Open Source Heroes Program
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 $2,000 in free TiDB Cloud Serverless credits to fuel open-source heroes' next big idea. Simply log in with your GitHub account to calculate and claim your credits.
STEP 1
Sign in with your GitHub account. We calculate your credits based on your public open source contributions.
STEP 2
Connect your TiDB Cloud account and claim up to $2,000 in Serverless credits — instantly applied.
STEP 3
Deploy your first cluster in seconds. Scale from a weekend project to a production system without changing a line.
TiDB Cloud Serverless is a highly scalable, vector search built-in, and cost-effective serverless database, which is dedicated to powering modern applications with simple solutions.
Built for open-source builders shipping production-grade apps.
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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.”
@Kaustav Chakravorty
Senior Architect, Flipkart
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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.”
@Henry Qin
Software Engineer
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The ease and comfort of getting started are paramount for us, and the fully managed operations of TiDB Cloud Serverless allow us to focus more on our core business, ensuring that our development resources are utilized where they matter most.”
@Sky Dong
Founding Engineer, Chaintool
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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.”
@Eliotte
Hackathon AI Track Winner, Quizmefy
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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.”
@Kaustav Chakravorty
Senior Architect, Flipkart
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TiDB Cloud Serverless is especially beneficial for experimental or early-stage features. It's cost-effective for startups, scalable, and development-friendly.”
@Thomas Yu
Founder, KNN3 Networks
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With TiDB Cloud Serverless, setting up a database is as easy as clicking a button. It handles analytics seamlessly, without the need for manual scaling.”
@Godwin
Project Owner of AI-Mon
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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).”
@Kentaro Kitagawa
Senior DBA, LINE Corporation
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TiDB Cloud Serverless's automatic scaling capabilities allow us to swiftly scale up to meet performance demands and scale down during quieter periods for optimizing costs.”
@Yaohui Sun
Data Platform Lead, Chainbase
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Link your GitHub, check your contribution score, and get up to $2,000 in TiDB Cloud Serverless credits — in under 3 minutes.
This program is operated by PingCAP. By participating, you agree to these terms and PingCAP's privacy policy. PingCAP reserves the right to modify or terminate this program at any time.
Open source contributors with a public GitHub account. Your organization must have been founded within 36 months and have less than $10M in annual revenue. The program is not available in sanctioned regions.
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.
We collect your GitHub username and public contribution data to determine eligibility. Your data is handled in accordance with the PingCAP Privacy Policy at https://www.pingcap.com/privacy-policy/.
Credits are awarded at PingCAP's sole discretion. Submitting a request does not guarantee receipt of credits.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, PingCAP is not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your participation in this program.
For program inquiries, contact ossinsight@pingcap.com.