CARTO vs Teradata

CartoDB is a Software as a Service cloud computing platform that provides GIS and web mapping tools for display in a web browser. CartoDB users can use the company's free platform or deploy their own instance of the open source software. CartoDB is offered as freemium service, where accounts are free up to a certain size. For larger accounts, a fee is applied. CartoDB was built on open source software including PostGIS and PostgreSQL. The tool uses JavaScript extensively in the front end web application, back end Node.js based APIs, and for client libraries.

Teradata Corporation is a publicly-held international computer company that sells analytic data platforms, marketing applications and related services. Its analytics products are meant to consolidate data from different sources and make the data available for analysis. Teradata marketing applications are meant to support marketing teams that use data analytics to inform and develop programs. In early 2015, the company formed two divisions: Data & Analytics for its data analytics platforms and related services and Marketing Applications for its marketing software and related services. The corporate headquarters are in Miamisburg, Ohio.