diff --git a/components/playground/instance/drainer.go b/components/playground/instance/drainer.go
index 5a102d9f35..f72aa4523f 100644
--- a/components/playground/instance/drainer.go
+++ b/components/playground/instance/drainer.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	tiupexec "github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/exec"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/utils"
 )
 
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ func (d *Drainer) NodeID() string {
 }
 
 // Start implements Instance interface.
-func (d *Drainer) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error {
+func (d *Drainer) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	endpoints := pdEndpoints(d.pds, true)
 
 	args := []string{
@@ -84,10 +83,6 @@ func (d *Drainer) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--config=%s", d.ConfigPath))
 	}
 
-	var err error
-	if d.BinPath, err = tiupexec.PrepareBinary("drainer", version, d.BinPath); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	d.Process = &process{cmd: PrepareCommand(ctx, d.BinPath, args, nil, d.Dir)}
 
 	logIfErr(d.Process.SetOutputFile(d.LogFile()))
diff --git a/components/playground/instance/instance.go b/components/playground/instance/instance.go
index 17a4440de6..9766fd67f2 100644
--- a/components/playground/instance/instance.go
+++ b/components/playground/instance/instance.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/cluster/spec"
+	tiupexec "github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/exec"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/utils"
 )
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ type instance struct {
 	StatusPort int // client port for PD
 	ConfigPath string
 	BinPath    string
+	Version    utils.Version
 }
 
 // MetricAddr will be used by prometheus scrape_configs.
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ type Instance interface {
 	Pid() int
 	// Start the instance process.
 	// Will kill the process once the context is done.
-	Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error
+	Start(ctx context.Context) error
 	// Component Return the component name.
 	Component() string
 	// LogFile return the log file name
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ type Instance interface {
 	// Wait Should only call this if the instance is started successfully.
 	// The implementation should be safe to call Wait multi times.
 	Wait() error
+	// PrepareBinary use given binpath or download from tiup mirrors.
+	PrepareBinary(componentName string, version utils.Version) error
 }
 
 func (inst *instance) MetricAddr() (r MetricAddr) {
@@ -87,6 +91,22 @@ func (inst *instance) MetricAddr() (r MetricAddr) {
 	return
 }
 
+func (inst *instance) PrepareBinary(componentName string, version utils.Version) error {
+	instanceBinPath, err := tiupexec.PrepareBinary(componentName, version, inst.BinPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// distinguish whether the instance is started by specific binary path.
+	if inst.BinPath == "" {
+		fmt.Printf("Start %s instance:%s\n", componentName, version)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Printf("Start %s instance:%s\n", componentName, instanceBinPath)
+	}
+	inst.Version = version
+	inst.BinPath = instanceBinPath
+	return nil
+}
+
 // CompVersion return the format to run specified version of a component.
 func CompVersion(comp string, version utils.Version) string {
 	if version.IsEmpty() {
diff --git a/components/playground/instance/pd.go b/components/playground/instance/pd.go
index 52cb360d28..3c1d6f8636 100644
--- a/components/playground/instance/pd.go
+++ b/components/playground/instance/pd.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
-	tiupexec "github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/exec"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/utils"
 )
 
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ func (inst *PDInstance) Name() string {
 }
 
 // Start calls set inst.cmd and Start
-func (inst *PDInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error {
+func (inst *PDInstance) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	configPath := filepath.Join(inst.Dir, "pd.toml")
 	if err := prepareConfig(
 		configPath,
@@ -156,10 +155,6 @@ func (inst *PDInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error
 		}
 	}
 
-	var err error
-	if inst.BinPath, err = tiupexec.PrepareBinary("pd", version, inst.BinPath); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	inst.Process = &process{cmd: PrepareCommand(ctx, inst.BinPath, args, nil, inst.Dir)}
 
 	logIfErr(inst.Process.SetOutputFile(inst.LogFile()))
diff --git a/components/playground/instance/pump.go b/components/playground/instance/pump.go
index 0918fe3f97..e4ca34b9cd 100644
--- a/components/playground/instance/pump.go
+++ b/components/playground/instance/pump.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	tiupexec "github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/exec"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/utils"
 )
 
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ func (p *Pump) Addr() string {
 }
 
 // Start implements Instance interface.
-func (p *Pump) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error {
+func (p *Pump) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	endpoints := pdEndpoints(p.pds, true)
 
 	args := []string{
@@ -103,10 +102,6 @@ func (p *Pump) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--config=%s", p.ConfigPath))
 	}
 
