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TiDB Reviews & Product Details

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Sr. Architect
Information Technology and Services
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about TiDB?

By TiDB's navtive HA with multiple replicas and good read/write performance, it smoothly addressed the challenges of large data volumes and heavy queries, notably reducing the query time and improving overall efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TiDB?

Some complex SQL executions may lead to OOM issues. The stability needs to enhance to make sure it does not impact cluster operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TiDB solving and how is that benefiting you?

As we launched a new data service platform on cloud, we sought a distributed database solution, following a successful PoC process we confidently selected TiDB to support the new data services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

TiDB Overview

What is TiDB?

TiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database solution designed to help data-intensive businesses manage and scale their data operations seamlessly. Developed by PingCAP, TiDB combines the scalability of NoSQL databases with the full functionality of traditional relational database management systems (RDBMS). This unique architecture allows organizations to build petabyte-scale clusters while efficiently handling millions of tables, numerous concurrent connections, and frequent schema changes without experiencing downtime. The target audience for TiDB includes large enterprises, software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers, and digital-native companies that require robust data management capabilities. These organizations often face challenges related to data scalability, operational complexity, and the need for high availability. TiDB addresses these challenges by offering a solution that supports a wide range of workloads, including transactional, analytical, operational, and artificial intelligence (AI) tasks. Its multi-tenant architecture further enhances operational agility, allowing businesses to adapt to changing demands quickly. Key features of TiDB include seamless scalability, which enables organizations to expand their database infrastructure effortlessly as their data needs grow. The platform's MySQL compatibility ensures that developers can easily integrate TiDB into existing workflows and leverage familiar tools and platforms. Additionally, TiDB supports online DDL (Data Definition Language) operations, allowing for worry-free schema changes that do not disrupt ongoing processes. This operational flexibility is critical for businesses that require constant uptime and reliability. TiDB also prioritizes data security and availability, boasting built-in ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) compliance and a remarkable 99.99% availability rate. The database adheres to various regulatory standards, including GDPR, SOC, HIPAA, and PCI, ensuring that organizations can trust their data management practices. Notable companies such as Databricks, Pinterest, and Plaid have adopted TiDB, allowing them to concentrate on growth and innovation rather than the complexities of data infrastructure management. With its AI-driven innovations and multi-cloud capabilities, TiDB stands out as a powerful solution for businesses looking to enhance their data management strategies. By providing unmatched agility, resilience, and security, TiDB empowers organizations to unlock their full potential in an increasingly data-driven world. For more information, please visit TiDB.io.

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TiDB, powered by PingCAP, unlocks limitless scale for data-intensive businesses. Our advanced distributed SQL database enables leading enterprises, SaaS, and digital native companies to build petabyte-grade clusters while managing millions of tables, concurrent connections, frequent schema changes, and zero-downtime scaling.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

TiDB stands out as a next-generation, distributed SQL database designed to meet the needs of modern, data-intensive applications. While many competitors focus either on analytical or transactional workloads, TiDB excels as a unified platform for both OLTP and OLAP workloads, enabling seamless real-time analytics on fresh transactional data. Compared to traditional databases, TiDB provides modern, cloud-native capabilities. Against emerging players, it uniquely balances enterprise-grade stability with developer-friendly design, making it ideal for enterprises undergoing digital transformation or modernizing their data infrastructure.


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PingCAP
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Year Founded
2015
HQ Location
Sunnyvale
Twitter
@PingCAP
6,871 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
432 employees on LinkedIn®
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PingCAP is a technology company that specializes in distributed database solutions, primarily known for its flagship product, TiDB. TiDB is an open-source, scalable, and hybrid transactional and analytical processing (HTAP) database designed to handle large volumes of data with high availability and strong consistency. The company focuses on providing enterprises with cloud-native database infrastructure that supports real-time analytics and seamless scalability. More information about their offerings can be found on their official website, https://tidb.io.


