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SingleStore vs Teradata comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.9
SingleStore offers integrated transactional and analytical capabilities, enhancing efficiency and productivity, despite lower financial returns compared to competitors.
Sentiment score
6.9
Teradata significantly boosts speed, efficiency, and ROI, with studies showing a 427% average ROI over three years.
The efficiency has increased significantly, and our workflows are consolidated into a single platform, thus reducing the operational overhead we previously faced.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
The objective was to scale as data loads with high-performing query model responses.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
I have seen a return on investment in terms of time saved.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
At least fifteen to twenty percent of our time has been saved using Teradata, which has positively affected team productivity and business outcomes.
Senior product analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Independent research showed that Teradata VantageCloud users achieved an average ROI of 427% across three years with payback under a year, demonstrating the platform's ability to deliver a strong financial return.
Engineers at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
We have realized a return on investment, with a reduction of staff from 27 to eight, and our current return on investment is approximately 14%.
Interim and Fractional CIO and CTO at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.7
Customers praise SingleStore's efficient, proactive support via Zendesk, with dedicated personnel and forums for comprehensive assistance and issue resolution.
Sentiment score
7.1
Teradata's support is praised for professionalism and responsiveness, but feedback on speed is mixed; training resources enhance service.
The customer support is very proactive and responsive twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
Their team is capable of resolving issues efficiently, allowing users to create tickets and receive support.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
We have our own account manager who keeps us informed of the latest solutions and improvements in the system.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
The customer support for Teradata has been great.
Interim and Fractional CIO and CTO at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
They are responsive and knowledgeable, and the documentation is very helpful.
Engineers at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Customer support is very good, rated eight out of ten under our essential agreement.
Team Leader for Data Base Administrators at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
SingleStore efficiently scales through server additions and automatic data redistribution, managing large datasets seamlessly for organizations of any size.
Sentiment score
7.5
Teradata offers scalable cloud and on-premise solutions with strong adaptability, overcoming hardware limitations and cost challenges efficiently.
As our data volumes grow, we can expand resources without significant performance degradation.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
SingleStore's scalability is really nice, as the process model includes master aggregator and slave aggregators or child aggregators, making it very well scalable both vertically and horizontally.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
SingleStore's scalability is high and it can be used by any size of organization and can handle any needs of any organization.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
Whenever we need more resources, we can add that in Teradata, and when not needed, we can scale it down as well.
Senior product analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
This flexibility allows organizations to scale according to their needs, balancing performance, cost, and compliance requirements.
Engineers at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
This expansion can occur without incurring downtime or taking systems offline.
Principal Consultant & Director at Quensulting
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
SingleStore is praised for stability, handling large workloads with few downtimes, featuring appreciated redundancy for seamless operations.
Sentiment score
8.3
Teradata's robust architecture ensures exceptional stability and reliability, with minimal downtime and high user ratings despite some integration challenges.
It handles large workloads and maintains consistent performance very well overall.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
The performance and usability of SingleStore as a main database engine are significantly superior to other both paid and open-source solutions.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
I have not seen any downtime.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
Its massively parallel process architecture allows the platform to distribute workload efficiently, enabling organizations to run heavy analytic queries without compromising speed or stability.
Engineers at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
I find the stability to be almost a ten out of ten.
Team Leader for Data Base Administrators at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
The workload management and software maturity provide a reliable system.
Principal Consultant & Director at Quensulting
 

Room For Improvement

SingleStore needs improved SQL features, documentation, training, error messaging, integrations, dashboards, migration, and monitoring for enhanced performance.
Teradata requires improvements in transaction processing, scalability, UI, cost-effectiveness, analytics features, integration capabilities, and security measures.
Error handling needs attention. When it fails due to memory, it only indicates that but not exactly in which process it failed.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
The data which is sent to DataDog sometimes does not match with the SingleStore dashboard.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Better documentation for advanced use cases, especially where data volumes are very high and queries are frequent, would help us manage the feature more efficiently.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
I want to highlight two features for improvement: first, storing data in various formats without requiring a tabular structure, accommodating unstructured data; and second, adding AI ML features to better integrate Gen AI, LLM concepts, and user-friendly experiences such as text-to-SQL capabilities.
Data Engineer at Tredence Inc.
Unlike SQL and Oracle, which have in-built replication capabilities, we don't have similar functionality with Teradata.
Team Leader for Data Base Administrators at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most challenging aspect is finding Teradata resources, so we are focusing on internal training and looking for more Teradata experts.
Interim and Fractional CIO and CTO at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
 

Setup Cost

SingleStore offers transparent pricing with cloud and bare-metal options, deemed cost-effective long-term, with free initial on-premises licenses.
Teradata offers high-value analytics with flexible pricing, excelling in performance and ROI, ideal for large enterprises and data-intensive sectors.
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it can be a bit expensive for startups.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
The setup cost was surprisingly good, and our transfer to Helios was almost seamless, as far as databases go, and it was not expensive.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Teradata is much more expensive than SQL, which is well-performed and cheaper.
Team Leader for Data Base Administrators at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Initially, it may seem expensive compared to similar cloud databases, however, it offers significant value in performance, stability, and overall output once in use.
Principal Consultant & Director at Quensulting
Role-based access control (RBAC), strong audit and compliance features, high availability, fault tolerance, and encrypted data at rest and in-transit are key features.
Engineers at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

