with Hortonworks stockholders receiving 1.305 Cloudera shares per Hortonworks share. The combined company continued as Cloudera, and the Hortonworks Data Platform and Cloudera's CDH distribution were later moved to fixed end-of-support dates.

    Legacy productBecame
    Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP)Retired Cloudera · HDP 3.1 end of support December 2021
    Licensing impact
    • The companies announced on 2018-10-03 an all-stock merger of equals in which Cloudera stockholders would own about 60% and Hortonworks stockholders about 40% of the combined company.[1]
    • Cloudera announced on 2019-01-03 that the merger had completed; Hortonworks stockholders received 1.305 Cloudera common shares for each Hortonworks share.[2]
    • Cloudera's Support Lifecycle Policy lists Hortonworks Data Platform 3.1 with an end-of-support date of December 2021 and Cloudera Enterprise 6.2 and 6.3 (CDH) with March 2022, with a six-month Limited Support period for eligible customers after those dates.[3]
    Sources and full product history
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