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Oracle Multitenant vs Teradata comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 20, 2025

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Multitenant
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
13th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Teradata
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
76
Ranking in other categories
Customer Experience Management (5th), Backup and Recovery (20th), Data Integration (15th), Data Warehouse (3rd), BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (9th), Marketing Management (6th), Cloud Data Warehouse (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of Oracle Multitenant is 0.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Teradata is 5.4%, up from 5.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Saikat Nag - PeerSpot reviewer
Manages extensive utility billing applications efficiently with trusted performance and robust support
Currently, I have a very good experience with Oracle Multitenant. The pluggable database is easy to handle and manage, sharing resources efficiently. However, Oracle license pricing is an issue due to its high cost. Our organization is compelled to reduce CPU usage by seventy CPUs because the Oracle license cost depends on it.
RajeshKumar25 - PeerSpot reviewer
Harnessing advanced parallelism for top performance while embracing cloud trends
Teradata is primarily used for data warehousing across all customers. My clients have built-in applications that use Teradata, and their use varies from customer to customer, depending on the industry and database size. The primary function is as an OLAP analytical ecosystem Scalability is…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The database becomes pluggable. Inside this container is called a pluggable database and each application contains this pluggable database inside Multitenant. We can then share resources like control files, memory, etc. This lets you stop and start each application without impacting the others. This resource sharing is the most valuable feature"
"Our primary use of Oracle includes writing queries for retrieving data for customers without worrying about the customer ID, user ID, as it is automatically connected to each query."
"The stability of Oracle Multitenant is excellent, and I would rate it a nine out of ten."
"It is quite stable. We have not faced any kind of instability in the database."
"It's easy to use and works great."
"You can scale the solution as needed."
"The best thing about Oracle Multitenant is its ability to consolidate multiple databases into one engine."
"The most valuable features are the speed and ease of use."
"The most valuable features are the large volume of data and the structuring of the data to optimize it and get very optimal data warehouse solutions for customers."
"Their extensive experience in data warehousing, the platform's performance, and their strong reputation in the market are the most valuable."
"It effectively has allowed us to remove over 20 portion copies of the data sets on other DB platforms for real-time operational reporting purposes."
"A conventional and easily defined way to build a data warehouse or a layer of data marts."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of uploading data from multiple sources."
"Improved performance of ETL procedures, reporting."
"I like this solution's ease of design and the fact that its performance is quite good. It is stable as well."
"Teradata is a great, industry-leading data warehousing product that has MPP architecture."
 

Cons

"Technical support could be faster."
"From the scope of improvement, I would say that people are adopting new query options. Certain databases like MongoDB adopt new query options so that they can just pull the data."
"This solution is a bit complicated when collecting from containers - that feature should be a bit better."
"That said, Oracle in general doesn't invest in their UI for any of their applications. If we're talking about the dashboard or other user experience, there is room for improvement. I'm talking about on premises. The cloud version has started to improve."
"There is room for improvement in customer service and support."
"Oracle license pricing is an issue due to its high cost. Our organization is compelled to reduce CPU usage by seventy CPUs because the Oracle license cost depends on it."
"While the product is overall excellent, it is quite expensive."
"It would be beneficial to include this solution with Oracle Enterprise, but Oracle charges additional fees for it."
"There are some ways that the handling of unstructured data could be improved."
"There is a need to improve performance in high transaction processes, as well as the reporting system."
"The solution’s pricing, scalability, and technical support response time could be improved."
"Teradata could improve by being less complicated. There are some aspects that are not available on the Unix server and a Unix system is required to access some data, such as in case of an emergency."
"I would like to see more integration with many different types of data."
"I've been using the same UI for 20 years in Teradata. It could use some updating. Adding more stability around Teradata Studio would be outstanding. Teradata Studio is a Java-based version of their tool. It's much better now, but it still has some room for improvement."
"There is some improvement required on OLTP level and some analytical function is missing."
"The cost of Teradata Cloud Data Warehouse has room for improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This solution is a little bit pricey."
"For me, I will go with it if I have the budget. Some features are nicer than before, but at the end of the day, you always have a limited budget. I prefer to upgrade and get a specific hardware when possible. At the end, you will have to make a compromise. You will not get everything you would have liked to have."
"The price is worth the quality."
"The product cost is high for what the client gets. There may be more cost-effective solutions for small and medium-sized organizations."
"The solution requires a license."
"Teradata used to be expensive, but they have been lowering their prices."
"The price of Teradata is on the higher side, and I think that it where they lose out on some of their business."
"In the past, it turned out that other solutions, in order to provide the full range of abilities that the Teradata platform provides plus the migration costs, would end up costing more than Teradata does."
"It is still a very expensive solution. While I very much like the pure technological supremacy of the software itself, I believe Teradata as a company needs to become more affordable. They are already losing the market to more flexible or cheaper competitors."
"The cost of running Teradata is quite high, but you get a good return on investment."
"Teradata pricing is fine, and it's competitive with all the legacy models. On a scale of one to five, with one being the worst and five being the best, I'm giving Teradata a three, because it can be a little expensive, when compared to other solutions."
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Comparison Review

it_user232068 - PeerSpot reviewer
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
18%
Healthcare Company
9%
Government
7%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
27%
Computer Software Company
11%
Healthcare Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Multitenant?
The best thing about Oracle Multitenant is its ability to consolidate multiple databases into one engine.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Multitenant?
Oracle's licensing costs are very high. Due to the increased license costs, we migrated from Oracle hardware like SuperCluster and MiniCluster to HPE Nutanix to manage costs while continuing to use...
What needs improvement with Oracle Multitenant?
Currently, I have a very good experience with Oracle Multitenant. The pluggable database is easy to handle and manage, sharing resources efficiently. However, Oracle license pricing is an issue due...
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,...
 

Comparisons

 

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