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Oracle Big Data Service
Austin, Texas, USA
What it is
Oracle Big Data Service is a paid, managed cloud service for creating Hadoop-based data lakes and processing large data volumes. Its distribution includes Apache Hadoop, Ambari, HBase, Hive, Spark, and other services. Customers can create clusters with OCI compute shapes, from development environments to production systems on dedicated hardware, and choose NVMe or block storage. Clusters can be resized, and secure high-availability configurations are available as an option. Oracle Cloud SQL queries data across Hadoop, Kafka, NoSQL, and object stores through Oracle SQL. Oracle Machine Learning for SparkR supports HDFS, Spark DataFrames, and JDBC sources for building models in R. Access is available through the OCI Console, CLI, REST APIs, and SDKs. Block Volume data is encrypted at rest by default, and OCI IAM manages authentication and authorization. Integrations include OCI Object Storage and Data Catalog. Oracle describes both short-lived task clusters and long-running data lakes. The listed service fee is $0.02 per OCPU per hour; compute and storage charges are separate.
For and against
For
- Managed Hadoop-based cloud service
- Resizable cluster configurations
- NVMe and block storage choices
- SQL access across multiple data stores
- Console, CLI, REST, and SDK access
Against
- No free plan
- Compute and storage charges apply separately
- Clusters need release updates for support
- Pricing is usage-based per OCPU hour
The verdict
Oracle Big Data Service combines managed Hadoop components, configurable clusters, SQL querying, and machine-learning tooling. Buyers should account for the separate compute and storage charges alongside the listed service fee.
Who it suits
Oracle Big Data Service suits organizations building Hadoop data lakes in Oracle Cloud. It supports both temporary processing clusters and long-lived lake environments.
Plans and prices
Oracle Big Data Service
OCPU per hour · Compute and storage charges apply separately
Read 5 Oct 2026 · oracle.com
On the record
- Access methods
- Users can access the service through the browser-based OCI Console, OCI CLI, REST APIs, or SDKs.docs.oracle.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Cluster sizing
- Customers can create clusters using OCI compute shapes, from small development clusters to large production clusters on dedicated hardware.docs.oracle.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Hadoop stack
- The service includes Oracle Distribution including Apache Hadoop, with Apache Ambari, Hadoop, HBase, Hive, Spark, and other services.docs.oracle.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- High availability
- Secure, high-availability clusters are available as an option.docs.oracle.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Oracle documents integrations with OCI Object Storage and Data Catalog; Cloud SQL also analyzes data across Hadoop, Kafka, NoSQL, and object stores.docs.oracle.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Intended workloads
- Oracle describes the service for short-lived clusters handling specific tasks as well as long-lived clusters managing large data lakes.docs.oracle.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Machine learning
- The product page describes Oracle Machine Learning for SparkR for working with HDFS, Spark DataFrames, and JDBC sources, and building models in R.oracle.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Pricing detail
- Oracle lists Big Data Service compute standard at $0.17614464, Dense I/O at $0.2804684, HPC at $0.20130816, and Cloud SQL at $0.1408895 per OCPU per hour.oracle.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Security
- Block Volume data used by Big Data Service is encrypted at rest by default, and OCI IAM controls authentication and authorization.docs.oracle.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- SQL and data sources
- Oracle Cloud SQL can query data in Hadoop, Kafka, NoSQL, and object stores using Oracle SQL.docs.oracle.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Storage options
- The product page says customers can choose high-performance NVMe storage or lower-cost block storage and grow or shrink clusters.oracle.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Trial
- OCI offers a 30-day trial with $300 in credits for eligible services; the page does not specifically identify Big Data Service as eligible.docs.oracle.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Updates and support
- Oracle says cluster release updates must be applied to keep Big Data Service clusters up to date and supported.docs.oracle.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Oracle Big Data Service is a managed cloud service for creating Hadoop-based data lakes that process large amounts of data.oracle.com · read 5 Oct 2026
