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Archera vs TiDB Cloud comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Archera
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Cost Management (22nd)
TiDB Cloud
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Archera and TiDB Cloud aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Archera is designed for Cloud Cost Management and holds a mindshare of 0.5%, up 0.1% compared to last year.
TiDB Cloud, on the other hand, focuses on Database as a Service (DBaaS), holds 2.0% mindshare.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Archera0.5%
Cloudability6.7%
IBM Turbonomic6.3%
Other86.5%
Cloud Cost Management
Database as a Service (DBaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TiDB Cloud2.0%
Amazon RDS12.6%
MongoDB Atlas12.1%
Other73.3%
Database as a Service (DBaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2641563 - PeerSpot reviewer
FinOps Engineer at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Customer support and intuitive platform enhance cloud maintenance capabilities
Actually, going with the point that they have been in touch with us frequently, it has been great since we have been able to provide feedback to them to implement features that they didn't have before, and they have implemented them for us. Specifically, they didn't have a plan for only databases, and we told them that we only needed databases, so they created web plans for us to have databases only implemented in our organization. Also, we discussed with them that we wanted to have other clouds implemented with us, and they have been very helpful, going step by step in solving that issue.
Ece Ece - PeerSpot reviewer
Software developer at Student
Hybrid workloads have powered real-time analytics and simplified scaling for critical services
TiDB Cloud offers horizontal scalability. You can scale TiDB Cloud simply by adding more nodes with no manual sharding. That is a significant advantage over traditional MySQL setups. It also supports MySQL compatibility, as it supports the MySQL protocol and syntax. It has hybrid transactional and analytical processing for real-time analytics on data, so no separate data warehouse is needed. It supports ACID transactions and high availability. Another feature of TiDB Cloud is the cloud-native design. It works smoothly with modern infrastructures such as elastic scaling, container-ready orchestration, and microservice architecture. It separates the SQL layer from the storage layer for independent scaling and a flexible architecture. It is an enterprise-grade design. TiDB Cloud has positively impacted my organization, especially where massive scale and real-time analytics were needed. It powers core cloud services. We have used HTAP workloads, what we call STAP workloads, or the cloud-managed service. My job was to handle the cloud network for financial data.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The platform is very user-friendly, and it's helpful to have all the tools readily available without needing to send an email or do extra work."
"The ability to reuse information across documents helps my team as it saves time and reduces errors because we do not have to rewrite the same information anymore."
"TiDB Cloud has a broader scope that offers multiple services. It can be compared to major cloud providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP."
"There are cost savings because of TiDB Cloud; we save a lot of money on hardware, we need fewer employees for maintenance, and we have less downtime which helps our business be much more successful."
"TiDB selections are fast, and it handles collections and solutions well. Vertical and horizontal scaling are also good features."
"TiDB Cloud stands out because it combines traditional SQL reliability with modern distributed scaling."
 

Cons

"We don't have issues. We discussed with them that we wanted to have other clouds implemented with us, and they have been very helpful, going step by step in solving that issue."
"There should be the ability to replicate auto-increment sequences from the production environment to the disaster recovery environment."
"TiDB Cloud can be improved, particularly because the interface is very old."
"If you are using a product managed by a cloud provider, such as AWS or Google Cloud, you benefit from various management tools."
"On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the customer support for TiDB Cloud at about a six."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
University
12%
Educational Organization
12%
 

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Archera?
Actually, going with the point that they have been in touch with us frequently, it has been great since we have been able to provide feedback to them to implement features that they didn't have bef...
What is your primary use case for Archera?
I ensure cloud maintenance over AWS mainly for databases.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TiDB Cloud?
The pricing for TiDB Cloud depends heavily on how you deploy it. Organizations usually evaluate costs based on scalability needs. The main pricing models are that TiDB Cloud itself is free, and you...
What needs improvement with TiDB Cloud?
I have not really noticed any areas where TiDB Cloud could be improved or faced any challenges.
What is your primary use case for TiDB Cloud?
In production, we use the cloud, but in other environments like development and integration, we use self-managed. We store quite a lot of data on TiDB Cloud because it is a scalable database that s...
 

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