# TiDB

> AI-Native Distributed SQL Database

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/tidb
- **Category:** Relational Databases
- **Homepage:** https://www.pingcap.com
- **Also known as:** tidb
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T12:45:41.217Z

## Vioscale score

**70.1 / 100**, confidence 52% (medium).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 80 | 6 | 480 | ✓ |
| reliability | 99.5 | 10 | 995 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 45.8 | 17 | 778.9 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 8 | 0 | - |
| security_posture | 60 | 18 | 1080 | ✓ |
| pricing_transparency | 100 | 8 | 800 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-03, [verify at source](https://www.pingcap.com). Independently observed._

from $0.22/mo · Usage-based · Free tier

> From free to $1800+/month, usage-based pricing

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| Starter | Free | ✓ | - |
| Essential | ≈$20/day for typical small production workloads | - | - |
| Premium | From $1800/month for mission-critical workloads | - | - |
| Dedicated | From $0.22/hour | - | - |

### Starter

Fully-managed cloud DBaaS for applications with variable workloads, available on AWS and Alibaba Cloud.

**Included limits:** row_storage: 25 GiB, request_units: 250M per month, column_storage: 25 GiB

- 25 GiB row storage included
- 25 GiB column storage included
- 250M Request Units per month included
- Scale down to zero
- Set spend limits

### Essential

Fully-managed cloud DBaaS for production workloads that need performance, security, and scale.

- Provisioned compute with autoscaling up to 100K Request Units
- Point-in-time backup with up to 30-day retention
- Encrypted in transit and at rest
- Usage-based pricing with predictable costs

### Premium

Fully-managed cloud DBaaS for mission-critical, hyper-scale applications.

- Provisioned compute with autoscaling to support unlimited growth
- Enterprise-grade security featuring CMEK, PrivateLink, and VPC Peering
- 99.99% availability with multi-zone protection
- Usage-based pricing with predictable costs

### Dedicated

Fully-managed cloud DBaaS for applications with predictable traffic.

## About

An open-source distributed SQL database trusted by innovators to power transactional, AI, and other modern applications.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI, Web, Linux
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Self-hosted

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Relational Databases. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| SQL model | Full SQL |
| **Transactions** | |
| ACID transactions | Full |
| Highest isolation level | - |
| **Consistency** | |
| Consistency | Strong |
| **Scale** | |
| Horizontal scale | Natively distributed |
| **Replication** | |
| Replication | - |
| **Availability** | |
| Automatic failover / HA | ✓ |
| **Deployment** | |
| Deployment | Managed |
| Serverless / scale-to-zero | ✓ |
| **Compatibility** | |
| Wire compatibility | MySQL protocol |
| **Extensibility** | |
| Extensions / plugins / UDFs | - |
| **Licensing** | |
| Licence class | - |
| **Data types** | |
| JSON / document support | - |
| Geo / spatial | - |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://www.pingcap.com) | 2026-08-03 | 48% (low) |
| pricing.model | freemium | [link](https://www.pingcap.com) | 2026-08-03 | 80% (high) |
| pricing.price_level | low | [link](https://www.pingcap.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 0.22 | [link](https://www.pingcap.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://www.pingcap.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | [link](https://www.pingcap.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://www.pingcap.com/status) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://www.pingcap.com/trust) | 2026-08-03 | 75% (high) |
| security.pci | yes | [link](https://www.pingcap.com/trust) | 2026-08-03 | 75% (high) |
| security.soc2 | yes | [link](https://www.pingcap.com/trust) | 2026-08-03 | 75% (high) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/tidb). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*