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TiDB Cloud Billing
Learn about TiDB Cloud billing.

TiDB Cloud Billing

Note:

TiDB Cloud Serverless clusters are free until May 31, 2023, with a 100% discount off. After that, usage beyond the free quota will be charged.

TiDB Cloud charges according to the resources that you consume. You can visit the following pages to get more information about the pricing.

Invoices

If you are in the Organization Owner or Organization Billing Admin role of your organization, you can manage the invoice information of TiDB Cloud. Otherwise, skip this section.

After you set up the payment method, TiDB Cloud will generate an invoice once your cost reaches a quota, which is $500 by default. If you want to raise the quota or receive one invoice per month, you can contact our sales.

Note:

If you sign up for TiDB Cloud through AWS Marketplace or Google Cloud Marketplace, you can pay through your AWS account or Google Cloud account directly but cannot add payment methods or download invoices in the TiDB Cloud console.

After you contact our sales for receiving an invoice on a monthly basis, TiDB Cloud will generate the invoice for the previous month at the beginning of each month.

Invoice costs include TiDB cluster usage consumption, discounts, backup storage costs, support service cost, credit consumption, and data transmission costs in your organization.

For each monthly invoice:

  • TiDB Cloud provides the invoice to you on the ninth of each month. From the first to the ninth day, you cannot view the last month's cost details, but can obtain the cluster usage information of this month via the billing console.
  • The default method for paying invoices is credit card deduction. If you want to use other payment methods, please send a ticket request to let us know.
  • You can view the summary and details of charges for the current month and the previous month.

Note:

All billing deductions will be completed through the third-party platform Stripe.

To view the list of invoices, perform the following steps:

  1. Click in the lower-left corner of the TiDB Cloud console.

    Note:

    If you are in multiple organizations, switch to your target organization by clicking its name.

  2. In the left navigation pane, click the Billing tab.

  3. Click the Invoices tab. The invoices page is displayed.

Billing details

If you are in the Organization Owner or Organization Billing Admin role of your organization, you can view and export the billing details of TiDB Cloud. Otherwise, skip this section.

After setting the payment method, TiDB Cloud will generate the invoice and billing details of the historical months, and generate the bill details of the current month at the beginning of each month. The billing details include your organization's TiDB cluster usage consumption, discounts, backup storage costs, data transmission costs, support service cost, credit consumption, and project splitting information.

Note:

Due to delays and other reasons, the billing details of the current month are for reference only, not guaranteed to be accurate. TiDB Cloud ensures the accuracy of historical bills so that you can perform cost accounting and meet other needs.

To view the billing details, perform the following steps:

  1. Click in the lower-left corner of the TiDB Cloud console.

    Note:

    If you are in multiple organizations, switch to your target organization by clicking its name.

  2. Click Billing.

  3. Click Bills. The billing details page is displayed.

The billing details page shows the billing summary by project and by service. You can also see the usage details and download the data in CSV format.

Note:

The total amount in the monthly bill might differ from that in the daily usage details due to differences in precision:

  • The total amount in the monthly bill is rounded off to the 2nd decimal place.
  • The total amount in the daily usage details is accurate to the 6th decimal place.

Cost explorer

If you are in the Organization Owner or Organization Billing Admin role of your organization, you can view and analyze the usage costs of TiDB Cloud. Otherwise, skip this section.

To analyze and customize your cost reports of your organization, perform the following steps:

  1. In the lower-left corner of the TiDB Cloud console, click , and then click Billing.

    Note:

    If you are in multiple organizations, switch to your target organization by clicking its name.

  2. On the Billing page, click the Cost Explorer tab.

  3. On the Cost Explorer page, expand the Filter section in the upper-right corner to customize your report. You can set the time range, select a grouping option (such as by service, project, cluster, region, product type, and charge type), and apply filters by selecting specific services, projects, clusters, or regions. The cost explorer will display you with the following information:

    • Cost Graph: visualizes the cost trends over the selected time range. You can switch between Monthly, Daily, and Total views.
    • Cost Breakdown: displays a detailed breakdown of your costs according to the selected grouping option. For further analysis, you can download the data in CSV format.

