What is TiDB Cloud | TiDB Docs

What is TiDB Cloud

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[TiDB Cloud](https://www.pingcap.com/tidb-cloud/) is a fully-managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) that brings [TiDB](https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/overview), an open-source Hybrid Transactional and Analytical Processing (HTAP) database, to your cloud. TiDB Cloud offers an easy way to deploy and manage databases to let you focus on your applications, not the complexities of the databases. You can create TiDB Cloud clusters to quickly build mission-critical applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Alibaba Cloud.

![TiDB Cloud Overview](https://docs-download.pingcap.com/media/images/docs/tidb-cloud/tidb-cloud-overview.png)

Why TiDB Cloud

TiDB Cloud allows you with little or no training to handle complex tasks such as infrastructure management and cluster deployment easily.

* Developers and database administrators (DBAs) can handle a large amount of online traffic effortlessly and rapidly analyze a large volume of data across multiple datasets.

* Enterprises of all sizes can easily deploy and manage TiDB Cloud to adapt to your business growth without prepayment.

Watch the following video to learn more about TiDB Cloud:

With TiDB Cloud, you can get the following key features:

* Fast and Customized Scaling

Elastically and transparently scale to hundreds of nodes for critical workloads while maintaining ACID transactions. No need to bother with sharding. And you can scale your performance and storage nodes separately according to your business needs.

* MySQL Compatibility

Increase productivity and shorten time-to-market for your applications with TiDB's MySQL compatibility. Easily migrate data from existing MySQL instances without the need to rewrite code.

* High Availability and Reliability

Naturally high availability by design. Data replication across multiple Availability Zones, daily backups, and auto-failover ensure business continuity, regardless of hardware failure, network partition, or data center loss.

* Real-Time Analytics

Get real-time analytical query results with a built-in analytics engine. TiDB Cloud runs consistent analytical queries on current data without disturbing mission-critical applications.

* Enterprise Grade Security

Secure your data in dedicated networks and machines, with support for encryption both in-flight and at-rest. TiDB Cloud is certified by SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001:2013, ISO 27701, and fully compliant with GDPR.

* Fully-Managed Service

Deploy, scale, monitor, and manage TiDB clusters with a few clicks, through an easy-to-use web-based management platform.

* Multi-Cloud Support

Stay flexible without cloud vendor lock-in. TiDB Cloud is currently available on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud.

* Simple Pricing Plans

Pay only for what you use, with transparent and upfront pricing with no hidden fees.

* World-Class Support

Get world-class support through our support portal, [email](mailto:tidbcloud-support@pingcap.com), chat, or video conferencing.

Deployment options

TiDB Cloud provides the following deployment options:

* TiDB Cloud Starter

TiDB Cloud Starter is a fully managed, multi-tenant TiDB offering. It delivers an instant, autoscaling MySQL-compatible database and offers a generous free quota and consumption based billing once free limits are exceeded.

Currently, TiDB Cloud Starter is generally available on AWS and in public preview on Alibaba Cloud.

* TiDB Cloud Essential

For applications experiencing growing workloads and needing scalability in real time, TiDB Cloud Essential provides the flexibility and performance to keep pace with your business growth.

Currently, TiDB Cloud Essential is in public preview on AWS and Alibaba Cloud.

For feature comparison between TiDB Cloud Starter and TiDB Cloud Essential on Alibaba Cloud, see [TiDB on Alibaba Cloud](https://www.pingcap.com/partners/alibaba-cloud/).

* TiDB Cloud Dedicated

TiDB Cloud Dedicated is designed for mission-critical businesses, offering high availability across multiple availability zones, horizontal scaling, and full [HTAP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_transactional/analytical_processing) capabilities.

Currently, TiDB Cloud Dedicated is generally available on AWS and Google Cloud, and in public preview on Azure. For more information, see [TiDB Cloud Dedicated](https://www.pingcap.com/tidb-cloud-dedicated).

Architecture

![TiDB Cloud architecture](https://docs-download.pingcap.com/media/images/docs/tidb-cloud/tidb-cloud-architecture.png)

* TiDB VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)

For each TiDB Cloud cluster, all TiDB nodes and auxiliary nodes, including TiDB Operator nodes and logging nodes, are deployed in the same VPC.

* TiDB Cloud Central Services

Central Services, including billing, alerts, meta storage, dashboard UI, are deployed independently. You can access the dashboard UI to operate the TiDB cluster via the internet.

* Your VPC

You can connect to your TiDB cluster via private endpoint connection or VPC peering connection. Refer to [Set Up Private Endpoint Connections](/tidbcloud/set-up-private-endpoint-connections/) or [Set up VPC Peering Connection](/tidbcloud/set-up-vpc-peering-connections/) for details.