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Matillion Data Productivity Cloud vs Teradata comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 12, 2025

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
7.5
Matillion Data Productivity Cloud saves time and reduces costs, offering a rapid ROI and improved efficiencies with integrated platforms.
Sentiment score
6.9
Teradata significantly boosts speed, efficiency, and ROI, with studies showing a 427% average ROI over three years.
Consequently, we adjusted our processes to use Matillion Data Productivity Cloud only for extraction and ingestion, while Snowflake handled all transformations and jobs.
Technology Transformation Specialist at SDG Group
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
7.6
Matillion Data Productivity Cloud excels in service and support with fast response, comprehensive resources, and high customer satisfaction.
Sentiment score
7.1
Teradata's support is praised for professionalism and responsiveness, but feedback on speed is mixed; training resources enhance service.
They communicate effectively and respond quickly to all inquiries.
Technology Transformation Specialist at SDG 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.
Team Leader for Data Base Administrators at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Matillion Data Productivity Cloud effectively scales with cloud resources and databases, though managing multiple nodes can be challenging.
Sentiment score
7.5
Teradata offers scalable cloud and on-premise solutions with strong adaptability, overcoming hardware limitations and cost challenges efficiently.
Depending on the nature of data sets, volume, and mixture of different data, the scalability could be improved as manual code writing is still required.
Director Axtria - Ingenious Insights! at Axtria - Ingenious Insights
The autoscale process works well, allowing the system to start another node automatically if the first machine reaches 80% capacity.
Technology Transformation Specialist at SDG Group
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
7.9
Matillion Data Productivity Cloud is stable and effective, with responsive support; hardware or configurations occasionally cause issues.
Sentiment score
8.3
Teradata's robust architecture ensures exceptional stability and reliability, with minimal downtime and high user ratings despite some integration challenges.
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

Matillion needs frequent API updates, improved UI, better documentation, more integrations, enhanced scalability, and real-time data capture.
Teradata requires improvements in transaction processing, scalability, UI, cost-effectiveness, analytics features, integration capabilities, and security measures.
Connections to BigQuery for extracting information are complex.
Technology Transformation Specialist at SDG Group
The main areas for improvement are AI features and scalability.
Director Axtria - Ingenious Insights! at Axtria - Ingenious Insights
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

Matillion's pricing is competitive, flexible, and cost-effective, with discounts for annual commitments and strategic instance management.
Teradata offers high-value analytics with flexible pricing, excelling in performance and ROI, ideal for large enterprises and data-intensive sectors.
Matillion Data Productivity Cloud offers discounts and special deals, especially when dealing with high-volume clients or fewer existing clients in specific regions, like Spain.
Technology Transformation Specialist at SDG Group
The pricing is moderate, neither expensive nor cheap.
Director Axtria - Ingenious Insights! at Axtria - Ingenious Insights
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

Matillion Data Productivity Cloud enhances ETL processes with user-friendly tools, automation, and security for efficient, scalable data management.
Teradata excels in parallel processing, scalability, and performance, offering robust data management, security, and integration for efficient data warehousing.
The predefined connectors eliminate the need to write code for connectivity.
Director Axtria - Ingenious Insights! at Axtria - Ingenious Insights
Matillion Data Productivity Cloud is effective for ingest functions, particularly when moving information to Snowflake and performing many transformations.
Technology Transformation Specialist at SDG Group
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

Matillion Data Productivity...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (10th), AI Data Analysis (10th)
Teradata
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
Customer Experience Management (6th), Backup and Recovery (15th), Data Integration (15th), Relational Databases Tools (6th), Data Warehouse (3rd), BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (8th), Marketing Management (5th), Cloud Data Warehouse (3rd), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Data Integration and Access solutions, they serve different purposes. Matillion Data Productivity Cloud is designed for Cloud Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 5.1%, up 3.4% compared to last year.
Teradata, on the other hand, focuses on Data Warehouse, holds 9.5% mindshare, down 15.6% since last year.
Cloud Data Integration Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Matillion Data Productivity Cloud5.1%
AWS Glue9.8%
AWS Database Migration Service7.8%
Other77.3%
Cloud Data Integration
Data Warehouse Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Teradata9.5%
Snowflake10.4%
Oracle Exadata9.9%
Other70.2%
Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

Jitendra Jena - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Axtria - Ingenious Insights! at Axtria - Ingenious Insights
Easy integration and workflow proposals streamline processes
The predefined connectors eliminate the need to write code for connectivity. If you have a predefined connector, it is easy to use with plug and play functionality. The processing time and ease of use are significant benefits. As everyone is moving into AI integration, it will definitely help. When creating workflows, they can propose solutions directly.
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
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Retailer
5%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Healthcare Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise52
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Matillion ETL?
The new version with the Productivity Cloud is very simple. It's easy to use, navigate, and understand.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Matillion ETL?
The pricing is managed by the tooling team. The pricing is moderate, neither expensive nor cheap.
What needs improvement with Matillion ETL?
The main areas for improvement are AI features and scalability.
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,...
 

Also Known As

Matillion ETL for Redshift, Matillion ETL for Snowflake, Matillion ETL for BigQuery
IntelliFlex, Aster Data Map Reduce, , QueryGrid, Customer Interaction Manager, Digital Marketing Center, Data Mover, Data Stream Architecture, Teradata Vantage Enterprise (DIY)
 

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