Billing profile

Paid organizations can create a billing profile. Information in this profile will be used to determine the tax calculation.

To view or update the billing profile of your organization, click in the lower-left corner and then click Billing > Billing Profile.

There are four fields in the billing profile.

Company name (optional)

If this field is specified, this name will appear on invoices instead of your organization name.

Billing email (optional)

If this field is specified, invoices and other billing-related notifications will be sent to this email address.

Primary business address

This is the address of the company that purchases TiDB Cloud services. It is used to calculate any applicable taxes.

Business tax ID (optional)

If your business is registered for VAT/GST, fill in a valid VAT/GST ID. By providing this information, we will exempt you from charging VAT/GST if applicable. This is important for businesses operating in regions where VAT/GST registration allows for certain tax exemptions or refunds.

Credits

TiDB Cloud offers a certain number of credits for Proof of Concept (PoC) users. One credit is equivalent to one U.S. dollar. You can use credits to pay TiDB cluster fees before the credits become expired.

Tip:

To apply for a PoC, see Perform a Proof of Concept (PoC) with TiDB Cloud.

The detailed information of your credits is available on the Credits page, including your total credits, available credits, current usage, and the status.

To view this page, perform the following steps:

  1. Click in the lower-left corner of the TiDB Cloud console.

    Note:

    If you are in multiple organizations, switch to your target organization by clicking its name.

  2. Click Billing.

  3. Click Credits. The credit details page is displayed.

Note:

  • After you set up your payment method, the cluster fees are first deducted from your unused credits, then from your payment method.
  • Credits cannot be used to pay the support plan fees.

Warning:

During a PoC process:

  • If all your credits become expired before you add a payment method, you cannot create a new cluster. After 3 days, all your existing clusters will be recycled. After 7 days, all your backups will be recycled. To resume the process, you can add a payment method.
  • If all your credits become expired after you add a payment method, your PoC process goes on, and fees are deducted from your payment method.

Discounts

If you are in the Organization Owner or Organization Billing Admin role of your organization, you can view the discount information of TiDB Cloud on the Discounts page. Otherwise, skip this section.

The discount information includes all discounts that you have received, the status, the discount percentage, and the discount start and end date.

To view this page, perform the following steps:

  1. Click in the lower-left corner of the TiDB Cloud console.

    Note:

    If you are in multiple organizations, switch to your target organization by clicking its name.

  2. Click Billing.

  3. Click Discounts. The discount details page is displayed.

Payment method

If you are in the Organization Owner or Organization Billing Admin role of your organization, you can manage the payment information of TiDB Cloud. Otherwise, skip this section.

Note:

If you sign up for TiDB Cloud through AWS Marketplace or Google Cloud Marketplace, you can pay through your AWS account or Google Cloud account directly but cannot add payment methods or download invoices in the TiDB Cloud console.

The fee is deducted from a bound credit card according to your cluster usage. To add a valid credit card, you can use either of the following methods:

  • When you are creating a cluster:

    1. Before you click Create Cluster on the Create a Cluster page, click Add Credit Card at the bottom of the Billing Calculator pane.
    2. In the Add a Card dialog box, fill in the card information and billing address.
    3. Click Save Card.

  • Anytime in the billing console:

    1. Click in the lower-left corner of the TiDB Cloud console.

      Note:

      If you are in multiple organizations, switch to your target organization by clicking its name.

    2. Click Billing.

    3. Under the Payment Method tab, click Add a New Card.

    4. Fill in the credit card information and credit card address, and then click Save Card.

      If you do not specify a primary business address in Billing profile, the credit card address will be used as your primary business address for tax calculation. You can update your primary business address in Billing profile anytime.

