2019-04-26T18:05:00Z

What needs improvement with Teradata?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
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BS
Real User
Top 20
2023-12-05T08:41:57Z
Dec 5, 2023

In our experience with Teradata, we haven't seen any significant weaknesses. However, when it comes to scalability, limited interest and success in some areas make us hesitate about upgrading. In the future, I would like to see Teradata incorporate features that allow it to handle unstructured data. Additionally, improvements in documentation to make it more user-friendly and up-to-date would enhance the overall user experience.

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NT
Real User
Top 5
2023-11-02T07:50:49Z
Nov 2, 2023

Teradata hardly supports unstructured data or semi-structured data. Teradata is very costly, and it's not easy to upgrade or expand the components in Teradata. A lot of infrastructure needs to be set up in order to use Teradata.

Rupal Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-08-15T11:46:04Z
Aug 15, 2023

Sometimes the large ingestion jobs takes days to load data, and some of our stored procedures take longer. I don't know whether it's the tool or the network, but it takes a long time to execute complex commands.

Asish Sahu - PeerSpot reviewer
MSP
Top 5
2023-04-20T10:00:13Z
Apr 20, 2023

Teradata can improve the way it handles big data and unstructured data.

JP
Consultant
Top 20
2023-02-27T12:20:18Z
Feb 27, 2023

I'd like to see a better relationship with the business itself. Business users have trouble finding solutions when they run into issues in the data warehouse. It can be a bit complex to work with. Regarding data warehousing, I'd like to see more data and business analysis to help with the design and development. It's primarily designed for big projects and therefore, the pricing is pretty high. It's not suitable for smaller companies.

MS
Real User
Top 20
2023-01-31T09:44:47Z
Jan 31, 2023

The solution could improve by having a cloud version or a cloud component. We have to use other solutions, such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Snowflake for the cloud.

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AM
Real User
Top 20
2022-12-13T11:14:18Z
Dec 13, 2022

The market is enhancing, and every day, BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, and all these competitors are moving very, very fast. They're bringing out many new features. For example, Snowflake now has Time Travel and cloning and all these very interesting features. Teradata is an old data warehouse, and they're not improving in terms of new, innovative features. Basically, they're pretty much consistent and unchanging. They're not bringing new features. I've been working with it for eight years, and I have not seen so many new features. Maybe there have been only one or two in the last eight years. Innovation is something that is a bit slow with respect to Teradata. Other competitors are better in terms of new innovations. I'd like to see Teradata add features like cloning or time travel. There is a query tool. However, we need to install the tool in order to fetch records. With other data warehouses, they have a web-based tool that allows for queries without having to download. The initial setup is not too easy. When we want to scale, we need to go to Teradata to initiate the process.

AO
Real User
Top 20
2022-10-11T13:32:47Z
Oct 11, 2022

Teradata is a bit late for the cloud. They maybe need to have some room for cloud improvements. Scalability is limited on-premises. The solution could use more AI support.

MR
Real User
Top 10
2022-09-21T19:40:14Z
Sep 21, 2022

Teradata's UI could be improved.

Al Krause - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-07-19T15:24:02Z
Jul 19, 2022

Any value this product provides is offset by the high cost and lack of scalability. We're moving to Snowflake because of the scalability and cost differentials. There are better, more flexible, robust, and economical options out there.

SD
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-06-02T14:30:00Z
Jun 2, 2022

Apart from Control-M, it would be nice if it could integrate with other tools. Specifically, with respect to the integrations with the automation tools, if that can be increased, and if the tester could be able to test more automation scripts in a better way it would help. The efficiency could always be increased. Occasionally, at the outset of the implementation process, we struggled a little bit.

Anton Van Heerden - PeerSpot reviewer
Reseller
Top 20
2022-04-30T18:23:24Z
Apr 30, 2022

An area that needs improvement is the cloud-based version of the solution because it's designed for on-prem and then transferred to the cloud version. Teradata needs to pay attention to the cloud-based solution to make sure it runs smoothly. In the next release, I would like Teradata to be cloud-agnostic in order to not limit customers' choices.

MP
Reseller
2021-12-23T19:55:00Z
Dec 23, 2021

Teradata needs to expand the kind of training that's available to customers. Teradata only offers training directly and doesn't delegate to any third-party companies. As a result, it's harder to find people trained on Teradata in our market relative to Oracle. They should diversify their sales channels and develop more resellers. Teradata could also be more active in marketing because I rarely see any Teradata events in Russia. They've always had several regional conferences for Teradata users, but I hardly ever see marketing events geared toward new customers.

HM
Real User
2021-10-14T03:49:44Z
Oct 14, 2021

Teradata could improve by providing better training. For example, Oracle provides good overall training. It is not easy to find information on the internet.

EK
Real User
2021-06-25T03:51:21Z
Jun 25, 2021

The scalability could be better. The on-premises solution is always more complicated to scale. The flexibility could be improved. The product is good if you know what you're planning to do. If you're designing as well, upfront, then it's fine. However, if you've made a mistake in the design work or your system, then it could be quite complex and expensive, and it may not preform well.

KG
Real User
2021-04-29T12:06:43Z
Apr 29, 2021

I would like to see more integration with many different types of data.

NV
MSP
2020-12-02T22:20:11Z
Dec 2, 2020

It could use some more advanced analytics relating to structured and semi-structured data. In other words, there should be a process that makes advanced analytics easier. The integration capabilities could be improved. They should improve their marketing to make it easier to sell to customers.

AY
Real User
2020-11-19T00:23:26Z
Nov 19, 2020

I'm not sure about the unstructured data management capabilities. It could be improved. They should, I think, try to do more of this open-source initiative to encourage more people to use it. Otherwise, it's my opinion that they might lose our business in the long run.

it_user1210803 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
2019-11-27T05:42:00Z
Nov 27, 2019

What really needs to improve, is their general cloud services. That is their biggest downfall at the moment.

GM
Real User
2019-07-08T03:09:00Z
Jul 8, 2019

The user interface needs to be improved. The price needs to be more competitive as Hadoop, Redshift, Snowflake, etc are constantly making way into EDW space.

it_user1076391 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2019-04-26T18:05:00Z
Apr 26, 2019

I would like to see an improved Knowledge Base on the web.

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