Features

This document lists the feature support status for different TiDB Cloud plans, including TiDB Cloud Starter, Essential, and Dedicated.

Tip

TiDB Cloud Starter is the best way to get started with TiDB Cloud. Additionally, you can try out TiDB Cloud features on TiDB Playground.

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 import	Data migration	❌	✅ (Private preview)	✅
Data export	Export	✅ (Public preview)	✅ (Public preview)	❌
Data export	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)	❌	✅	✅
High availability	Recovery group (cross-region)	❌	❌	✅
Resource allocation	Node group	❌	❌	✅
Resource allocation	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	❌	❌	✅

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