-	var err error
-	if p.BinPath, err = tiupexec.PrepareBinary("pump", version, p.BinPath); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	p.Process = &process{cmd: PrepareCommand(ctx, p.BinPath, args, nil, p.Dir)}
 
 	logIfErr(p.Process.SetOutputFile(p.LogFile()))
diff --git a/components/playground/instance/ticdc.go b/components/playground/instance/ticdc.go
index 5c987b2c5a..b233e8622f 100644
--- a/components/playground/instance/ticdc.go
+++ b/components/playground/instance/ticdc.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	tiupexec "github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/exec"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/tidbver"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/utils"
 )
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ func NewTiCDC(binPath string, dir, host, configPath string, id int, port int, pd
 }
 
 // Start implements Instance interface.
-func (c *TiCDC) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error {
+func (c *TiCDC) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	endpoints := pdEndpoints(c.pds, true)
 
 	args := []string{
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ func (c *TiCDC) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error {
 		fmt.Sprintf("--pd=%s", strings.Join(endpoints, ",")),
 		fmt.Sprintf("--log-file=%s", c.LogFile()),
 	}
-	clusterVersion := string(version)
+	clusterVersion := string(c.Version)
 	if tidbver.TiCDCSupportConfigFile(clusterVersion) {
 		if c.ConfigPath != "" {
 			args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--config=%s", c.ConfigPath))
@@ -76,10 +75,6 @@ func (c *TiCDC) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	var err error
-	if c.BinPath, err = tiupexec.PrepareBinary("cdc", version, c.BinPath); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	c.Process = &process{cmd: PrepareCommand(ctx, c.BinPath, args, nil, c.Dir)}
 
 	logIfErr(c.Process.SetOutputFile(c.LogFile()))
diff --git a/components/playground/instance/tidb.go b/components/playground/instance/tidb.go
index 7a075de2ab..20b89e92a2 100644
--- a/components/playground/instance/tidb.go
+++ b/components/playground/instance/tidb.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	tiupexec "github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/exec"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/utils"
 )
 
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ func NewTiDBInstance(binPath string, dir, host, configPath string, id, port int,
 }
 
 // Start calls set inst.cmd and Start
-func (inst *TiDBInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error {
+func (inst *TiDBInstance) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	configPath := filepath.Join(inst.Dir, "tidb.toml")
 	if err := prepareConfig(
 		configPath,
@@ -82,10 +81,6 @@ func (inst *TiDBInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) erro
 		args = append(args, "--enable-binlog=true")
 	}
 
-	var err error
-	if inst.BinPath, err = tiupexec.PrepareBinary("tidb", version, inst.BinPath); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	inst.Process = &process{cmd: PrepareCommand(ctx, inst.BinPath, args, nil, inst.Dir)}
 
 	logIfErr(inst.Process.SetOutputFile(inst.LogFile()))
diff --git a/components/playground/instance/tiflash.go b/components/playground/instance/tiflash.go
index 2d90be4278..995c7df3b1 100644
--- a/components/playground/instance/tiflash.go
+++ b/components/playground/instance/tiflash.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
-	tiupexec "github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/exec"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/tidbver"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/utils"
 )
@@ -97,9 +96,9 @@ func (inst *TiFlashInstance) StatusAddrs() (addrs []string) {
 }
 
 // Start calls set inst.cmd and Start
-func (inst *TiFlashInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error {
-	if !tidbver.TiFlashPlaygroundNewStartMode(version.String()) {
-		return inst.startOld(ctx, version)
+func (inst *TiFlashInstance) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if !tidbver.TiFlashPlaygroundNewStartMode(inst.Version.String()) {
+		return inst.startOld(ctx, inst.Version)
 	}
 
 	proxyConfigPath := filepath.Join(inst.Dir, "tiflash_proxy.toml")
@@ -152,9 +151,6 @@ func (inst *TiFlashInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) e
 		}
 	}
 
-	if inst.BinPath, err = tiupexec.PrepareBinary("tiflash", version, inst.BinPath); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	inst.Process = &process{cmd: PrepareCommand(ctx, inst.BinPath, args, nil, inst.Dir)}
 
 	logIfErr(inst.Process.SetOutputFile(inst.LogFile()))
diff --git a/components/playground/instance/tiflash_pre7.go b/components/playground/instance/tiflash_pre7.go
index 02f59747c4..0d57ddf412 100644
--- a/components/playground/instance/tiflash_pre7.go
+++ b/components/playground/instance/tiflash_pre7.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/cluster/api"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/cluster/spec"
-	tiupexec "github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/exec"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/utils"
 )
 
