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.
"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 has a remote access feature to manage the database from a remote location. This enables in-work collaboration."
"It has a lot of features. The RDBMS, consistency, and multi-user features are valuable."
"I like MySQL because of its community."
"MySQL is a light database. It's not very complex. It's easy to develop, easy to maintain, and easy to back up and restore."
"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."
"It has a community version. When I have to create a new database, I have no problems with licenses."
"I use MySQL for employee service in an OLTP database."
"Teradata can be deployed on-premise, on the cloud, or in a virtual machine, which means customers can move without having to create their architecture all over again."
"It has a solid set of tools and consulting services."
"It is a solid database a lot of different tools to move data."
"Teradata's most valuable feature is that it's easy to use."
"It's very mature from a technology perspective."
"The performance is great, we are able to query our data in one operation."
"Teradata solutions help organizations reduce IT, operations, and maintenance costs; enhance on-time delivery of products and services."
"Building a data warehouse with Teradata has definitely helped a lot of our downstream applications to more easily access information."
"The product is a little bit complex and it is difficult to find sufficient documentation."
"It could be a little bit simpler to use."
"There are some issues with compatibility with Java environments that need to be improved. When Oracle bought this solution there were some driver changes that caused some issues with operations."
"MySQL tutorials and guides could be improved. Often they are too complex for someone with no database experience to understand."
"When it comes to supporting big data, there is space to improve upon the database engines that are supported by MySQL."
"The solution is expensive."
"If it had something similar to Microsoft’s DTS engine then it would be the best database system out there."
"I would like to see the automatic backup feature in the solution as well. Data is very important and we need to preserve it in a safe place. It would be good if MySQL can back up the data automatically."
"Limited interest and success in some areas make us hesitate about upgrading."
"There is some improvement required on OLTP level and some analytical function is missing."
"The setup is not straightforward."
"GUI of administrative tools is really outdated."
"I would like to see an improved Knowledge Base on the web."
"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."
"Apart from Control-M, it would be nice if it could integrate with other tools."
"Teradata can improve the way it handles big data and unstructured data."
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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