TiDB Serverless Pricing
Starting price
$0/month
Pricing model
Paid
Free tier
Yes
Free trial
Yes
Plans
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TiDB Cloud Starter | $0 | month | Fully-managed cloud DBaaS for applications with variable workloads; Available on AWS and Alibaba Cloud; 25 GiB of row storage |
| TiDB Cloud Essential | — | month | 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 and up to 30-day retention |
| TiDB Cloud Dedicated | $0.22 | month | Fully-managed cloud DBaaS for applications with predictable traffic and advanced requirements; Available on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure; 4 vCPU to 32 vCPU per node available |
| TiDB Self-Managed | — | month | Self-managed database for applications with advanced configuration requirements; Runs on nearly any infrastructure or cloud provider; Deploy on infrastructure of choice, across multiple cloud platforms (public or private), on-prem data centers, or hybrid environments |
| TiDB Community | — | month | The most advanced, open-source, distributed SQL database with core capabilities |
Figures are the vendor's published prices. Unknown values show as “—”. Price-history tracking is not yet available for this tool. Price verified 2026-10-01. Last updated 2026-10-12.
True cost
True cost calculator
| Plan | Listed | Seat basis | Monthly · 5 seats | Annual · 5 seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TiDB Cloud Starter | $0/month | flat | $0 | $0 |
| TiDB Cloud Dedicated | $0.22/month | flat | $0 | $3 |
Estimate from published prices. Per-seat plans scale with seats; flat plans don't; plans with included seats charge the base until you exceed them, then add the per-seat overage where published. Monthly/annual come from each plan's billing period. Taxes and add-ons excluded.
TiDB Serverless's starting price ($0) is 100% below the Data & Databases average of $1608.