TiDB Pricing(2026)
3 plans compared · From Free · ★ 4.5/5
All Plans & Pricing
Serverless
Best for: Free tier with 5GB storage
- ✓ 5 GiB storage free
- ✓ MySQL compatible
- ✓ Auto-scale
Dedicated
Best for: From $0
- ✓ From $0.016/hr
- ✓ Dedicated cluster
- ✓ Enterprise features
Enterprise
Best for: On-premise or VPC deployment with enterprise support
- ✓ On-prem + cloud
- ✓ SLA
- ✓ Professional services
Pricing Analysis
Overview
TiDB is open-source (Apache 2.0). TiDB Cloud Serverless is free (5GB storage, 50M RUs/month). TiDB Dedicated starts at $0.237/hour for the smallest node. Good for MySQL-compatible workloads at horizontal scale. PingCAP is the commercial entity behind it.
Which Plan Is Right for You?
Free tier with 5GB storage. Full TiDB features, MySQL-compatible. Good for evaluating horizontal scaling without MySQL sharding headaches.
From $0.237/hour per node. Production-grade with SLAs, monitoring, and backups. Required for high-throughput write workloads that need horizontal scaling.
On-premise or VPC deployment with enterprise support. For companies that can't use shared cloud infrastructure or need full data sovereignty.
vs. Category Average
Free tier vs. $510/mo average
Our Verdict
Best MySQL-compatible distributed database. Useful when you're hitting MySQL sharding limits but want to keep the MySQL ecosystem. Cheaper than CockroachDB at similar scale. Niche but valuable.
