Comparison

Amazon Aurora vs CockroachDB

On the evidence we track, CockroachDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Amazon Aurora50
CockroachDB63
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon Aurora50 / 100low · 48%
CockroachDB63 / 100medium · 66%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
Model
Amazon Aurorafreemium
CockroachDBcommercial
Price level
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDBlow
Transparent
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
Integrations
Count
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB8
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
Fedramp
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
Gdpr
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
Hipaa
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
Iso27001
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
Pci
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
Scorecard
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB5.1
Soc2
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon Aurora99.999
CockroachDB99.999
Status page
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB235
Github stars
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB32,415
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB15
Language
Primary
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDBGo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for relational databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
SQL model
Amazon AuroraFull SQL
CockroachDBFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
Amazon AuroraFull
CockroachDBFull
Highest isolation level
Amazon Aurora-
CockroachDBSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
Amazon AuroraStrong
CockroachDBStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
Amazon AuroraNatively distributed
CockroachDBNatively distributed
Replication
Replication
Amazon Aurora-
CockroachDBConsensus (Raft/Paxos)
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
Deployment
Deployment
Amazon AuroraServerless
CockroachDBManaged
Serverless / scale-to-zero
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
Amazon AuroraPostgres protocol
CockroachDBPostgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
Amazon Aurora-
CockroachDB
Licensing
Licence class
Amazon AuroraProprietary
CockroachDBSource-available (BSL/SSPL)
Data types
JSON / document support
Amazon Aurora-
CockroachDB
Geo / spatial
Amazon Aurora-
CockroachDBNone

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon Aurora

Aurora is a serverless, relational database service offering zero infrastructure management and instant scaling. It provides 6x the throughput of standard PostgreSQL and MySQL while maintaining full compatibility with both.

Independently observed

CockroachDB

Leader

CockroachDB is a PostgreSQL-compatible distributed SQL database designed for global applications requiring high availability, automatic scaling, and strong consistency across data centers. It eliminates downtime, simplifies operations, and scales seamlessly without manual intervention.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon Aurora

Pricing not documented yet.

CockroachDB

Leader
HybridFree tier30-day trial

Free tier available with $400 in free credits. Provisioned capacity and on-demand pricing models for production workloads.

  • BasicFree
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
CLI
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
Self-hosted
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
On-premise
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB
Hybrid
Amazon Aurora
CockroachDB

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon Aurora

Not documented yet.

CockroachDB

Leader
15 total
  • Datadog
  • Splunk
  • Dynatrace
  • New Relic
  • Terraform
  • Vercel
  • HashiCorp
  • pgvector
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • Kubernetes
  • MOLT (Migration Tool)
  • PostgreSQL drivers
  • SQLAlchemy
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.