We performed a comparison between SAP IQ and Teradata based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Relational Databases Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Unbeatable speed and compression with a colummn-structured relational database."
"It is very robust for ad hoc DW queries and its columnar compression is unique and valuable."
"The primary benefit of SAP IQ is its ability to limit the expansion of the costly SAP HANA database, which has limited storage capacity. This necessitates a form of data management that involves moving data from SAP HANA to SAP NLS, which is essentially archiving. This allows us to retain access to the data via a link whenever it is required."
"The column-based technologies (basically all the database for ITP) are used for SAP IQ. It is used as a column-based solution."
"Valuable features for us include the compression, speed, fast response time, and easy object maintenance."
"Columnar storage allows high compression, high load rates and high query performance."
"We really enjoy the FastLoad, TPump, and MultiLoad features."
"Teradata's most valuable feature is that it's easy to use."
"When it comes to integration, tools like Informatica seamlessly connect with Teradata. We ensure the Teradata database is configured correctly in Informatica, including the proper hostname and properties for the load process. We didn't find any major complexity or issues with integration."
"The most valuable feature of Teradata is security. It runs on Unix and Linux platforms which provide better security."
"Their extensive experience in data warehousing, the platform's performance, and their strong reputation in the market are the most valuable."
"Things have started moving faster in my company, such as data retrieval happens more quickly."
"It has reduced a lot of reworking on maintaining indexes, partitions, etc."
"The most valuable features of Teradata are that it is a massively parallel platform and I can receive a lot of data and get the queries out correctly, especially if it's been appropriately designed. The native features make it very suitable for multiple large data tasks in a structured data environment. Additionally, the automation is very good."
"Concurrency and functional error messaging."
"I think the universe should be part of the Sybase IQ tool set."
"The room for improvement would be the marketing of the product, because this product is much better than advertised."
"The solution works best when combined with other SAP solutions. If the environment has other systems other options might be better."
"Multiplex is very problematic. There are consistency problems in the metadata, meaning it is possible to lose metadata consistency. You should make sure you have healthy backups."
"The organization who owns the product does not support it well and appears not to be doing significant development for the future."
"It's primarily designed for big projects and therefore, the pricing is pretty high. It's not suitable for smaller companies."
"The current operational approach needs improvement."
"Query language and its functionality are rather limited, compared to Oracle or even SQL Server. However, it is possible to perform any kind of logic in it (though some workarounds may be required)."
"It would help to make scaling easier with a reduced cost. "
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"I'm not sure about the unstructured data management capabilities. It could be improved."
"Teradata can improve the way it handles big data and unstructured data."
"Teradata is an old data warehouse, and they're not improving in terms of new, innovative features."
SAP IQ is ranked 21st in Relational Databases Tools with 17 reviews while Teradata is ranked 7th in Relational Databases Tools with 54 reviews. SAP IQ is rated 8.0, while Teradata is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SAP IQ writes "Easy to use, highly stable, but integration could improve". 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". SAP IQ is most compared with Snowflake, SQL Server, SAP HANA, Apache Hadoop and SAP BW4HANA, whereas Teradata is most compared with SQL Server, Snowflake, Oracle Exadata, MySQL and BigQuery. See our SAP IQ vs. Teradata report.
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