Starts from $1800/month
- Fully-managed cloud DBaaS for hyper-scale applications with enterprise-grade security
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TiDB is an open-source distributed SQL database by PingCAP that unifies transactional, analytical, and vector workloads in one engine with MySQL compatibility, ACID guarantees, and elastic scale.
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Unified vector, transactional, and analytical workloads in one engine with ACID guarantees · Native vector indexing and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines · HTAP database handling transactional and analytical workloads on the same data without ETL · Change data capture (CDC) streaming via TiCDC to Kafka, Flink, Confluent, Airbyte, dbt
TiDB is the distributed SQL database built for AI agents. Vectors, transactions, and analytics in one engine with ACID guarantees and elastic scale.
SaaS platform companies
SaaS platform companies grow fast and their databases need to grow faster
Scale out MySQL workloads with zero downtime · Build AI applications using TiDB Cloud as a unified storage layer for Retrieval-Augmented · Multi-tenant SaaS applications · AI applications with RAG, vector search, and LLM integrations
Scale out MySQL workloads with zero downtime
Mission-critical tier | Starts from $1800/month | Fully-managed cloud DBaaS for hyper-scal · Predictable-traffic tier | Starts from $1376/month | Fully-managed cloud DBaaS for applica
Fully-managed cloud DBaaS for mission-critical, hyper-scale applications that demand uncompromising performance and enterprise-grade security. Starts from $1800 / month
Available on AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure · Kubernetes (TiDB Operator), Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, Apache Spark (TiSpark · LangChain and LlamaIndex · SQL interface for querying across operational data, memory records, and vectors
available on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure
Supports a self-managed deployment path alongside managed cloud offerings · Available as TiDB Cloud (managed) and TiDB Self-Managed, including Serverless and self-hos · Self-managed enterprise deployment option available · Cloud-based managed service (TiDB Cloud) with distributed architecture separating logical
we will continue to provide a supported, self-managed deployment path, along with clear guidance and tooling for upgrading from v8.5 to future releases as they become generally available.
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Database for AI Agents | TiDB Distributed SQL | TiDB
Unified vector, transactional, and analytical workloads in one engine with ACID guarantees · Native vector indexing and retrieval-augmented generation pipelines · Built-in vector search for real-time data and vector retrieval
Unified vector, transactional, and analytical workloads in one engine with ACID guarantees and elastic scale
Scale out MySQL workloads with zero downtime
Build AI applications using TiDB Cloud as a unified storage layer for Retrieval-Augmented Generation and Text-to-SQL
Distributed SQL Database (DatabaseApplication)
Cloud, Linux
Mission-critical tier | Starts from $1800/month | Fully-managed cloud DBaaS for hyper-scale applications demanding uncompromising performance and enterprise-grade security
Predictable-traffic tier | Starts from $1376/month | Fully-managed cloud DBaaS for applications with predictable traffic and advanced requirements
Available on AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure
Supports a self-managed deployment path alongside managed cloud offerings
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PingCAP announced TiDB X along with new AI capabilities at its SCaiLE Summit 2025 conference.
View source [19]Pinterest Senior Software Engineer Ke Chen presented the company's migration from its legacy Zen graph system to PinGraph, a new graph service built on top of TiDB, at the HTAP Summit 2024.
View source [17]PingCAP published a customer story recapping Pinterest's HTAP Summit 2024 talk on migrating its graph storage from the legacy Zen system to a new TiDB-based PinGraph architecture, citing improved performance and reduced costs.
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Source code available on GitHub at https://github.com/pingcap/tidb
TiDB v8.5 is a Long-Term Support (LTS) release
PingCAP
TiDB is an open-source distributed SQL database
Native vector indexing and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines
HTAP database handling transactional and analytical workloads on the same data without ETL duplication
Change data capture (CDC) streaming via TiCDC to Kafka, Flink, Confluent, Airbyte, dbt
Database for Agentic AI with persistent queryable memory and per-agent isolation
Supports Model Context Protocol (MCP) and LLM integrations for AI-powered analytics
Fully MySQL protocol compatible with standard drivers, JDBC, ODBC, and ORMs like Hibernate, Prisma, and SQLAlchemy
Available as TiDB Cloud (managed) and TiDB Self-Managed, including Serverless and self-hosted on-premises via Kubernetes Operator or binary installation
AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Alibaba Cloud, and Huawei Cloud
Kubernetes (TiDB Operator), Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, Apache Spark (TiSpark), Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Apache Superset, Terraform, Bytebase, Vercel, Netlify, AWS Lambda, Cloudflare, Zapier, n8n
Public security vulnerability disclosure program with bug bounty rewards up to $2500–$5000 for Critical core business findings
PingCAP
2015
Yes — TiDB is an open-source distributed SQL database
Distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility
Built-in vector search
Multi-tenant SaaS applications
AI applications with RAG, vector search, and LLM integrations
LangChain and LlamaIndex
SaaS platform companies
TiKV Key-Value storage layer under TiDB
TiKV is a CNCF Graduated project
Empower engineers and enable business value with speed, scale and agility
Cloud-native, distributed SQL database with automatic failover and strong consistency
Dynamic scaling on reads and writes while providing strong consistency