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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"A shardless database"
mysql compatible, minimizing migration costs and leveraging mysql ecosystem. scales horizontally to accommodate growth. high available for 24/7 l...
LJ
Ling J.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"A financial-grade distributed database"
By moved to distributed database TiDB, it has been simplified our operational workloads. The best I like include its native high-availability and d...
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Mars T.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"TiDB is MySQL-compatible and solves the problem of scaling up large MySQL instances."
TiDB solves the issue of MySQL’s large single instances being unable to scale up. TiDB provides a relatively convenient way to scale up and down.
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TiDB Media

Introducing TiDB, the most advanced, open source, distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility—powering all of your modern applications with elastic scaling, real-time analytics, and continuous access to data.
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Introducing TiDB, the most advanced, open source, distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility—powering all of your modern applications with elastic scaling, real-time analytics, and continuous access to data.
In this customer story video, Zander Hill, Experienced Database Reliability Engineer at Plaid, unpacks the company’s journey to replace its MySQL managed service (Amazon Aurora) with TiDB.
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In this customer story video, Zander Hill, Experienced Database Reliability Engineer at Plaid, unpacks the company’s journey to replace its MySQL managed service (Amazon Aurora) with TiDB.
In this customer story video, Łukasz Grądzki, Director of Engineering at Bolt, provides insights into the company’s successful migration journey from MySQL to TiDB.
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In this customer story video, Łukasz Grądzki, Director of Engineering at Bolt, provides insights into the company’s successful migration journey from MySQL to TiDB.
In this short video, LinkedIn Principal Staff Engineer Kamlakar Singh unpacks the company’s journey to choosing TiDB—an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database—for select mission-critical applications.
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In this short video, LinkedIn Principal Staff Engineer Kamlakar Singh unpacks the company’s journey to choosing TiDB—an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database—for select mission-critical applications.
Databricks Staff Software Engineer Min Zhou sheds light on how the company’s migration to TiDB—an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database—lowered hardware costs while increasing QPS performance by 10x.
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Databricks Staff Software Engineer Min Zhou sheds light on how the company’s migration to TiDB—an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database—lowered hardware costs while increasing QPS performance by 10x.
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MT
Database administrator
Internet
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about TiDB?

TiDB solves the issue of MySQL’s large single instances being unable to scale up.

TiDB provides a relatively convenient way to scale up and down. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TiDB?

TiDB is a bit more expensive.

TiDB requires powerful hardware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TiDB solving and how is that benefiting you?

TiDB leverages a distributed architecture to solve the problem of slow scaling with single-instance MySQL, and delivers superior performance in most scenarios. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LJ
Database Administrator
Financial Services
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about TiDB?

By moved to distributed database TiDB, it has been simplified our operational workloads. The best I like include its native high-availability and disaster recovery of 3 data centers in 2 locations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TiDB?

Some issue happened during executing complex queries.

High requirements of hardware disks for storage nodes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TiDB solving and how is that benefiting you?

The distributed database transformation meets the requirements of industry policies and regulations.

It solves the challenges of financial-grade high availability and the inability to scale traditional single node databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about TiDB?

mysql compatible, minimizing migration costs and leveraging mysql ecosystem.

scales horizontally to accommodate growth.

high available for 24/7 logistics needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TiDB?

lacks ui managemet tool, requiring periodic command review for command-line usage.

tiflash is somewhat limited and needs improvement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TiDB solving and how is that benefiting you?

logistics data requires multi-dimensional queries, making traditional sharded databases solutions inadequate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
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What do you like best about TiDB?

DB is relatively easy to manage and standup. Builtin toolings are great for debugging and monitoring. Best of all the engagement with the team via thier community slack is awesome Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TiDB?

The dependency of TiUp of the builtin admin dashboard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TiDB solving and how is that benefiting you?

a strongly consistent DB that serves secondary index lookup use case Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.