Sisense vs Teradata comparison

Sisense and Teradata are both solutions in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category. Sisense is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.5, while Teradata is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.7. Sisense holds a 1.2% mindshare in BIT, compared to Teradata’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Sisense users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Teradata users who would recommend it.

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88% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 4, 2026

Teradata and Sisense compete in the data management and business intelligence sectors. Teradata takes the lead in handling large-scale data with efficient query execution, while Sisense excels in ease of use and visualization capabilities.

Features: Teradata is notable for its shared-nothing architecture which enhances fast query execution and performance. It offers automated stats collection, and its MPP architecture supports complex analytical tasks while providing flexible deployment options across cloud and on-premises environments. Sisense is recognized for its ease of use and efficient data integration, strong visualization capabilities, and an API-first design which facilitates easy embedding and real-time dashboard creation.

Room for Improvement: Teradata could improve its cloud capabilities, reduce costs, and better its support documentation. Users have noted issues with handling unstructured data. Sisense needs more connectors and greater flexibility in handling complex data interactions, along with enhancements in supporting larger datasets and improving integration with statistical tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Teradata is suitable for complex operations with availability on-premises and in various cloud models, though its setup can be intricate. Customer service is generally rated high. Sisense offers easier deployment across hybrid and cloud environments, appealing to smaller businesses with its plug-and-play nature. Its customer service is good but users desire more comprehensive support similar to Teradata.

Pricing and ROI: Teradata is considered expensive but offers a significant ROI through operational efficiencies, justified by its robust performance for large enterprises. Sisense is also seen as costly compared to other BI tools like Tableau and Power BI, but it justifies its price through feature integration for rapid deployment. While both solutions are designed for enterprise applications, Teradata’s higher costs align with its extensive capabilities, whereas Sisense offers more flexible pricing models for medium-sized organizations.

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Sisense vs. Teradata

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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

7.0

Results with Sisense vary; some see immediate benefits, while others struggle to measure improvements or efficiency gains.

Sentiment score

6.9

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

Due to the data presented to stakeholders, they are able to make informed decisions that impact the day-to-day operations of the client, giving them more insights into what's happening within their organization.

Vishal Halbe

System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed

I have seen a return on investment in that we can manage the Sisense environment with a very small number of users.

reviewer2771874

Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

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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.

David Durand Velásquez

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%.

Kirk Robinson

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

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.6

Sisense is praised for exceptional, responsive customer service and skilled technical support, focusing on client success and prompt assistance.

Sentiment score

7.1

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

The support was very good.

Jason Berman

Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

We typically get responses within 24 hours.

reviewer2771874

Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

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The customer support for Teradata has been great.

Kirk Robinson

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

They are responsive and knowledgeable, and the documentation is very helpful.

David Durand Velásquez

Engineers at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Customer support is very good, rated eight out of ten under our essential agreement.

Achilleas Achilleos

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

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.4

Sisense scales well for medium to large businesses, handling over 100 million data loads despite increased querying times.

Sentiment score

7.5

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

It is scalable to a very large extent and we can integrate any third-party tools.

reviewer2771874

Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Sisense works really well for simple to medium use cases and scales well.

Vishal Halbe

System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed

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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.

David Durand Velásquez

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

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.8

Sisense is generally stable and reliable, with occasional data import and dashboard load issues mitigated by caching.

Sentiment score

8.3

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

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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.

David Durand Velásquez

Engineers at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

I find the stability to be almost a ten out of ten.

Achilleas Achilleos

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

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Room For Improvement

Sisense users face dataset handling issues and seek improvements in speed, interface, integration, customization, and documentation.

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

I would like to see an improvement in the live data connection, specifically making the process faster.

Jason Berman

Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

It could provide more connectors to integrate with emerging different data sources to exponentially increase the amount of data it can handle.

Vishal Halbe

System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed

I give Sisense a nine because the integration with some third-party tools is good.

reviewer2771874

Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

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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.

Achilleas Achilleos

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.

Kirk Robinson

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

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Setup Cost

Sisense offers competitive pricing with extensive features, ideal for mid-size and large organizations, but less affordable for smaller businesses.

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

There was no significant difference in pricing between Sisense and ThoughtSpot.

Jason Berman

Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing shows that pricing is a little bit higher when compared to other applications, but that justifies the use case.

reviewer2771874

Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

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Teradata is much more expensive than SQL, which is well-performed and cheaper.

Achilleas Achilleos

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.

David Durand Velásquez

Engineers at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

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Valuable Features

Sisense excels with multi-source integration, ease of use, fast deployment, data visualization, and robust real-time analytics support.

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

It offers two ways to access data: by cubing the data or hitting it live.

Jason Berman

Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

It allows the user to cater to different use cases and is a very fast aggregator across different data sources, giving you the historical context and helping in operationalizing your data.

Vishal Halbe

System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed

Sisense has positively impacted my organization by drastically reducing the time taken to build the data cube, and we can see real-time analytics.

reviewer2771874

Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 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.

Kirk Robinson

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.

David Durand Velásquez

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

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Categories and Ranking

Sisense

Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

17th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Analytics (5th), Reporting (14th), Data Visualization (13th), Embedded BI (7th)

Teradata

Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Customer Experience Management (6th), Backup and Recovery (15th), Data Integration (15th), Relational Databases Tools (6th), Data Warehouse (3rd), Marketing Management (5th), Cloud Data Warehouse (3rd), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of Sisense is 1.2%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Teradata is 0.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Teradata	0.9%
Sisense	1.2%
Other	97.9%

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Featured Reviews

Vishal Halbe

System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed

Has improved project turnaround time with customizable dashboards and faster data delivery to stakeholders

Sisense has some limitations, especially in rendering tables or graphs. For example, if you want to perform custom sorting or searching based on multiple columns, that becomes quite tricky. Providing more control over how the data is sorted or filtered would be quite useful. Additionally, it could provide more connectors to integrate with emerging different data sources to exponentially increase the amount of data it can handle. Sisense should provide more support for CI/CD, as we found the CI/CD approach quite limited, which is something that can be worked on. Some data scientists suggested more features can be offered by providing different models for data analytics. Sisense can improve by adding more features for handling complex schemas and making the pricing straightforward. The dashboarding features are good enough, but additional features could make it even more attractive. Also, CI/CD support or source control support would be really helpful.

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David Durand Velásquez

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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Government

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

23%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	28
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	28
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	52

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Sisense?

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What is your primary use case for Sisense?

Sisense was used for one of our clients to enable analytics and dashboards for their applications, which were supposed to get the data from different partners for that specific client. Sisense is w...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sisense?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing shows that pricing is a little bit higher when compared to other applications, but that justifies the use case.

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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...

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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...

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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

Sisense is an end-to-end business analytics software that enables users to easily prepare and analyze large, complex datasets. Sisense’s Single-Stack BI software includes data preparation, data management, analysis, visualization and reporting capabilities.

Sisense

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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