We compared Teradata and MySQL based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Teradata stands out for its powerful analytics, scalability, and security features, while users appreciate its thorough customer support. On the other hand, MySQL is praised for its efficiency in managing data, user-friendly interface, and strong performance. While both have positive ROI, Teradata requires improvements in speed and user interface, while MySQL needs enhancements in performance optimization and documentation.
Features: Teradata's valuable features include powerful analytics, scalability, efficient data management, reliable performance, robust security, easy integration, user-friendly interface, and extensive support. MySQL, on the other hand, boasts efficient data handling, strong performance, compatibility, ease of use, flexibility, and robust security measures.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for Teradata is mentioned to be minimal, allowing for a smooth implementation process. On the other hand, MySQL is praised for its affordable setup cost. Both products offer flexible pricing and licensing options to cater to different business needs., Teradata's ROI is significant, with users benefiting from improved data management and informed decision-making. MySQL also has a positive ROI, praised for its reliability, cost-effectiveness, scalability, and community support.
Room for Improvement: Teradata product has room for improvement in areas such as performance, user interface, workflow, and support resources. In comparison, MySQL needs enhancements in performance, documentation, support, scalability, compatibility, and security features.
Deployment and customer support: User reviews for Teradata indicate varying experiences and time requirements for the deployment, setup, or implementation phases. In contrast, with MySQL, some users reported several months for deployment and an additional week for setup, while others mentioned both processes taking only a week in total., Teradata's customer service focuses on addressing needs and resolving issues, while MySQL's support team is praised for their prompt, helpful, and knowledgeable assistance, offering efficient solutions with clear and effective communication.
The summary above is based on 45 interviews we conducted recently with Teradata and MySQL users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The solution is easy to use."
"It's a mature solution that's been around for decades."
"The solution has been very easy to scale so far."
"The most valuable feature of MySQL is the informative error outputs of command line interface."
"It has a remote access feature to manage the database from a remote location. This enables in-work collaboration."
"MySQL is a popular database platform for businesses because it is extremely easy to use."
"This is a lightweight product that is not demanding on the resources, which is what I think gives it the edge."
"Setup is easy. MySQL of various flavours has community editions to easily test, deploy, and run."
"Teradata solutions help organizations reduce IT, operations, and maintenance costs; enhance on-time delivery of products and services."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Things have started moving faster in my company, such as data retrieval happens more quickly."
"Teradata's pretty fast."
"It is a solid database a lot of different tools to move data."
"I like this solution's ease of design and the fact that its performance is quite good. It is stable as well."
"The performance is great, we are able to query our data in one operation."
"The functionality of the solution is excellent."
"The technical support should be more knowledgeable and available worldwide."
"On the database side, it should be really lightweight, and the data structure should be like MongoDB."
"It should provide better customer experiences."
"At times, the autoscaling does not happen when there is a surge in load."
"The solution could improve by having better performance and security."
"Its scalability can be better. It is probably not as scalable as Oracle. I had some issues with connectors. I used it from a C++ program, and it required some work to make it run, but finally, it worked."
"The full-text search feature must be improved."
"The analytics features are in need of improvement."
"I would like to see an improved Knowledge Base on the web."
"GUI of administrative tools is really outdated."
"Teradata is a bit late for the cloud."
"There is some improvement required on OLTP level and some analytical function is missing."
"The cloud is the new challenge and the new opportunity."
"Limited interest and success in some areas make us hesitate about upgrading."
"There is a need to improve performance in high transaction processes, as well as the reporting system."
"Teradata could improve by being less complicated. There are some aspects that are not available on the Unix server and a Unix system is required to access some data, such as in case of an emergency."
MySQL is ranked 4th in Relational Databases Tools with 142 reviews while Teradata is ranked 7th in Relational Databases Tools with 54 reviews. MySQL is rated 8.2, while Teradata is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of MySQL writes "Good beginner base but it should have better support for backups". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Teradata writes "Offers seamless integration capabilities and performance optimization features, including extensive indexing and advanced tuning capabilities". MySQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, SAP HANA and SQL Server, whereas Teradata is most compared with SQL Server, Snowflake, Oracle Exadata, BigQuery and IBM Db2 Database. See our MySQL vs. Teradata report.
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