Cloudera raises compute 25% and cuts free data tier
What happened
Between the May 4, 2026 and May 11, 2026 captures of Cloudera's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Lakehouse Optimizer Compute price increased from $0.04/CCU to $0.05/CCU (25% increase); Data Processed free tier (free until April 26th, 2026) removed. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price increase) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jun 29, 2026) lists AI Workbench at $0.2 per CCU, Data Engineering at $0.07 per CCU (Core) + $0.2 per CCU (All-Purpose), AI Inference at $0.25 per CCU, Data Flow at $0.3 per CCU (Deployments & Test Sessions) + $0.1 per Billable Invocation (Functions) and Data Hub at $0.04 per CCU.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Cloudera. Cloudera has been tracked since 2026-02-25.
In the same window Datadog and Databricks also changed their Data & Analytics pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Lakehouse Optimizer · Price+25%$0.04/CCU$0.05/CCU
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakehouse Optimizer | Price | $0.04/CCU | $0.05/CCU | +25% |
Values as written on Cloudera's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Cloudera's pricing page (www.cloudera.com) from May 4, 2026 and May 11, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where lakehouse optimizer price reads $0.04/CCU and then $0.05/CCU.
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Cloudera, pricing history
Full history- Jul 2, 2026packagingCloudera: Lakehouse Optimizer compute price increased ($0.04→$0.05/CCU)
- May 12, 2026increaseCloudera raises compute 25% and cuts free data tier · this change
Across Data & Analytics in the same window
All Data & Analytics changes- DatadogMay 12Datadog adds MongoDB, ClickHouse, Supabase support
- DatabricksApr 6Databricks Slashes Operational Database Pricing by 77%
- DatadogMay 4Datadog drops AWS Fargate from DevSecOps protection
- DatadogMay 4Datadog drops AWS Fargate ECS/EKS from DevSecOps ...
- DatadogMay 4Datadog adds Archive Search at $0.05/GB
Questions about this change
Did Cloudera raise prices in May 2026?
Yes. Pulse captured Cloudera's pricing page on May 4, 2026 and again on May 11, 2026 and recorded 1 price increase: Lakehouse Optimizer: $0.04/CCU → $0.05/CCU (+25%).
What changed on Cloudera's pricing page between May 4, 2026 and May 11, 2026?
Lakehouse Optimizer price: $0.04/CCU → $0.05/CCU (+25%). Pulse compared the captures it took on May 4, 2026 and May 11, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Cloudera change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Cloudera in the 90 days before this one; Cloudera has been tracked since 2026-02-25.