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TiDB Cloud is a fully managed cloud Database as a Service of TiDB. It has an easy-to-use web-based management console to let you manage TiDB clusters for mission-critical production environments.

### What is the relationship between TiDB Cloud Starter and TiDB Cloud Serverless?

TiDB Cloud Starter is the new name for TiDB Cloud Serverless, effective August 12, 2025.

Before it was renamed to Starter, the Serverless tier of TiDB Cloud served as the entry point for thousands of developers, providing a production-ready database that scales automatically, starts in seconds, and costs nothing until you exceed a generous free quota.

While "serverless" accurately describes how the service works behind the scenes, many first-time users told us this word felt abstract and overloaded with meanings.

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We renamed this entry tier to Starter so its purpose is crystal clear: it is the quickest way to begin building with TiDB Cloud. Everything you enjoy with Serverless remains unchanged:

- A fully-managed database with both row-based and columnar storage, ideal for mixed OLTP/OLAP workloads.

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- Automatic, request-driven scaling, no capacity planning or manual tuning required.
- Built-in vector search and full-text search to power GenAI retrieval, chatbots, and other AI applications.
- Always-free monthly quota for up to five clusters per organization (5 GiB row data + 5 GiB columnar data + 50 million [RUs](/tidb-cloud/tidb-cloud-glossary.md#request-unit) per cluster).

### Is TiDB Cloud compatible with MySQL?

Currently, TiDB Cloud supports the majority of MySQL 5.7 and MySQL 8.0 syntax with the exception of triggers, stored procedures, and user-defined functions. For more details, see [Compatibility with MySQL](/mysql-compatibility.md).
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