Comparison

SingleStore vs Teradata

On the evidence we track, SingleStore leads this comparison with a composite score of 79/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★SingleStore79
Teradata35
Score
vioscaleAI score
SingleStore79 / 100medium · 68%
Teradata35 / 100low · 33%
Pricing
Free tier
SingleStore✓
Teradata✗
Model
SingleStorefreemium
Teradatacommercial
Price level
SingleStorelow
Teradataunknown
Transparent
SingleStore✗
Teradata✗
Integrations
Count
SingleStore8
Teradata11
Security
Certifications
SingleStorePCI DSS v4.0.1
Teradata–
Disclosure policy
SingleStore✓
Teradata✓
Gdpr
SingleStore✓
Teradata✓
Hipaa
SingleStore✓
Teradata✓
Iso27001
SingleStore✓
Teradata–
Pci
SingleStore✓
Teradata–
Soc2
SingleStore✓
Teradata–
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
SingleStore99.99
Teradata–
Status page
SingleStore✓
Teradata–
Market
Content
Faq
SingleStore7 items
Teradata5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for data warehouse software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Deployment
SingleStoreHybrid
TeradataHybrid
Architecture
Architecture
SingleStoreCoupled MPP
Teradata-
Compute model
SingleStore-
Teradata-
Query
SQL dialect
SingleStoreVendor-specific
TeradataVendor-specific
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
SingleStore✓
Teradata-
Interoperability
Table-format support
SingleStore-
Teradata-
Scale
Concurrency scaling
SingleStore-
TeradataAutomatic
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
SingleStore✓
Teradata-
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
SingleStoreFirst-class
TeradataFirst-class
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
SingleStore-
Teradata✓
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
SingleStore✓
Teradata-
Licensing
Licence class
SingleStoreProprietary
Teradata-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

SingleStore

Leader

SingleStore is a unified database platform that processes both transactions and analytics with low-latency query performance and high-volume data ingestion capabilities, including native Apache Iceberg integration for lakehouse connectivity.

Independently observed

Teradata

Teradata is a cloud-based enterprise data platform that enables organizations to build and operate AI agents on governed data, providing advanced analytics, query optimization, and significantly reduced operational costs compared to competing platforms.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

SingleStore

Leader
from $0.02/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Usage-based with commitment options. Compute from $0.99/hr (Standard) or $1.49/hr (Enterprise); storage $0.023/GB. Includes $600 free credits for Standard.

  • Free WorkspaceFree
    • Shared Workspace
    • All SQL and Programmability features
    • Monitoring
    • Self-support
  • StandardStarts at $0.99/hr + $0.023/GB storage
    • Read-replicas
    • All SQL and Programmability features
    • Database Branching
    • Monitoring (30-day)
    • 99.9% SLA (1 AZ) or 99.99% SLA (2 AZ)
    • +1 more
  • Standard BYOCContact sales
    • Fully managed within customer VPC
    • Read-replicas
    • All SQL and Programmability features
    • Monitoring (30-day)
    • Standard Support
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Online PITR
    • Smart DR
    • Audit Logging
    • CMEK
    • 99.9% SLA (1 AZ) or 99.99% SLA (2 AZ)
as of verify ↗

Teradata

from $4.80/moconsumption

Consumption-based pricing: from $4.80/hour compute + storage from $276/TB/year (object storage). On-demand and commitment options. Pricing for U.S. region; data transfer charged separately.

  • StandardFrom $4.80/hour compute (U.S. region only)
    • Teradata Engine
    • Premier Cloud Support
  • VantageCloud LakeFrom $6.00/hour compute (U.S. region only)
    • Teradata Engine
  • VantageCloud Lake+From $7.20/hour compute (U.S. region only)
    • Teradata Engine
    • Priority Service
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
SingleStore✗
Teradata✓
CLI
SingleStore✓
Teradata✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
SingleStore✓
Teradata✓
Self-hosted
SingleStore✓
Teradata✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

SingleStore

Leader
20 total
  • Kafka
  • Amazon S3
  • HDFS
  • MongoDB
  • Okta
  • Azure AD
  • Ping
  • Apache Iceberg
  • AWS Glue
  • AWS S3
  • MySQL
  • Langchain
  • VS Code
  • Metabase
  • Snowflake
  • Cloudera
  • node-mysql2
  • go-sql-driver/mysql
  • S3
  • Power BI
Independently observed

Teradata

13 total
  • dbt
  • Apache Airflow
  • Dagster
  • Airbyte
  • Trino
  • Python
  • R
  • Node.js
  • JDBC
  • REST API
  • Jupyter
  • Salesforce
  • ServiceNow
Independently observed
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