Convex vs TiDB Cloud
Convex
convex.dev
TiDB Cloud
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| Figure | Convex | TiDB Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $25/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 13 |
| Spec score · Databases And Backend | 8.5 (#7) | 8.6 (#6) |
| Integrations | Convex lists built-in integrations for Sentry, Datadog, Airbyte, and Fivetran. | Official integrations include Kubernetes via TiDB Operator, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, Kafka, Flink, Confluent, Airbyte, Amazon AppFlow and dbt. |
| Security | Customer data is encrypted at rest with 256-bit AES, data in transit uses TLS and SSH, and Convex conducts third-party penetration tests at least annually. | TiDB Cloud supports email and password login, standard SSO, organization SSO, private endpoints, public endpoints, and console audit logging across all four listed plans. |
| Support | The Professional plan includes email support, while Convex directs users with questions to its Discord community. | Support is provided through the Help Center, email, chat and video conferencing; Basic users use community Slack or Discord for technical questions. |
Plans
Convex
- Free & StarterFree
- Professional$25 a month
- Business & Enterprise$2,500 a month
TiDB Cloud
- TiDB Cloud StarterFree
- TiDB Cloud EssentialPrice not published
- TiDB Cloud Premium$1,800 a month
- TiDB Cloud Dedicated$0.22 a month
- StarterFree
- TiDB Cloud StarterFree
- Essential$400 a month
- Dedicated$1,376 a month
- Premium$1,800 a month
- TiDB Cloud Premium Preview$1,800 a month
In their own words
TiDB Cloud
TiDB Cloud is a managed cloud database service built around an open-source distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility. It supports transactional and analytical workloads, horizontal scaling, multi-region deployment, and geo-partitioning across Starter, Essential, Premium, and Dedicated plans. Starter includes up to 25 GiB of row storage, 25 GiB of column storage, and 250 million Request Units per month per organization, for up to the first five instances. Its on-demand compute scales to zero when idle, and vector storage and search are in public preview. CSV, Parquet, and SQL file imports are supported across the listed plans. Email and password login, SSO options, private and public endpoints, and console audit logging are listed across all four plans. Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog integrations are listed for Essential, Premium, and Dedicated in public preview. All users can submit billing and account support tickets; guaranteed technical-ticket response times require paid support plans. The service is available through web and API platforms. Starter is free; the Dedicated plan is listed as starting at $0.22 a month and from $1376 / month.