Azure Database for MySQL vs. TiDB Comparison

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Scale, Consistency, and Auto Sharding: Three Pillars of TiDB

TiDB elastically scales out hundreds of nodes with strong ACID consistency, petabyte-level storage, millions of QPS, and no system downtime.

Distributed SQL Database Engine

Unlimited Horizontal Scaling

Distributed ACID Compliance

Single Endpoint for Transactions and Analytics

Transparent Auto Sharding

Lower Operational Complexity at Scale

Cloud-Native by Design

Growing Open Source Adoption

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Unparalleled Scalability and Resiliency Compared to Azure Database for MySQL

Unlimited Elasticity

TiDB scales applications with a distributed scale-out architecture that separates compute from storage while offering automatic sharding and no single-node ceilings.

Always-On Resiliency

TiDB powers enterprise applications with high availability, disaster recovery (DR), limitless point-in-time recovery (PiTR), and multi- availability zone (AZ) failover.

Open, Extensible Integration

TiDB comes with built-in MySQL wire compatibility plus connectors to Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, and more.

One Platform for All Workloads

TiDB provides a single endpoint for transactional and analytical workloads while guaranteeing strong ACID consistency at scale.

Flexible Resource Isolation

TiDB can assign per-tenant CPU and IO limits to prevent noisy neighbors and protect SLAs.

Enterprise-Grade Security

TiDB encrypts data both in-flight and at rest to meet compliance requirements.

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Consolidated Data Platform for Large, Complex Workloads

As workloads grow, so does the pain. Scaling Azure MySQL often means manual sharding, complex clustering, and fragile replication. This creates added maintenance overhead that demands niche expertise.

TiDB cuts through this complexity with a single platform for both OLTP and OLAP. No extra middleware. No elaborate configs. Just built-in scale for large, complex workloads without the operational grind.

computer layer

Row Store

Columnar Store

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Streak

Fred Wulff, VP of Engineering

“TiDB enables Streak users to share emails and metadata effortlessly, and enables our developers to move faster than ever before.”

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Bolt

Boris Savelev, SRE Manager

“In the following years, we will rely on TiDB even more, including migrating more clusters from MySQL to TiDB and using TiCDC to set up multi-region clusters on AWS for failover.”

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Kentaro Kitagawa, Senior Database Administrator

“Scale-in and scale-out in a cluster configuration is easy, and the ecosystem is very rich, with operational monitoring installed immediately with the installation command (TiUP).”

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