Teradata

From real-time insight to real-world action – automated by Teradata's autonomous AI and Knowledge Platform

Also known as
teradata

What is Teradata?

Teradata's Autonomous Knowledge Platform connects multi-modal data, operationalizes AI and analytics, and embeds intelligence into workflows for autonomous decision-making at scale. Supports cloud and on-premises deployments.

Independently observed

Teradata pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
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.

Standard

From $4.80/hour compute (U.S. region only)
  • Teradata Engine
  • Premier Cloud Support

VantageCloud Lake

From $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

Add-ons

  • Block Storage$1445 per TB
  • Object Storage$276 per TB

What Teradata does

The capabilities that matter for data warehouse software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Deployment
Deployment
Hybrid
Architecture
Architecture
Separated storage/compute
Compute model
Clusters
Query
SQL dialect
Vendor-specific
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
-
Interoperability
Table-format support
-
Scale
Concurrency scaling
-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
-
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
-
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
-
Licensing
Licence class
Proprietary
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS
  • Hybrid
  • On-premise

Teradata alternatives

Other data warehouse software we track, ranked by the same independent score.

Independent · unbought · dated

The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Teradata, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 59 / 100
low · 11%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Pricing Transparency7512.00900.0
Price Level808.00640.0
Capabilities2912.00346.9
Reliability030.000.0-
Integrations016.000.0-
Security Posture522.000.0-

Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"in_db_ml":true,"deployment":"hybrid","sql_dialect":"vendor","architecture":"separated","compute_model":"clusters","license_class":"proprietary"}mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierNomediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%
Modelcommercialmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%
Price levellowmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%
Starting gbp4.8mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%