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Fuel Your Next Big Idea:
TiDB Serverless Credits for Open Source Heroes

TiDB loves open-source. We contribute code, sponsor projects and deeply appreciate developers who actively contribute to the community.
As a token of our appreciation, we're offering up to $2000 in free TiDB Serverless credits to fuel open-source hero's next big idea.

Simply log in with your GitHub account to calculate and claim your credits.
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Free Database Credits for Open Source Heroes

TiDB loves open-source. We contribute code, sponsor projects, and appreciate developers who do so.
As a token of our appreciation, we're offering up to $2000 free TiDB Serverless credits to fuel open-source hero's next big idea.

Log in with GitHub account to claim your credits.

How it Works

Link your Github

  • Claim your Credits

  • Start Building

    With TiDB Serverless⚡️, you can:

    TiDB Serverless is a highly scalable, vector search built-in, and cost-effective serverless database, which is dedicated to powering modern applications with simple solutions. Read more.

    With it, you can:

    • Build highly scalable applications with ease
    • Leverage advanced features like vector search
    • Enjoy seamless integration with what you use
    • Pay only for what you use, and only beyond free credits
    Try Free

    With TiDB Serverless credits 💰 , you can:

    • Personal Website Hosting: Create websites or blogs using WordPress or Joomla.
    • RAG Agent Prototyping: Develop RAG agents with your own knowledge base.
    • Minecraft Server: Run a personal Minecraft server, where you can play on with your friends all day.
    • Start small businesses: Power online stores, community forums, or customer feedback systems.
    • Data API Backends: Host small databases for managing small-scale workloads like API backend
    • Scale startups: Deploy SaaS applications, analytics dashboards, or e-commerce platforms with of thousands users and continuous read/write operations.
    • Data-heavy applications: Scale applications with distributed databases, handle enterprise-level systems, or power data-heavy industries like fintech or healthcare.
    • Power large-scale enterprises: Handle millions of users with high performance and reliability requirements.
    • Run mission-critical systems: Support complex applications like fintech, gaming, or healthcare solutions.

    *The scenarios above are for reference only. The actual bill will be based on real usage.

    We Build with TiDB

    • @Kaustav Chakravorty
      Senior Architect, Flipkart
      Logistics

      In the following years, we will definitely migrate more clusters from MySQL to TiDB, use TiCDC to set up multi-region clusters on AWS for failover, and try TiFlash for instant analytical queries.

    • @Henry Qin
      Software Engineer
      FinTech

      TiDB's architecture, sort of a SQL layer on top of a key value store, was more scalable and more likely to cause fewer problems down the line. With TiDB, we don't need to worry about cross-charge transactions. That's huge.

    • @Sky Dong
      Founding Engineer, Chaintool
      Web 3

      The ease and comfort of getting started are paramount for us, and the fully managed operations of TiDB Serverless allow us to focus more on our core business, ensuring that our development resources are utilized where they matter most.

    • @Eliotte
      Hackathon AI Track Winner, Quizmefy
      AI App

      We heavily utilized TiDB's serverless feature to power our backend. This allowed us to scale our backend to handle thousands of requests per second effortlessly while keeping costs low, as we only pay for what we use.

    • @Kaustav Chakravorty
      Senior Architect, Flipkart
      E-Commerce

      The NO.1 benefit is simplicity. With TiDB, our applications can retain their SQL data model and the ACID guarantees. We don't have to implement any kind of sharding logic, and the database management becomes simpler too.

    • @Thomas Yu
      Founder, KNN3 Networks
      Web 3

      TiDB Serverless is especially beneficial for experimental or early-stage features. It's cost-effective for startups, scalable, and development-friendly.

    • @Godwin
      Project Owner of AI-Mon
      AI App

      With TiDB Serverless, setting up a database is as easy as clicking a button. It handles analytics seamlessly, without the need for manual scaling.

    • @Kentaro Kitagawa
      Senior DBA, LINE Corporation
      Internet

      Scale-in and scale-out in a cluster configuration is also easy, and the ecosystem is very rich, with operation monitoring tools such as Grafana being able to be installed immediately with the installation command (TiUP).

    • @Yaohui Sun
      Data Platform Lead, Chainbase
      Web 3

      TiDB Serverless's automatic scaling capabilities allow us to swiftly scale up to meet performance demands and scale down during quieter periods for optimizing costs.

    TiDB ❤️ Open Source

    We take pride in our open-source roots.
    With the developer community, we align our product, to make sure it perfectly fits modern application developer's needs.

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    ✏️ Pull Requests
    873
    👫 Contributors

    Discover TiDB on GitHub ->

    FAQ

    Why would TiDB commit to the open source community?

    TiDB believes that open source fosters innovation, collaboration, and community-driven development. By actively contributing to and supporting open-source projects, TiDB aims to create a vibrant ecosystem that benefits all participants.

    How do I claim my credits?

    Once you’ve logged in with your GitHub Username and your credits have been calculated, you can redeem them by logging into your OssInsight or TiDB Cloud account. The credits will be automatically applied to your account. Make sure you use the the same Github account for both OSSInsight SSO login and TiDB Cloud SSO login.

    How can I contact support if I face issues redeeming my credits?

    You can reach out to our support team through ossinsight@pingcap.com

    Legal Statement

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    Who Can Participate

    The campaign is open to anyone, except PingCAP employees, contractors, affiliates, and their immediate family members.

    Rewards

    TiDB Cloud credits are valid for 1 year and cannot be transferred, refunded, or exchanged for cash. The cutoff date to claim the credits is October 1, 2025. PingCAP reserves the right to end the promotion earlier or extend the cutoff date.

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