MariaDB on CentOS vs Teradata comparison

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ROI

Sentiment score

3.7

MariaDB on CentOS streamlines deployment, enhances performance, and reduces admin reliance, saving time and costs significantly.

Sentiment score

6.9

Teradata significantly boosts speed, efficiency, and ROI, with studies showing a 427% average ROI over three years.

I have seen a return on investment with MariaDB on CentOS; the management is easy.

Gaurav-Bansal

Support Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

I have seen a return on investment through specific improvements in performance optimization for the application, resulting in a better user experience.

FedirPlotnikov

Senior Cloud Engineer at Globant

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At least fifteen to twenty percent of our time has been saved using Teradata, which has positively affected team productivity and business outcomes.

Shugoyal Shugoyal

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%.

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Interim and Fractional CIO and CTO at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.1

MariaDB on CentOS sees mixed reviews, with many relying on community support and some finding customer service lacking for complex issues.

Sentiment score

7.1

Teradata's support is praised for professionalism and responsiveness, but feedback on speed is mixed; training resources enhance service.

The communities and the blogs are already available, and we referred to those to accomplish what we needed.

Yash Khatri

Senior Software Developer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

When we have some big problem on the database, we need to have a database administrator, not a person who reads instructions on the screen.

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Performance Testing And A PM Expert at ADM

Customer support for MariaDB on CentOS is excellent and very good.

Aidan McCarthy

Principal Data Infrastructure Engineer at Susquehanna International Group

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.

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Team Leader for Data Base Administrators at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

5.3

MariaDB on CentOS is praised for scalability despite challenges, with efficient replication and resource management reported by most users.

Sentiment score

7.5

Teradata offers scalable cloud and on-premise solutions with strong adaptability, overcoming hardware limitations and cost challenges efficiently.

MariaDB on CentOS's scalability is impressive, as it easily handles the growth in data, users, and workload.

reviewer2794152

D V A 3 at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

The scalability of MariaDB on CentOS depends on the use case.

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Performance Testing And A PM Expert at ADM

Regarding the scalability of MariaDB on CentOS, it's pretty scalable.

Gaurav-Bansal

Support Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

Whenever we need more resources, we can add that in Teradata, and when not needed, we can scale it down as well.

Shugoyal Shugoyal

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.

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Engineers at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

This expansion can occur without incurring downtime or taking systems offline.

RajeshKumar25

Principal Consultant & Director at Quensulting

Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.9

MariaDB on CentOS is praised for its stability, ease of management, superior documentation, and reliable clustering capabilities.

Sentiment score

8.3

Teradata's robust architecture ensures exceptional stability and reliability, with minimal downtime and high user ratings despite some integration challenges.

I rate the reliability and stability level of MariaDB on CentOS as very high; it is among the best databases that I have ever seen.

Giovanni Baruzzi

Owner at Syntlogo GmbH

Regarding stability, I have been working on my project for the last year and, while the project has run for four to five years, I have not seen any technical glitches from MariaDB on CentOS that caused downtime.

AmitVerma4

Software Developer at Apptom

MariaDB on CentOS is very much stable in my experience.

Yash Khatri

Senior Software Developer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

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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.

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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.

RajeshKumar25

Principal Consultant & Director at Quensulting

Room For Improvement

AI-enhanced optimization, compatibility updates, and deployment improvements are crucial for MariaDB on CentOS amidst repository management challenges.

Teradata requires improvements in transaction processing, scalability, UI, cost-effectiveness, analytics features, integration capabilities, and security measures.

Postgres is easier to work with because you can use the explain plan to see directly and immediately if your new request is good or not.

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Performance Testing And A PM Expert at ADM

For potential improvements that could be made in the future for MariaDB on CentOS, I think two or three things are needed; one is AI to support rewriting queries because at this stage every database supports AI.

AmitVerma4

Software Developer at Apptom

I think MariaDB on CentOS needs improvements in some memory-level implementations within the operating system, as I have noticed issues related to memory orientation, such as out-of-memory problems.

reviewer2794152

D V A 3 at a university 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.

Ganesh Verma

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.

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Interim and Fractional CIO and CTO at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find MariaDB on CentOS cost-effective, with favorable pricing, eliminating licensing fees and flexible project-specific resource allocation.

Teradata offers high-value analytics with flexible pricing, excelling in performance and ROI, ideal for large enterprises and data-intensive sectors.

Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing, in our case, it was just the open-source MariaDB, so we did not require any licenses or setup costs; we just use it directly.

reviewer2813076

Software Engineer at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been positive since it is open source, and we did not have any issues with licensing and pricing.

FedirPlotnikov

Senior Cloud Engineer at Globant

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for MariaDB on CentOS has been that we use MariaDB Enterprise Edition, so the cost and pricing are very competitive.

Aidan McCarthy

Principal Data Infrastructure Engineer at Susquehanna International Group

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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.

RajeshKumar25

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.

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Engineers at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Valuable Features

MariaDB on CentOS is praised for its performance, compatibility, advanced features, and cost-effectiveness, enhancing organizational workflows.

Teradata excels in parallel processing, scalability, and performance, offering robust data management, security, and integration for efficient data warehousing.

Many functionalities are not available in MariaDB on CentOS, so those aspects needed to be rewritten, particularly Oracle proprietary features.

Prabhat-Ranjan

Architect at LTIMindtree

We set it up for high availability in the production environment using the 2.x version and the latest version with a GUI, making it an advanced feature for high availability, especially when the master goes down, allowing the slave to take over read and write mode automatically, without any interaction or impact on the application side.

reviewer2794152

D V A 3 at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

The primary thing that we got from MariaDB on CentOS is the connection handling capability.

