PolarDB-X vs TiDB Cloud

PolarDB-X plans

• Subscription (prepaid)Priced on request
• Pay-as-you-go (postpaid)Priced on request

TiDB Cloud plans

• TiDB Cloud Essential—
• TiDB Cloud Premium$1,800 a month
• TiDB Cloud Dedicated$0.22 a month
• TiDB Cloud StarterFree
• StarterFree
• Essential$400 a month

Pick PolarDB-X if…

PolarDB-X suits teams needing MySQL-compatible databases with horizontal scaling, multi-region deployment or HTAP workloads.

Pick TiDB Cloud if…

TiDB Cloud may suit teams needing a managed MySQL-compatible database for transactional and analytical workloads. Starter's free quota and scale-to-zero compute may interest organizations evaluating the service or running workloads with idle periods.