Product overview — Relational Databases • High

TiDB Cloud

MySQL-compatible distributed SQL database with HTAP capabilities, evaluated when teams need MySQL compatibility at scale, real-time analytics on transactional data, or horizontal scaling without sharding complexity.

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Last updated 2026-02-09 Intel generated 2026-01-14 2 sources linked

Who is this best for?

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Best for

Teams outgrowing single-node MySQL
HTAP workloads mixing OLTP+OLAP
Global deployments needing strong consistency
MySQL-compatible apps that need horizontal scale

Who should avoid

You are early-stage and a single-node MySQL/Postgres is sufficient
Your stack is deeply Postgres-centric and you need Postgres compatibility
You need minimal complexity and fastest path to ship
Your organization lacks the maturity to operate a distributed SQL model

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