Yash Khatri

Senior Software Developer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

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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.

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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.

reviewer2783274

Senior Data Engineer at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Categories and Ranking

MariaDB on CentOS

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

5.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Operating Systems (OS) for Business (23rd)

Teradata

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

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

MariaDB on CentOS and Teradata aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. MariaDB on CentOS is designed for Operating Systems (OS) for Business and holds a mindshare of 0.2%, up 0.0% compared to last year.
Teradata, on the other hand, focuses on Data Warehouse, holds 8.7% mindshare, down 15.5% since last year.

Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
MariaDB on CentOS	0.2%
Ubuntu Linux	8.0%
Windows 11	7.6%
Other	84.2%

Operating Systems (OS) for Business

Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Teradata	8.7%
Snowflake	9.3%
Oracle Exadata	7.3%
Other	74.7%

Data Warehouse

Featured Reviews

Performance tests have been streamlined for analysis while query tuning still needs improvement

Performance Testing And A PM Expert at ADM

The technical support or community support for MariaDB on CentOS is bad. There is a main problem with all the companies that sell this kind of tool and services. The first level of support is the first one you reach. When you begin to have a more difficult problem, there is no one available because sometimes you need to update the call and recall on it. This is not good because when we have some big problem on the database, we need to have a database administrator, not a person who reads instructions on the screen. It is always the same problem. My rating is two.

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Delivers consistent performance and enables advanced analytics across complex data environments

Engineers at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

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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Aug 5, 2015

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

35%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Transportation Company

University

Financial Services Firm

20%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	28
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	53

Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for MariaDB on CentOS?

My main use case for MariaDB on CentOS is as a database for my application. A quick specific example of how I'm using MariaDB on CentOS for my application includes Laravel-based applications and Wo...

What advice do you have for others considering MariaDB on CentOS?

I would rate MariaDB on CentOS a nine on a scale of one to ten. I choose a nine because there is always room for improvement for any software, but in general, it is a reliable, stable, and easy-to-...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MariaDB on CentOS?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been positive since it is open source, and we did not have any issues with licensing and pricing. My costs are based on resource allocation...

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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Overview

MariaDB on CentOS is a reliable database system that offers robust performance and flexibility for modern application development. It stands as an open-source option for those seeking a stable and scalable database on the CentOS platform.

With MariaDB on CentOS, users benefit from advanced database management features. It's popular among enterprises that require efficient handling of large datasets without compromising on performance and stability. CentOS offers a dependable operating environment that complements MariaDB's database capabilities, making it an ideal choice for businesses looking to leverage open-source technologies for their data solutions.

What are the key features of MariaDB on CentOS?

Open Source: Provides flexibility with free access to source code and no licensing fees.
Scalability: Easily scales to meet growing data requirements and workloads.
High Availability: Built-in clustering and replication ensure database uptime.
Security: Offers advanced security features like encryption for data protection.
Performance Optimization: Enhancements for faster query processing and indexing.

What benefits or ROI should users look for?

Cost-Efficiency: Reduces expenses by eliminating licensing costs.
Community Support: Strong community leads to quick issue resolution and innovation.
Integration: Easily integrates with existing systems to streamline operations.
Flexibility: Adapts to different data processing needs without vendor lock-in.
Reliability: Proven track record of stable operation in diverse environments.

MariaDB on CentOS is widely used in technology-driven industries such as finance and telecommunications, where secure and efficient data handling is crucial. Businesses in e-commerce and healthcare often implement it to manage large-scale databases that require daily updating of sensitive information. Its open-source nature and community backing are appealing to organizations looking to maintain competitive advantage while being cost-conscious.

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Teradata is a powerful tool for handling substantial data volumes with its parallel processing architecture, supporting both cloud and on-premise environments efficiently. It offers impressive capabilities for fast query processing, data integration, and real-time reporting, making it suitable for diverse industrial applications.

Known for its robust parallel processing capabilities, Teradata effectively manages large datasets and provides adaptable deployment across cloud and on-premise setups. It enhances performance and scalability with features like advanced query tuning, workload management, and strong security. Users appreciate its ease of use and automation features which support real-time data reporting. The optimizer and intelligent partitioning help improve query speed and efficiency, while multi-temperature data management optimizes data handling.

What are the key features of Teradata?

Parallel Processing Architecture: Enables efficient handling of substantial data volumes.
Cloud and On-Premise Deployment: Offers seamless adaptability across environments.
Query Tuning: Improves speed and performance of data retrieval processes.
Workload Management: Ensures optimal resource allocation for enhanced performance.
Robust Security: Provides high levels of data protection and system integrity.
Data Integration: Facilitates cohesive data management from multiple sources.
Automation for Real-time Reporting: Enhances timely data insights and decision-making.
Optimizer and Intelligent Partitioning: Further increase query speed and system efficiency.
Multi-Temperature Data Management: Optimizes the handling and retrieval of data.

What benefits and ROI do users look for?

Efficient Data Management: Facilitates smooth integration and processing of diverse data sets.
Scalability: Easy adjustment to increasing or decreasing data requirements.
Improved Performance: Fast query speeds and optimized resource use.
Comprehensive Security: Safeguards data integrity and accessibility.
Ease of Use: Simplifies data handling and operational processes.

In the finance, retail, and government sectors, Teradata is employed for data warehousing, business intelligence, and analytical processing. It handles vast datasets for activities like customer behavior modeling and enterprise data integration. Supporting efficient reporting and analytics, Teradata enhances data storage and processing, whether deployed on-premise or on cloud platforms.

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