SingleStore excels with speed, scalability, and efficiency, offering robust data handling and seamless integration with multiple protocols.
Teradata excels in parallel processing, scalability, and performance, offering robust data management, security, and integration for efficient data warehousing.
SingleStore has impacted my organization positively by enabling us to run low-latency analytics and model-driven use cases at scale, which is quite difficult for OLAP and OLTP databases alone.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
A very nice and useful feature is its compatibility with MySQL API, letting any system that can connect to MySQL also connect to SingleStore, thus solving many interoperability issues with different systems.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
The best features SingleStore offers in my experience are the excellent team support and the very good UI.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Teradata's security helps our organization meet compliance requirements such as GDPR and IFRS, and it is particularly essential for revenue contracting or revenue recognition.
Interim and Fractional CIO and CTO at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Its architecture allows information to be processed efficiently while maintaining stable performance, even in highly demanding environments.
Engineers at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
It facilitates data integration, where we integrate and analyze data from various sources, making it a powerful and high-quality reliable solution for the company.
Senior Data Engineer at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

SingleStore
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (11th), Vector Databases (16th)
Teradata
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
Customer Experience Management (5th), Backup and Recovery (15th), Data Integration (14th), Relational Databases Tools (5th), Data Warehouse (3rd), BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (7th), Marketing Management (4th), Cloud Data Warehouse (2nd), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Databases solutions, they serve different purposes. SingleStore is designed for Database as a Service (DBaaS) and holds a mindshare of 3.5%, up 1.8% compared to last year.
Teradata, on the other hand, focuses on Data Warehouse, holds 8.7% mindshare, down 15.5% since last year.
Database as a Service (DBaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SingleStore3.5%
MongoDB Atlas11.8%
Amazon RDS11.7%
Other73.0%
Database as a Service (DBaaS)
Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Teradata8.7%
Snowflake9.3%
Oracle Exadata7.3%
Other74.7%
Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

Kelvin  Ben - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
Real-time analytics has transformed daily decisions and delivers fast dashboards from streaming data
The best features SingleStore offers include fast data recovery and data compression by 80 percent. Having the information in sheets helps me to process the information quickly. Simplicity in T-SQL is another aspect I appreciate. Data recovery and sheet-based processing help my team on a day-to-day basis by enabling us to handle information efficiently. I would like to add that the data compression by 80 percent helps us in an excellent way since we are very fast in obtaining the data for our dashboards and the compression of the information is great. SingleStore has impacted my organization positively by enabling us to run low-latency analytics and model-driven use cases at scale, which is quite difficult for OLAP and OLTP databases alone. It has been very helpful because our internal clients are happy to have the data and make data-driven decisions easily. Making decisions based on data within a two-hour delay to the transactional database is excellent since we went from twenty-four hours to two hours. I think the best contribution is decision-making with data that is close to reality. Reducing that delay from twenty-four hours to two hours has significantly affected my team and business outcomes by increasing productivity. We have been able to serve all our customers, and they are very happy. We can deliver to them on time.
David Durand Velásquez - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineers at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Delivers consistent performance and enables advanced analytics across complex data environments
Teradata stands out as a solid platform for managing and analyzing large volumes of data. Its architecture allows information to be processed efficiently while maintaining stable performance, even in highly demanding environments. One of its most notable strengths is the ability to run complex queries at high speed, which is essential for organizations that require timely and reliable analytics. Teradata offers a well-integrated ecosystem that supports working with different types of data and enables scalability as organizational needs grow. Its focus on advanced analytics, integration with modern business intelligence tools, and the ability to operate both on-premise and in the cloud make it a versatile solution for data warehousing and large-scale processing. Teradata's stability, technological maturity, and the availability of strong documentation and best practices are noteworthy. I consider Teradata to be a tool with great potential for any organization looking to enhance its analytical capabilities, optimize data processing, and move toward more data-driven decision-making. Teradata stands out as a solid platform for managing a large volume of data in different projects. Its architecture allows information to be processed efficiently while maintaining stable performance, even in high-demanding environments. A well-integrated AI ecosystem that supports working with different types of data and enables scalability as organizational needs grow across different kinds of enterprises or organizations. The focus on advanced analytics integration with modern business intelligence tools is particularly valuable. Teradata combines a powerful parallel process and optimizing SQL engine with a highly scalable architecture allowing businesses to execute complex queries and analytics in real-time. It supports multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments, giving organizations flexibility to choose the setup that best aligns with their strategy. One of the biggest strengths is the ability to unify disparate data sources and support high concurrency, enabling different teams, such as analytics, operations, BI, and data science, to access consistent, trusted data across the enterprise.
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Comparison Review

it_user232068 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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
29%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise53
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SingleStore DB?
I cannot share much about how SingleStore is deployed due to company policy.
What needs improvement with SingleStore DB?
SingleStore is very well at the current stage, but I see room for improvement in ease of administration, monitoring, and reducing troubleshooting time. Better documentation for advanced use cases, ...
What is your primary use case for SingleStore DB?
SingleStore is our main platform for handling high-performance real-time analytics of large data volumes, providing transactional and operational data on a single platform. One specific example of ...
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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Also Known As

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IntelliFlex, Aster Data Map Reduce, , QueryGrid, Customer Interaction Manager, Digital Marketing Center, Data Mover, Data Stream Architecture, Teradata Vantage Enterprise (DIY)
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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