Apache Hadoop vs Heap

No, but it is legacy. Large on-premises HDFS estates still run and are still supported, and Spark and Flink still run on YARN. What has ended is Hadoop as a default choice for new platforms, which now start on object storage.

Heap's autocapture is a single code snippet that automatically captures every click, swipe, tap, pageview, and form fill on your website and apps without requiring manual event setup. Once installed, Heap captures the entire digital experience of every user on every platform with no ongoing engineering maintenance needed.

Not a maintained one. CDH and HDP reached end of support and Cloudera's CDP is a paid subscription. The remaining free route is building and patching Apache releases yourself, which is a real engineering commitment.

Heap offers a Free plan for up to 10,000 monthly sessions. Growth, Pro, and Premier plans use custom session-based pricing that requires contacting sales for a quote. Free includes basic charts and 6 months data history. Growth adds the Sense AI assistant. Pro adds account analytics. Premier adds data warehouse integration and dedicated customer success management.

No. Spark runs standalone, on Kubernetes and on managed cloud services, and reads object storage directly. Many Spark deployments include Hadoop client libraries for the filesystem connectors without running a Hadoop cluster at all.

Heap includes integrated session replay showing exactly what users did on your site. However, Heap does not include built-in A/B testing or feature flags. Teams requiring these capabilities must use separate tools or integrate with third-party platforms.

Object storage, typically S3 or a compatible system, combined with an open table format such as Apache Iceberg or Delta Lake. Apache Ozone exists as an object store within the Hadoop ecosystem for organisations staying on-premises.

Heap supports over 100 integrations connecting to business tools including marketing platforms, CRMs, and data warehouses. This allows insights to reach relevant teams and ensures data flows to other business systems automatically.

It can be at multi-petabyte scale with steady, predictable utilisation, particularly where egress charges would be large. Include the staffing cost honestly, because the specialist operators a Hadoop cluster requires are scarce and therefore expensive.

Heap is cloud-only and does not offer self-hosted options. Organizations requiring on-premises deployment should consider alternatives like PostHog which supports self-hosting alongside its cloud product.

Sense Chat is Heap's AI assistant that enables users to access analytics without extensive technical knowledge. It allows teams to ask questions about user behavior and get answers directly without lengthy onboarding or technical expertise, making insights more accessible to non-technical stakeholders.