- In OLTP systems, Oracle is seen to be far better than Teradata
- Oracle is more flexible – you can write procedures, packages, functions, etc
- Teradata is useful for large databases
- Teradata is better in reports from large databases
- Teradata uniquely distributes data through unique primary indexes
- Teradata ulities like MLOAD, PTUMP, FASTLOAD, BTEQ, FASTEXPORT