Teradata Reviews and Pricing

it_user324744

Business Development / Senior Business Analyst at Startup team at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Mar 14, 2018

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It has increased the speed of reporting

Pros and Cons

"It has increased the speed of reporting."

"Their level of technical support is adequate. It could be better."
"The initial setup was complex as we had to rewrite a lot of the code."

What is our primary use case?

Data mart implementation for the insurance industry.

How has it helped my organization?

Increased the speed of reporting
More accurate data scientist answers

What is most valuable?

Shared-nothing architecture
Recoverability

What needs improvement?

Cloud implementation
User-friendly products

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For how long have I used the solution?

Three to five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have not encountered any issues with stability for Teradata solutions.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I have not encountered any issues with scalability for Teradata solutions.

How are customer service and support?

Their level of technical support is adequate. It could be better.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used Oracle, though not Exadata. We switched for better reporting performance.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was complex as we had to rewrite a lot of the code.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I would advise others to look into migration and setup as a fixed price and incorporate a SaaS option for other Teradata services.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated this product versus Oracle Exadata.

What other advice do I have?

When looking into implementing this product, pricing is the main issue followed by technical expertise.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

it_user702450

Manager BI Development at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Feb 4, 2018

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Performance when processing terabytes of data, and the scalability are key for us

Pros and Cons

"The key advantages are Performance when processing Terabytes of data and scalability."

"The following could be better: licensing, architecture openness, integration with other tools."

How has it helped my organization?

We have improved our daily/monthly reporting, campaign management, and behavior analysis.

What is most valuable?

Performance when processing terabytes of data.

What needs improvement?

Licensing
Architecture openness
Integration with other tools

For how long have I used the solution?

More than five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Teradata's key strength is it's scalability.

How are customer service and technical support?

Excellent. The support covers all aspects of hardware/software usage.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Oracle's performance in processing large amounts of data is very poor and we had to choose new technology.

How was the initial setup?

Complex. The process requires multiple meetings and all teams working together.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Teradata is expensive but gives value for money, especially if you don't want to move your data to the cloud.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

IBM, Oracle.

What other advice do I have?

If you have purchased the hardware/software, focus on architecture and the design of data layers.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

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it_user277488

Professional Services Senior Consultant at a tech services company

Jun 28, 2017

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For large EDWH solutions, Teradata is the best.

Pros and Cons

"I found all parts --loading, transformation, processing & querying work in parallel, and end-to-end-- to be valuable."

"The cloud is the new challenge and the new opportunity."

What is most valuable?

I found all parts --loading, transformation, processing & querying work in parallel, and end-to-end-- to be valuable.

How has it helped my organization?

Vodafone Spain tried to migrate a very populated data mart platform from Sybase IQ to Oracle. Unfortunately, they failed at this job. But more than 20 Sybase IQ database engines (with their respective licence, support costs, etc.) were successfully integrated into one single Teradata ecosystem.

What needs improvement?

The cloud is the new challenge and the new opportunity.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have designed Teradata EDWH solutions for more than 16 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I did not encounter any issues at all.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I did not encounter any issues at all.

How are customer service and technical support?

I would rate the level of technical support 10/10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have previous experience with Oracle/Informix/Sybase. For large EDWH solutions, Teradata is the best. Oracle solutions are multipurpose oriented and Td is EDWH oriented from the beginning.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The initial cost may seem high, but the TCO is low.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I mainly evaluated Oracle.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend starting with a clean and normalized business model that is capable of addressing business questions. Teratada (and its consultants) will do the rest.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

it_user6330

Product Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

May 2, 2013

Teradata Data Lab - An agile analytics enabler

Data scientists & business analysts need an exploratory environment in which they can create databases without having to go through production processes such as data governance, data architecture and complex ETLing. At eBay, we have built a set of self-service tools that allow analysts to create managed lab environments (called Virtual datamarts), to upload data into those environments, to specify views in the lab environment that access data from production databases and to facilitate data movement within and across systems.

The Teradata Data Lab product has similar capabilities:

1. A team owner can provision a Lab Group for a team. A Lab group has certain configurable properties like size and expiration date.
2. The lab group owner can give permissions to other users to create databases in the lab group. The lab group owner can optionally setup an approval workflow to govern changes occurring within the lab group.
3. Lab group users can import data into the lab environment from various sources.
4. Admins can provide TASM rules to easily govern the lab environment.
5. Users have clear visibility on the usage of the lab group.
6. Data migration tools simplify migrating content from the lab group to production.

Such a managed exploratory environment offers benefits such as reduced cost, greater agility & better system utilization. Consider this product to provide more agility and self-service to your Data scientists and Business analysts.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

reviewer1031826

Analytics Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Mar 27, 2024

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Needs improvement in its stability, support and pricing

Pros and Cons

"It's very mature from a technology perspective."

"The solution needs improvement in its stability, support and pricing."

What is our primary use case?

What is most valuable?

It's very mature from as technology perspective.

What needs improvement?

The solution overall needs improvement in its stability, support and pricing.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Teradata for 23 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is bad.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Two clients are using the solution.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I rate the solution a one out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

reviewer1601793

Sr Lead Data & Information Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Jul 1, 2021

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Easy to design and performs well, but needs to be more scalable and flexible

Pros and Cons

"I like this solution's ease of design and the fact that its performance is quite good. It is stable as well."

"The scalability could be better. The on-premises solution is always more complicated to scale."

What is our primary use case?

We use it as a data warehouse.

What is most valuable?

I like this solution's ease of design and the fact that its performance is quite good. It is stable as well.

What needs improvement?

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.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Teradata for around four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Teradata is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I've worked on the on-premises solution, and it is always more complicated to scale. We currently have hundreds of users.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used Oracle Database before Teradata.

What other advice do I have?

Teradata is quite a specific tool, so if you have suitable use cases, then I would recommend it. On a scale from one to ten, I would rate this tool at seven.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

Rodrigo Cifuentes

Associate Consultant at BT5 Business & Technology 5 Consulting

Apr 29, 2018

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It handles large amounts of information with a linear performance increase

Pros and Cons

"It handles large amounts of information with a linear performance increase, in relation to a HW investment."
"It has a solid set of tools and consulting services."

"It needs a teaching web site with more training on third-party tools used for BI."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case is for retail and customer behavior modeling. We handle a billion records from different sources to create a consolidated feed for KXEN analysis and customer behavior modeling.

How has it helped my organization?

It has allowed our organization, a retail company, to focus on timely marketing campaigns for the proper customers.

What is most valuable?

It handles large amounts of information with a linear performance increase, in relation to a HW investment. It has a solid set of tools and consulting services.

What needs improvement?

A more transparent integration with Aster solutions.
An even deeper focus in data sciences.
A teaching web site with more training on third-party tools used for BI (data sciences).

For how long have I used the solution?

More than five years.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.