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Stata vs Teradata

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Stata

Machine Learning

Data science software for research professionals

From
$48/year
Free plan
No
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Teradata

Databases

Long-established enterprise MPP data warehouse, rebranded in 2026 as the Autonomous Knowledge Platform, sold for cloud, on-premises and hybrid.

From
On request
Free plan
No
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The short version

  • Stata is a complete, integrated statistical software package.
  • Stata starts at $48/yr; Teradata prices on request.
  • Only Stata lists statistical analysis; only Teradata lists massively parallel architecture.
  • Where Stata falls short: the entry Stata/BE edition is capped at 2,048 variables and 798 independent variables in a model.
  • Prices and features on this page were last checked on 13 November 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Stata and Teradata actually diverge.

Attributes where Stata and Teradata differ
AttributeStataTeradata
Starting price$48/yearOn request
Pricing modelSubscriptionQuote
PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsWeb
CategoryMachine LearningDatabases

Identical on both: free tier (No).

Not yet recorded: founded for Teradata.

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Stata

  • Statistical analysis
  • Data management
  • Graphics
  • Econometrics
  • Survey analysis
  • Python
  • ODBC
  • Excel

Only in Teradata

  • Massively parallel architecture
  • Workload management
  • Mature cost-based optimiser
  • Cloud, on-premises and hybrid
  • Bulk load utilities
  • BTEQ scripting
  • In-database analytics
  • Enterprise Vector Store

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Stata

  • Statistical analysis and data analysisnot Teradata
  • Econometric modelingnot Teradata
  • Biostatistics and epidemiologynot Teradata
  • Academic and research data analysisnot Teradata

Teradata

  • A large existing Teradata estate where the practical question is which workloads to migrate first rather than whether to adoptnot Stata
  • High-concurrency mixed workloads where hundreds of analysts and scheduled jobs contend and predictable prioritisation matters more than peak single-query speednot Stata
  • Regulated reporting where the same query must produce the same answer for years and the audit trail of the existing implementation has valuenot Stata
  • Hybrid deployments where regulatory or data-residency rules keep a portion of the warehouse on-premises while the rest moves to cloudnot Stata

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Stata

  • The entry Stata/BE edition is capped at 2,048 variables and 798 independent variables in a model
  • Raising the variable limit to 32,767 requires Stata/SE and 120,000 requires Stata/MP
  • Stata/MP is licensed by core count, so 2 core and 4 core licences are priced separately
  • Student licences require proof of enrolment at a degree granting institution
  • Stata/MP is not sold on a 6 month student term
  • Perpetual student licences cost several times the annual price, for example $298 against $94 for Stata/BE

Teradata

  • Licensing is negotiated rather than published, so there is no way to compare total cost against a consumption-priced warehouse without entering a sales cycle, and the comparison is only ever as good as the workload profile you gave them
  • The SQL dialect and the loading utilities are Teradata-specific, so every stored procedure, macro and BTEQ script written against the platform is migration debt that grows with each release you ship
  • Primary index choice determines data distribution, and a poorly chosen index concentrates rows on a few processing units, which surfaces as one slow query rather than an error and needs a specialist to diagnose
  • The skills market is contracting, so DBA and workload-management expertise is expensive to hire, hard to replace when someone retires, and increasingly hard to buy from consultancies whose own bench has moved to cloud warehouses
  • The 2026 renaming of Vantage, VantageCloud, ClearScape and QueryGrid split documentation, runbooks and vendor material across two naming systems, so searching for an error or a configuration now returns results for a product that is described under a different name

Pricing, plan by plan

Stata

$48/year
  • Stata/BE$48/yr
    • Basic edition
    • Core features
  • Stata/SE$295/yr
    • Standard edition
    • Larger datasets

Teradata

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Teradata review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Stata if

  • You need statistical analysis.
  • You work on Linux, macOS, Windows.
  • You also want data management.
Stata review

Choose Teradata if

  • You need massively parallel architecture.
  • You also want workload management.
Teradata review

Questions people ask

Is Stata or Teradata better?
Neither clearly leads. Stata starts at $48/year and Teradata at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Stata or Teradata?
Stata starts at $48/year and Teradata at On request.
Does Stata or Teradata run on more platforms?
Stata runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. Teradata runs on Web.
What is Stata best used for?
Stata is most often used for statistical analysis and data analysis, econometric modeling, biostatistics and epidemiology, academic and research data analysis. Of those, statistical analysis and data analysis and econometric modeling are not what Teradata is typically brought in for.
What can Stata do that Teradata cannot?
Stata covers Statistical analysis, Data management, Graphics, Econometrics. Teradata covers Massively parallel architecture, Workload management, Mature cost-based optimiser, Cloud, on-premises and hybrid.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Stata: How much does Stata cost?

Stata does not publish specific pricing on its website. Customers must use the 'Order Stata' or 'Request a quote' functions to obtain pricing. StataNow is available as a subscription option, but specific monthly or annual costs are not displayed publicly.

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Teradata: Is Teradata only on-premises?

No. It is sold for cloud, on-premises and hybrid deployment, and the cloud offering is now branded Teradata Cloud. A large part of the installed base is still on-premises or hybrid.

Stata: What are the differences between Stata editions?

Stata offers multiple editions including Stata/BE and Stata/MP, with different capabilities and performance characteristics. Edition selection affects pricing, but specific comparisons and costs require requesting a quote.

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Teradata: How does it compare to Snowflake or BigQuery?

On raw elasticity and cost transparency the cloud warehouses win. On mixed-workload concurrency management against a large existing query estate Teradata is still hard to replace, which is why migrations off it take years rather than quarters.

Stata: Does Stata offer a subscription model?

Yes, StataNow is offered as a subscription option that delivers new features immediately upon release. However, specific pricing for StataNow subscriptions is not published on the website.

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Teradata: Why do organisations stay on it?

Because the cost of leaving is the estate, not the data. Thousands of procedures, scripts and extracts written in a proprietary dialect have to be rewritten and revalidated, and in regulated reporting that revalidation is the expensive part.

Teradata: What changed in the 2026 rebrand?

Vantage became the Autonomous Knowledge Platform, VantageCloud became Teradata Cloud, ClearScape Analytics became AI Studio and QueryGrid became Fabric. The underlying products are continuous with what came before.

Teradata: Can it handle AI and vector workloads?

It has added an Enterprise Vector Store and in-database analytics branded AI Studio. Whether that is preferable to moving the data into a purpose-built vector store depends on how much of your data already lives in the warehouse.

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