Comparison

Amazon Aurora vs CockroachDB

On the evidence we track, CockroachDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Amazon Aurora50
★CockroachDB65
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon Aurora50 / 100low · 48%
CockroachDB65 / 100medium · 65%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Aurora✓
CockroachDB✓
Model
Amazon Aurorafreemium
CockroachDBfreemium
Price level
Amazon Aurora–
CockroachDBlow
Starting price
Amazon Aurora–
CockroachDB$0.06
Transparent
Amazon Aurora–
CockroachDB✓
Integrations
Count
Amazon Aurora–
CockroachDB6
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
CockroachDB99.99
Status page
Amazon Aurora✓
CockroachDB–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon Aurora–
CockroachDB235
Github stars
Amazon Aurora–
CockroachDB32,549
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon Aurora–
CockroachDB11
Language
Primary
Amazon Aurora–
CockroachDBGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Amazon Aurora5 items
CockroachDB6 items

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

A hosted relational database service that requires no infrastructure management, automatically scales with demand, and ensures high availability across regions. It supports PostgreSQL and MySQL databases, and offers a distributed variant for larger-scale deployments.

Independently observed

CockroachDB

Leader

A cloud-native SQL database that scales automatically across machines without manual sharding, supporting ACID transactions and multi-region deployments. It survives node, zone, and regional failures with minimal disruption and is compatible with PostgreSQL applications.

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
from $0.06/vCPU-hourUsage-basedFree tier30-day trial

From $0.057/vCPU-hr. Free 30-day trial with $400 credit.

  • StandardFrom $0.057/vCPU-hr, 99.99% SLA
    • 99.99% availability SLA
    • Single- or multi-region on AWS and GCP
    • Row-level security
    • Column-level encryption
    • Private connectivity
    • +2 more
  • Mission Critical$0.162/vCPU-hr, 99.999% SLA
    • 99.999% availability SLA with multi-region
    • Egress controls
    • CMEK
    • PCI DSS & HIPAA compliance
    • All add-ons available
    • +1 more
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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
16 total
  • Datadog
  • Splunk
  • Dynatrace
  • New Relic
  • Terraform
  • Vercel
  • HashiCorp
  • pgvector
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • Kubernetes
  • MOLT (Migration Tool)
  • PostgreSQL drivers
  • SQLAlchemy
  • Google Cloud
Independently observed
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