Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: TiDB
TiDB clearly comes out ahead of SingleStore on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $600/mo for TiDB and $722.70/mo for SingleStore.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | PingCAP | SingleStore |
| 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 | singlestore |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Day Retention | ||
| 99.9% Sla (1 Az) Or 99.99% Sla (2 Az) | ||
| 4 Vcpu To 32 Vcpu Per Node | ||
| 99.9% Sla (1 Az) Or 99.99% Sla(2 Az) | ||
| 99.99% Availability | ||
| All Sql And Programmability Features | ||
| Autoscaling Compute | ||
| Audit Logging | ||
| Available On Aws And Alibaba Cloud | ||
| Cmek | ||
| Available On Aws, Google Cloud And Azure | ||
| Database Branching | ||
| Core Capabilities | ||
| Everything In Standard | ||
| Deploy On Infrastructure Of Choice | ||
| Experience Advantages Of Fully Managed Helios Cloud Within Your Own Vpc | ||
| Encrypted In Transit And At Rest | ||
| Monitoring | ||
| Fully-Managed Cloud Dbaas | ||
| Monitoring (30-Day) | ||
| Highly Compatible With Kubernetes | ||
| Online Pitr | ||
| Open-Source Distributed Sql Database | ||
| Read-Replicas | ||
| Pci-Dss And Soc 2 Type Ii Compliant | ||
| Scim With Okta | ||
| Point-In-Time Backup | ||
| Self-Support | ||
| Scale Down To Zero | ||
| Shared Workspace |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, TiDB comes out ahead overall, though SingleStore can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
TiDB's paid plans start at $600/mo and SingleStore's start at $722.70/mo, so TiDB is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both TiDB and SingleStore offer a free tier.
TiDB scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
TiDB is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
