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.
"It is easy to use."
"MySQL gives us a very user-friendly workspace in which to query the database."
"The solution has been very easy to scale so far."
"The initial setup for the SQL database is not complex and it even integrates into the platform. You set up the recipe and then just follow the runbook, the build book. Then it works as long as you follow the procedures."
"It has a community version. When I have to create a new database, I have no problems with licenses."
"The initial setup was easy. I work in an agile way, which means coding and deploying quickly."
"My main reason for using MySQL for this small customer database company and for some kinds of scientific projects was that I had to do the installation myself. I didn't have a database administration team behind me. Therefore, I was looking for something very easy to handle. MySQL is easy to install, connect, and do all such things."
"The solution is very simple. It's easy to use. That's the most important feature."
"It has massive parallel processing ability to do large amounts of concurrent querying."
"It is a stable program."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the warehousing model."
"The functionality of the solution is excellent."
"It's very mature from a technology perspective."
"The flexibility in design is very good."
"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."
"It's very, very fast"
"The documentation is pretty weak and should be improved."
"We want to continue using MySQL but it merged with Oracle and the scalage changed."
"It should provide better customer experiences."
"The full-text search feature must be improved."
"Clusters are hard to perform so we use no SQL alternates like MongoDB."
"I am looking for the Temporal SQL feature, which basically means that there is complete history for each table. This feature is currently available in MariaDB. PostgreSQL has something called a foreign-data wrapper, which is another way to access external data from inside. MySQL could have a similar feature."
"The auto-tuning and NDB cluster has some limitations regarding foreign keys."
"The solution could be more secure."
"I think the UI is not there yet. It could be improved by being more user-friendly."
"It needs a teaching web site with more training on third-party tools used for BI."
"Teradata hardly supports unstructured data or semi-structured data"
"Needs compatibility with more Big Data platforms."
"Teradata's pricing is quite high compared to Redshift, Synapse, or GCP alternatives."
"Limited interest and success in some areas make us hesitate about upgrading."
"Teradata can improve the way it handles big data and unstructured data."
"The following could be better: licensing, architecture openness, integration with other tools."
MySQL is ranked 4th in Relational Databases Tools with 142 reviews while Teradata is ranked 7th in Relational Databases Tools with 55 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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