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.
"What I really like about MySQL is the opportunity to search for information and organize it any way I like."
"MySQL's most significant attribute is its capability to create, modify, and maintain databases. This is crucial and advantageous in procedures, such as SOAR. Therefore, all SQL functions are beneficial to any backend developer or developer who requires data storage."
"The initial setup was pretty straightforward. I would have worked with our IT team in terms of the initial setup."
"One of the best features is this solution is easy to use."
"The tool is open-source and there is no cost involved in its use."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is its ubiquity. MySQL is everywhere, so if I need to find a developer to do things to it that I don't know, it's very easy to find someone who has expertise in it."
"MySQL is easy to use, has fast performance, and it is comfortable for end-user to use. The schema level and structure we are using are very simple and easy to understand. Additionally, packaging tool development is straightforward and the data is presented in a way that is very simple to understand."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It is a stable program."
"It is a solid database a lot of different tools to move data."
"I found all parts --loading, transformation, processing & querying work in parallel, and end-to-end-- to be valuable."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Teradata's most valuable feature is that it's easy to use."
"It's very mature from a technology perspective."
"The ability to handle machine data parallel processing is the most valuable feature of Teradata."
"I've never had any issues with scalability."
"If it had something similar to Microsoft’s DTS engine then it would be the best database system out there."
"The solution could be more secure."
"Sometimes, not because the version is not the latest version, there are some issues with it. Sometimes there's an issue with the server which creates issues with it."
"As an open-source product, there isn't really any technical support available if you get into trouble or have issues."
"There should be more tools to manage the on-premises version and more automation features."
"Even for the best database, we always want the database to perform much better, so we wish MySQL would be much better, in terms of performance."
"When I run into issues, I really have to research how to fix them."
"The analytics features are in need of improvement."
"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."
"There is some improvement required on OLTP level and some analytical function is missing."
"The increasing volumes of data demand more and more performance."
"Teradata is a bit late for the cloud."
"We tried to use case Teradata for a data warehouse system, but we had some problems in relation to the Teradata system, CDC tools, and source databases. We were unable to transfer data from HPE Integrity mainframe to Teradata."
"The SQL Assistant is very basic. This tool can be improved for usability."
"I would like to see an improved Knowledge Base on the web."
"The scalability could be better. The on-premises solution is always more complicated to scale."
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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