OceanBase Database
8.2#1 in database proxy software$2.38 usage-basedFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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What both publish
| Fact | OceanBase Database | TiCDC |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | The documentation says OceanBase supports high availability and disaster recovery at node, data center, and region levels. | TiCDC has no single point of failure and supports dynamically adding and deleting TiCDC nodes. |
| Company founding | OceanBase states that its database operation began in 2010. | LinkedIn states that the TiDB organization was founded in 2015 by three software engineers. |
| Deployment | OceanBase Community Edition is open source, OceanBase Enterprise is self-hosted, and OceanBase Cloud is fully managed across cloud providers. | TiCDC can be deployed with a new TiDB cluster or added to an existing cluster using TiUP. |
| Documentation | Official documentation covers deployment, migration, MySQL and Oracle compatibility, application development, drivers, ORMs, security, backup, monitoring and troubleshooting. | The TiCDC documentation includes deployment, changefeeds, monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting, performance tuning, integration scenarios, APIs, compatibility, FAQs, and a glossary. |
| Founded | 2010 | 2015 |
| High availability | OceanBase documents multi-replica availability and disaster recovery from node level through five data centers across three regions. | TiCDC has no single point of failure and supports dynamically adding or deleting TiCDC nodes. |
OceanBase Database plans
- Community EditionFree
- OceanBase Community EditionFree
- OceanBase Cloud Alibaba Cloud pay-as-you-go example$2.38 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
- OceanBase EnterprisePriced on request
TiCDC plans
- TiCDC (open-source)Free
Pick OceanBase Database if…
OceanBase Database may suit teams building transactional, analytical, or AI workloads that need Oracle or MySQL compatibility. Its Community, self-hosted Enterprise, and managed Cloud options address different deployment preferences.
Pick TiCDC if…
TiCDC suits teams operating TiDB that need change-data feeds, cluster replication, or downstream data for monitoring, caching, indexing, and analysis. It is self-hosted and supports API and Linux environments.