Note:

To ensure the security of credit card sensitive data, TiDB Cloud does not save any customer credit card information and saves them in the third-party payment platform Stripe. All billing deductions are completed through Stripe.

You can bind multiple credit cards, and set one of them as the default credit card in the payment method of the billing console. After setting, subsequent billings will be automatically deducted from the default credit card.

To set the default credit card, perform the following steps:

  1. Click in the lower-left corner of the TiDB Cloud console.

    Note:

    If you are in multiple organizations, switch to your target organization by clicking its name.

  2. Click Billing.

  3. Click the Payment Method tab.

  4. Select a credit card in the credit card list, and click Set as default.

Contract

If you are in the Organization Owner or Organization Billing Admin role of your organization, you can manage your customized TiDB Cloud subscriptions in the TiDB Cloud console to meet compliance requirements. Otherwise, skip this section.

If you have agreed with our sales on a contract and received an email to review and accept the contract online, you can do the following:

  1. Click in the lower-left corner of the TiDB Cloud console.

    Note:

    If you are in multiple organizations, switch to your target organization by clicking its name.

  2. Click Billing.

  3. Click Contract. The contract list is displayed.

  4. Click Download, Accept, or Reject according to your need.

To learn more about contracts, feel free to contact our sales.

Billing from AWS Marketplace or Google Cloud Marketplace

If you are in the Organization Owner or Organization Billing Admin role of your organization, you can link your TiDB Cloud account to an AWS billing account or Google Cloud billing account. Otherwise, skip this section.

If you are new to TiDB Cloud and do not have a TiDB Cloud account, you can sign up for a TiDB Cloud account through AWS Marketplace or Google Cloud Marketplace, and pay for the usage via the AWS or Google Cloud billing account.

  • To sign up through AWS Marketplace, search for TiDB Cloud in AWS Marketplace, subscribe to TiDB Cloud, and then follow the onscreen instructions to set up your TiDB Cloud account.
  • To sign up through Google Cloud Marketplace, search for TiDB Cloud in Google Cloud Marketplace, subscribe to TiDB Cloud, and then follow the onscreen instructions to set up your TiDB Cloud account.

If you already have a TiDB Cloud account and you want to pay for the usage via your AWS or Google Cloud billing account, you can link your TiDB Cloud account to your AWS or Google Cloud billing account.

To link your TiDB Cloud account to an AWS billing account, take the following steps:

  1. Open the AWS Marketplace page, search for TiDB Cloud and select TiDB Cloud in the search results. The TiDB Cloud product page is displayed.

  2. On the TiDB Cloud product page, click Continue to Subscribe. An order page is displayed.

  3. On the order page, click Subscribe, and then click Set Up your Account. You are directed to the TiDB Cloud sign-up page.

  4. Check the notification in the upper part of the sign-up page and click Sign in.

  5. Sign in with your TiDB Cloud account. The Link to Your AWS Billing Account page is displayed.

  6. On the Link to Your AWS Billing Account page, select your target organization and click Link to link to your AWS billing account.

    Note:

    If your organization already has a payment method in TiDB Cloud, the existing payment method for this organization will be replaced by the newly added AWS billing account.

To link your TiDB Cloud account to a Google Cloud billing account, take the following steps:

  1. Open the Google Cloud Marketplace page, search for TiDB Cloud and select TiDB Cloud in the search results. The TiDB Cloud product page is displayed.

  2. On the TiDB Cloud product page, click SUBSCRIBE. A subscription page is displayed.

  3. On the subscription page, click Subscribe, and then click Go to product page. You are directed to the TiDB Cloud sign-up page.

  4. Check the notification in the upper part of the sign-up page and click Sign in.

  5. Sign in with your TiDB Cloud account. The page for linking to your Google Cloud billing account is displayed.

  6. On the page, select the target organization and click Link to link to your Google Cloud billing account.

    Note:

    If your organization already has a payment method in TiDB Cloud, the existing payment method for this organization will be replaced by the newly added Google Cloud billing account.