@@ -92,10 +91,6 @@ func (inst *TiFlashInstance) startOld(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if inst.BinPath, err = tiupexec.PrepareBinary("tiflash", version, inst.BinPath); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	dirPath := filepath.Dir(inst.BinPath)
 	clusterManagerPath := getFlashClusterPath(dirPath)
 	if err = inst.checkConfigOld(wd, clusterManagerPath, version, tidbStatusAddrs, endpoints); err != nil {
diff --git a/components/playground/instance/tikv.go b/components/playground/instance/tikv.go
index 08dfe04ebe..f70ec1bd96 100644
--- a/components/playground/instance/tikv.go
+++ b/components/playground/instance/tikv.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/cluster/api"
-	tiupexec "github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/exec"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/utils"
 )
 
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ func (inst *TiKVInstance) Addr() string {
 }
 
 // Start calls set inst.cmd and Start
-func (inst *TiKVInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error {
+func (inst *TiKVInstance) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	configPath := filepath.Join(inst.Dir, "tikv.toml")
 	if err := prepareConfig(
 		configPath,
@@ -104,10 +103,6 @@ func (inst *TiKVInstance) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) erro
 	}
 
 	envs := []string{"MALLOC_CONF=prof:true,prof_active:false"}
-	var err error
-	if inst.BinPath, err = tiupexec.PrepareBinary("tikv", version, inst.BinPath); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	inst.Process = &process{cmd: PrepareCommand(ctx, inst.BinPath, args, envs, inst.Dir)}
 
 	logIfErr(inst.Process.SetOutputFile(inst.LogFile()))
diff --git a/components/playground/instance/tikv_cdc.go b/components/playground/instance/tikv_cdc.go
index 5441acf5af..cbacb23b2e 100644
--- a/components/playground/instance/tikv_cdc.go
+++ b/components/playground/instance/tikv_cdc.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	tiupexec "github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/exec"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/utils"
 )
 
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ func NewTiKVCDC(binPath string, dir, host, configPath string, id int, pds []*PDI
 }
 
 // Start implements Instance interface.
-func (c *TiKVCDC) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error {
+func (c *TiKVCDC) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	endpoints := pdEndpoints(c.pds, true)
 
 	args := []string{
@@ -65,10 +64,6 @@ func (c *TiKVCDC) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--config=%s", c.ConfigPath))
 	}
 
-	var err error
-	if c.BinPath, err = tiupexec.PrepareBinary("tikv-cdc", version, c.BinPath); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	c.Process = &process{cmd: PrepareCommand(ctx, c.BinPath, args, nil, c.Dir)}
 
 	logIfErr(c.Process.SetOutputFile(c.LogFile()))
diff --git a/components/playground/instance/tiproxy.go b/components/playground/instance/tiproxy.go
index 732670e716..c0ed180c90 100644
--- a/components/playground/instance/tiproxy.go
+++ b/components/playground/instance/tiproxy.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/cluster/spec"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/crypto"
-	tiupexec "github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/exec"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiup/pkg/utils"
 )
 
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ func (c *TiProxy) MetricAddr() (r MetricAddr) {
 }
 
 // Start implements Instance interface.
-func (c *TiProxy) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error {
+func (c *TiProxy) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	endpoints := pdEndpoints(c.pds, false)
 
 	configPath := filepath.Join(c.Dir, "config", "proxy.toml")
@@ -136,10 +135,6 @@ func (c *TiProxy) Start(ctx context.Context, version utils.Version) error {
 		fmt.Sprintf("--config=%s", configPath),
 	}
 
-	if c.BinPath, err = tiupexec.PrepareBinary("tiproxy", version, c.BinPath); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	c.Process = &process{cmd: PrepareCommand(ctx, c.BinPath, args, nil, c.Dir)}
 
 	logIfErr(c.Process.SetOutputFile(c.LogFile()))
diff --git a/components/playground/playground.go b/components/playground/playground.go
index 712f34a0d8..9fa18b1cf4 100644
--- a/components/playground/playground.go
+++ b/components/playground/playground.go
@@ -454,13 +454,15 @@ func (p *Playground) startInstance(ctx context.Context, inst instance.Instance)
 	if component == "tso" || component == "scheduling" {
 		component = string(instance.PDRoleNormal)
 	}
-	version, err = environment.GlobalEnv().V1Repository().ResolveComponentVersion(component, boundVersion)
-	if err != nil {
+	if version, err = environment.GlobalEnv().V1Repository().ResolveComponentVersion(component, boundVersion); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fmt.Printf("Start %s instance:%s\n", inst.Component(), version)
-	err = inst.Start(ctx, version)
-	if err != nil {
+
+	if err := inst.PrepareBinary(component, version); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err = inst.Start(ctx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	p.addWaitInstance(inst)