Teradata Database

Spec sheet

Purpose

Teradata Database is the core of the Teradata SQL Engine and supports complex analytic workloads using massively parallel processing.Read 5 Oct 2026 · assets.teradata.com

Intended users

Teradata says its enterprise customers span financial services, healthcare, public services, life sciences, retail, manufacturing, telecommunications, and transportation.Read 5 Oct 2026 · teradata.com

Deployment

Teradata documentation lists Teradata Cloud, public cloud, Teradata hardware, commodity hardware, and hybrid cloud as deployment options.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.teradata.com

Integrations

Teradata’s developer portal demonstrates connections and workflows using JDBC, dbt, Teradata Parallel Transporter, and object storage such as AWS S3, Google GCS, and Azure Blob.Read 5 Oct 2026 · downloads.teradata.com

Security

Teradata says it supports identity and access management, optional customer-managed encryption keys, and TLS 1.3 for client sessions.Read 5 Oct 2026 · teradata.com

Compliance

Teradata lists certifications and compliance resources including HIPAA, HITRUST, ISO/IEC 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 1 Type II, and SOC 2 Type II.Read 5 Oct 2026 · teradata.com

Support

Teradata Support is a web-based 24x7 portal for documentation, software and patches, and case logging and tracking; maintenance support requires applicable agreements, licensing, and fees.Read 5 Oct 2026 · teradata.com

Headquarters

San Diego, California, USARead 28 Sep 2026 · teradata.com

Founded

1979Read 28 Sep 2026 · teradata.com

Analytics features

Teradata’s in-database analytics include data preparation, feature engineering, machine learning, time-series analytics, and real-time and batch model scoring.Read 5 Oct 2026 · teradata.com

Drivers and languages

Teradata’s developer portal lists drivers and connectors for Java, .NET, Python, and Go.Read 5 Oct 2026 · downloads.teradata.com

In-database analytics

Teradata describes running analytics where the data resides to avoid exporting large data volumes to analytic applications.Read 5 Oct 2026 · assets.teradata.com

Parallel processing

The database distributes complex analytic workloads across processing units that work simultaneously.Read 5 Oct 2026 · assets.teradata.com

Pricing model

Teradata’s pricing page describes Fixed + Flex pricing, combining committed baseline capacity with elastic capacity billed according to consumption.Read 5 Oct 2026 · teradata.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

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