TiDB Alternatives

TiDB is described as 'Open-source NewSQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional and Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It's MySQL compatible and can provide horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to TiDB for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Web-based, Self-Hosted, SaaS and Mac apps. The best TiDB alternative is Apache Cassandra, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TiDB are Azure Cosmos DB, CockroachDB, ScyllaDB and Google Cloud Spanner.

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  1. The Apache Cassandra database is the right choice when you need scalability and high availability without compromising performance.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Google Cloud Platform
    • Microsoft Azure
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  2. Azure Cosmos DB is a NoSQL document database service designed from the ground up to natively support JSON and JavaScript directly inside the database engine. It’s the right solution for web and mobile applications when predictable throughput, low latency, and flexible query are...

    86 Azure Cosmos DB alternatives

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    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  3. CockroachDB icon
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    Cockroach is a distributed key/value datastore which supports ACID transactional semantics and versioned values as first-class features. The primary design goal is global consistency and survivability, hence the name.

    102 CockroachDB alternatives

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    • Free
    • Source Available

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. ScyllaDB icon
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    is an open-source distributed NoSQL wide-column data store. It is compatible with Apache Cassandra and supports the same protocols (CQL and Thrift) and file formats (SSTable), as well as the Amazon DynamoDB API, and is based on C++20.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  5. Spanner is a distributed SQL database management and storage service developed by Google. It provides features such as global transactions, strongly consistent reads, and automatic multi-site replication and failover.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  6. Amazon Aurora provides built-in security, continuous backups, serverless compute, up to 15 read replicas, automated multi-Region replication, and integrations with other AWS services.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
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  7. PlanetScale icon
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    The MySQL-compatible serverless database platform.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  8. CrateDB icon
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    CrateDB is an open source SQL database with a ground-breaking distributed design:

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. StackGres icon
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    StackGres is a full-stack PostgreSQL distribution for Kubernetes, packed into an easy deployment unit. With a carefully selected and tuned set of surrounding PostgreSQL components.

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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
    • PostgreSQL
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  10. BemiDB icon
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    BemiDB offers zero-ETL cloud analytics for Postgres. Experience fast, scalable analytics with 1-click data sync, full Postgres compatibility, and open data storage.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PostgreSQL
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  11. Vitess icon
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    Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL.

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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