Oracle Exadata vs Teradata comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 11, 2022
 

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Exadata
Ranking in Data Warehouse
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
125
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Teradata
Ranking in Data Warehouse
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (7th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Data Warehouse category, the market share of Oracle Exadata is 15.2% and it decreased by 28.5% compared to the previous year. The market share of Teradata is 15.6% and it increased by 9.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Warehouse
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Relational Databases Tools
5.9%
 

Featured Reviews

TS
May 15, 2024
Performs well with large databases and provides excellent data transformation features
We work on data warehouses and data marts The tool performs well with a large database. It is easy to integrate the tool with other ELT solutions. The performance and data transformation are excellent. We recommend it to our clients. The tool has good storage technologies. The product must make…
AK
Jun 15, 2017
With the current machine we are able to eliminate the use of OLAP cubes and allow customer queries to run directly on the Teradata machine.
The two types of partitioning have been very significant for us - row and columnar partitioning With the current machine we are able to eliminate the use of OLAP cubes and allow customer queries to run directly on the Teradata machine. We have now started running more profit generating activities…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The product is flexible."
"Complete management occurs from one single address instead of different servers."
"The business intelligence is very good."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The storage capacity and the performance of Oracle Exadata are good. When comparing the performance to other technologies it is very good. I am satisfied with the management of the solution."
"This product can noticeably enhance performance of contextual Oracle databases."
"Compression is a great feature, where one can really save a lot of storage."
"They just have a lot of products, and they work well together."
"The two types of partitioning have been very significant for us - row and columnar partitioning."
"Their extensive experience in data warehousing, the platform's performance, and their strong reputation in the market are the most valuable."
"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."
"Designing the database is easy."
"Teradata has good performance, the response times are very fast. Overall the solution is easy to use. When we do the transformation, we have all of our staging and aggregation data available."
"It has a solid set of tools and consulting services."
"​Building a data warehouse with Teradata has definitely helped a lot of our downstream applications to more easily access information."
"The most valuable feature of Teradata is security. It runs on Unix and Linux platforms which provide better security."
 

Cons

"The management monitoring tools are quite important and an area that needs some improvement."
"I believe Oracle must improve its procedure to support the clients. The customer Ready Service must provide more use cases and benchmarks of their infrastructure to support client design decisions. Oracle must audit their partners regularly to guarantee they provide quality service even after been passed on partnership examination."
"It would be good if Exadata made some new features available regarding data retrieval and speed capacity functions."
"Tech support sometimes takes some time to identify and rectify issues."
"I have found Oracle Exadata to be scalable. However, you have to purchase more hardware, such as memory."
"The integration with third-party applications regarding access management security could be better."
"One small area for improvement in Oracle Exadata is integration, particularly at the consolidated application level."
"It's too expensive per terabyte. It's complex."
"It's primarily designed for big projects and therefore, the pricing is pretty high. It's not suitable for smaller companies."
"Limited interest and success in some areas make us hesitate about upgrading."
"Since I was working on the very basic, legacy systems, the memory thing was always a challenge. If Teradata is moving to the cloud, the space constraint or the memory issue that my company generally faces will eventually resolve, in time. What I'd like to see in the next release of Teradata is that it becomes full-fledged on the cloud, apart from better connectivity to various systems. For example, if I have to read or include a Python script, if I write some basic codes, I should be able to read even unstructured data. I know that it's not supported even in Snowflake, but at least semi-structured data support, if that can be a little more enhanced, that would be good."
"Apart from Control-M, it would be nice if it could integrate with other tools."
"The increasing volumes of data demand more and more performance."
"It needs a teaching web site with more training on third-party tools used for BI."
"Teradata is an expensive tool. Like, if you're already using Microsoft products like Windows, they'll market all their products together. And with the rise of cloud technologies, companies will adopt solutions that offer them some privileges or facilities. Similar to how SAP does it in the market, so do Microsoft and other companies. Even Oracle and other such tools are quite commonly seen compared to Teradata's competitors in everyday solutions."
"GUI of administrative tools is really outdated."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay for an annual license and it is expensive."
"The pricing of Oracle Exadata is too high."
"The price of the solution could improve, it is expensive."
"Oracle is always costly but it's fine."
"Exadata is an expensive tool, but, considering the ROI, it's worth going for the solution."
"The majority of our customers are in government or big enterprises, and the projects that we sell come out to several million USD. With this amount of money on the table, it's always better to have an experienced team of consultants, who know Exadata very well, handle the implementation."
"Oracle Exadata is not a cheap solution. Pricing is a problem for Oracle, and every client, not just my company, would like the vendor to improve on the price, or lower the price. My company paid for several years' worth of Oracle Exadata licenses. You need to pay for the technical support and other features separately, on different contracts. In terms of affordability, my rating for Oracle Exadata is two out of five."
"I give the pricing of the solution a five out of ten."
"I am using the free version of Teradata."
"The cost of running Teradata is quite high, but you get a good return on investment."
"The price of Teradata is expensive. However, what they deliver they are outstanding. If you're looking for an inexpensive solution to run a database, this isn't your tool. It's the Ferrari of databases for data warehousing."
"Teradata is not cheap, but you get what you pay for."
"The initial cost may seem high, but the TCO is low."
"The price of Teradata is on the higher side, and I think that it where they lose out on some of their business."
"The price of the solution could be reduced, it is expensive."
"The price needs to be more competitive as Hadoop, Redshift, Snowflake, etc are constantly making way into EDW space."
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Comparison Review

it_user232068 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 5, 2015
Netezza vs. Teradata
Original published at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/should-i-choose-net Two leading Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) architectures for Data Warehousing (DW) are IBM PureData System for Analytics (formerly Netezza) and Teradata. I thought talking about the similarities and differences…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
28%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Energy/Utilities Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
25%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Exadata?
It is the best solution for OLTP and data warehousing.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Exadata?
I rate the tool’s pricing a three out of ten. The solution is expensive.
What needs improvement with Oracle Exadata?
The product must make more investments in object storage technologies. Six to seven years ago, the product had an SQL-based analytics feature that did not work well. The vendor must consider invest...
Comparing Teradata and Oracle Database, which product do you think is better and why?
I have spoken to my colleagues about this comparison and in our collective opinion, the reason why some people may declare Teradata better than Oracle is the pricing. Both solutions are quite simi...
Which companies use Teradata and who is it most suitable for?
Before my organization implemented this solution, we researched which big brands were using Teradata, so we knew if it would be compatible with our field. According to the product's site, the comp...
Is Teradata a difficult solution to work with?
Teradata is not a difficult product to work with, especially since they offer you technical support at all levels if you just ask. There are some features that may cause difficulties - for example,...
 

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