Features
This document lists the feature support status for different TiDB Cloud plans, including TiDB Cloud Starter, Essential, and Dedicated.
- ✅: The feature is generally available unless otherwise noted as preview.
- ❌: The feature is currently not available.
| Category | Feature | Starter | Essential | Dedicated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basics | TiKV | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| TiFlash | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| API | ✅ (Public preview) | ✅ (Public preview) | ✅ (Public preview) | |
| Cluster management | Pause & resume | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Maintenance window | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | |
| Recycle bin | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | |
| Data import | Import (using IMPORT INTO or the TiDB Cloud console) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Data migration | ❌ | ✅ (Private preview) | ✅ | |
| Data export | Export | ✅ (Public preview) | ✅ (Public preview) | ❌ |
| Changefeed | ❌ | ✅ (Private preview in CLI) | ✅ | |
| Backup & restore | Automatic backup | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Dual region backup | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | |
| Manual backup | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | |
| Point-in-time recovery (PITR) | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Storage | Standard storage | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Observability | Built-in metrics | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Alerting | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | |
| SQL Statement | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Slow Query | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Top SQL | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | |
| Events | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Third-party integrations | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | |
| High availability | Failover (cross-AZ) | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Recovery group (cross-region) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | |
| Resource allocation | Node group | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Resource control | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | |
| Security | Private endpoint | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| VPC peering | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | |
| Database audit logging | ❌ | ✅ (Private preview) | ✅ | |
| Console audit logging | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| CMEK | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | |
| Log redaction | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Dual-layer encryption | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| AI & Development | Vector search | ✅ (Public preview) | ✅ (Public preview) | ✅ (Public preview) |
| Data branch | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | |
| SQL editor | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | |
| Cloud and regions | AWS | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Alibaba Cloud | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | |
| Azure | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | |
| Google Cloud | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |