Features
Distributed SQL with MySQL compatibility
Horizontal scaling for reads and writes
Hybrid transactional/analytical processing (HTAP)
Native vector search and RAG pipelines
ACID transactions across nodes
Real-time change data capture via TiCDC
TiDB Operator for Kubernetes deployment
Multi-region replication and high availability
Point-in-time recovery and backup
Columnar storage for analytics
Autoscaling compute and storage (TiDB Cloud)
SSO and RBAC (TiDB Cloud)
Encryption at rest and in transit
Database branching via TINE for schema drift
Support for JDBC, ODBC, and popular ORMs
Fully managed vector database
Automatic index tuning and upgrades
Writes acknowledged in under 100ms
Consistent p99 latency at any scale
Metadata filtering during queries
Namespace-per-agent isolation
Dense, sparse, and full-text indexes
Hybrid search (vector + BM25) via Pinecone Nexus public preview
Integrated embedding and reranking (Cohere Rerank 4.0 Fast GA)
Customer Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK)
Open-source monitoring stack (June 2026)
Multi-region and multi-cloud support (AWS, GCP, Azure) on Builder+
