Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: CrateDB
CrateDB clearly comes out ahead of TiDB on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. TiDB's paid plans start at $600/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | PingCAP | Crate.io |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentData & Analytics | DevelopmentData & Analytics |
| Categories | database | database |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | tidb | cratedb |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Day Retention | ||
| Aws/Azure/Gcp Support | ||
| 4 Vcpu To 32 Vcpu Per Node | ||
| Enterprise-Grade Control | ||
| 99.99% Availability | ||
| Fully Managed Dbaas | ||
| Autoscaling Compute | ||
| Long-Term Support | ||
| Available On Aws And Alibaba Cloud | ||
| Open Source Core | ||
| Available On Aws, Google Cloud And Azure | ||
| Pay-As-You-Go | ||
| Core Capabilities | ||
| Production-Ready | ||
| Deploy On Infrastructure Of Choice | ||
| Real-Time Analytics | ||
| Encrypted In Transit And At Rest | ||
| Self-Hosted | ||
| Fully-Managed Cloud Dbaas | ||
| Support For Self-Deployed Environments | ||
| Highly Compatible With Kubernetes | ||
| Open-Source Distributed Sql Database | ||
| Pci-Dss And Soc 2 Type Ii Compliant | ||
| Point-In-Time Backup | ||
| Scale Down To Zero | ||
| Self-Managed Database |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, CrateDB comes out ahead overall, though TiDB can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both TiDB and CrateDB offer a free tier.
CrateDB scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
