TiDB
A distributed relational database for transactional workloads requiring automatic scaling and consistency guarantees
- Also known as
- tidb
Available worldwide
What is TiDB?
An open-source, distributed SQL database that provides ACID transactions with automatic scaling from zero to peak load. It maintains MySQL protocol compatibility and supports both analytical and transactional workloads on unified data.
TiDB 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.
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The capabilities that matter for relational databases, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- SQL model
- Full SQL
- ACID transactions
- Full
- Highest isolation level
- -
- Consistency
- -
- Horizontal scale
- Natively distributed
- Replication
- -
- Automatic failover / HA
- -
- Deployment
- -
- Serverless / scale-to-zero
- ✓
- Wire compatibility
- MySQL protocol
- Extensions / plugins / UDFs
- -
- Licence class
- Permissive OSS
- JSON / document support
- -
- Geo / spatial
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (30)
Independently observed- Kubernetes←•
- Terraform→•
- CloudFormation→
- Apache Spark→
- dbt→
- Kafka→
- Confluent→
- Datadog→
- New Relic→
- Airbyte⇄
- AWS AppFlow←
- Superset←
- AWS←•
- Google Cloud←•
- Azure←•
- Alibaba Cloud←•
- AWS Lambda←
- Vercel⇄
- Netlify←
- Hibernate←
- Prisma←
- SQLAlchemy←
- PyMySQL←
- Zapier⇄
- n8n⇄
- Model Context Protocol←
- Cursor
- JDBC
- mysql-connector-python
- MySQL
TiDB FAQ
Common questions about TiDB, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is TiDB?
An open-source database designed for distributed deployment that's compatible with MySQL. It provides full ACID transaction support and can simultaneously handle transactional queries and complex analytics without requiring separate systems, including support for vector search. It is indexed under Relational Databases.
Source: https://www.pingcap.com
Is TiDB free to use?
TiDB is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Paid editions are also offered: TiDB Cloud Dedicated, priced on request. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.pingcap.com
What platforms does TiDB support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to TiDB. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.pingcap.com
Can TiDB be self-hosted?
Yes. TiDB can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.pingcap.com
What does TiDB integrate with?
We have confirmed 3 integrations for TiDB, including Cursor, JDBC and mysql-connector-python. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.pingcap.com
What security certifications does TiDB have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for TiDB. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as TiDB not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://www.pingcap.com/trust
TiDB alternatives
Other relational databases we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- SupabasePostgreSQL hosting with pricing that scales based on your usagemedium · 70%
- NeonA serverless PostgreSQL platform designed for scalable application and agent deploymentmedium · 70%
- PlanetScaleManaged cloud databases built on sharded MySQL and PostgreSQL for high-scale applicationsmedium · 70%
- MySQLWidely-used open-source SQL database systemmedium · 53%
- CockroachDBA distributed SQL database that automatically scales horizontally across multiple nodes while maintaining transactional consistency and high availability.medium · 65%
- PostgreSQLAn established, feature-rich open source relational database system with strong reliabilitymedium · 60%
Compare TiDB
Side by side against other relational databases, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 60 | 0.12 | 7.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 0.08 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 41 | 0.05 | 2.2 | ✓ |
| Stars | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Development activity | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Sql model: full_sql · Serverless: Yes · License class: permissive · Horizontal scale: distributed_native · Acid transactions: full · Wire compatibility: mysql | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 26 | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 75% |
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