# Amazon RDS vs CockroachDB

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Amazon RDS

| Attribute | Amazon RDS | CockroachDB |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 72 (73% (medium)) | 65 (65% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 11 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 235 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 32,549 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Automates routine database tasks like provisioning, backups, and patching while supporting multiple database engines. Offers flexibility with deployment options in cloud or on-premises environments. It is indexed under Managed Databases.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"What is Amazon RDS?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amazon RDS offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: AWS Free Tier, Aurora Serverless (On-Demand) and Aurora Reserved Instances. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/pricing/","question":"Is Amazon RDS free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amazon RDS supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/pricing/","question":"What platforms does Amazon RDS support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Amazon RDS can be deployed cloud / SaaS and on-premise, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"Can Amazon RDS be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 15 integrations for Amazon RDS, including Amazon Aurora, Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, AWS CloudWatch, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Config, Amazon S3 and AWS IAM, plus 7 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"What does Amazon RDS integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Amazon RDS. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Amazon RDS not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp","question":"What security certifications does Amazon RDS have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Amazon RDS is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/pricing/","question":"Where is Amazon RDS available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A distributed SQL database that runs across multiple cloud platforms and on-premises environments, providing automatic failover, strong consistency, and horizontal scaling without manual sharding. It is indexed under Relational Databases.","source":"https://www.cockroachlabs.com/pricing/legacy/","question":"What is CockroachDB?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"CockroachDB offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $146 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.cockroachlabs.com/pricing/legacy/","question":"Is CockroachDB free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"CockroachDB supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.cockroachlabs.com/pricing/legacy/","question":"What platforms does CockroachDB support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. CockroachDB can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.cockroachlabs.com/pricing/legacy/","question":"Can CockroachDB be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 16 integrations for CockroachDB, including Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace, New Relic, Terraform, Vercel, HashiCorp and pgvector, plus 8 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.cockroachlabs.com/pricing/legacy/","question":"What does CockroachDB integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for CockroachDB. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as CockroachDB not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.cockroachlabs.com/trust-center/","question":"What security certifications does CockroachDB have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Automates routine database tasks like provisioning, backups, and patching while supporting multiple database engines. Offers flexibility with deployment options in cloud or on-premises environments. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"free_tier":true,"engine_family":"multi_engine","pricing_model":"tiered_plus_usage","deployment_type":"hyperscaler_native","automatic_failover":true,"private_networking":true,"point_in_time_recovery":true,"multi_region_replication":true,"built_in_connection_pooling":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","free_tier":true,"isolation":"serializable","sql_model":"full_sql","data_model":"relational","deployment":"managed","serverless":true,"consistency":"strong","geo_spatial":"none","replication":"consensus","sql_support":true,"engine_family":"postgresql","extensibility":false,"json_document":false,"license_class":"source_available","managed_cloud":true,"pricing_model":"tiered_plus_usage","deployment_type":"independent_multi_cloud","horizontal_scale":"distributed_native","acid_transactions":"full","automatic_failover":true,"horizontal_scaling":true,"private_networking":true,"wire_compatibility":"postgres","self_host_alternative":true,"multi_region_replication":true}` |
| integrations.count | 15 | 6 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Amazon Aurora"},{"name":"Amazon EC2"},{"name":"Amazon EBS"},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch"},{"name":"AWS CloudFormation"},{"name":"AWS Config"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"AWS IAM"},{"name":"AWS Outposts"},{"name":"AWS Graviton3"},{"name":"Amazon QuickSight"},{"name":"Amazon Redshift"},{"name":"AWS Artifact"},{"name":"Amazon GuardDuty"},{"name":"AWS Audit Manager"},{"name":"Amazon CloudWatch","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"AWS Database Migration Service","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"}]` | `[{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Splunk"},{"name":"Dynatrace"},{"name":"New Relic"},{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"HashiCorp"},{"name":"pgvector"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"GCP"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"MOLT (Migration Tool)"},{"name":"PostgreSQL drivers"},{"name":"SQLAlchemy"},{"name":"Google Cloud","native":true,"category":"cloud"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"AWS Free Tier","summary":"$100 AWS credits included; free tier valid for 12 months","features":["Aurora PostgreSQL serverless instances","Database automation (provisioning, backup, patching)"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":100,"period":"one_time","currency":"USD"}],"description":"$100 in AWS credits at sign-up, valid for up to 12 months; eligible services include Aurora. Additional $100 in credits available. For new signups after July 15, 2025: choice of Free Plan or Paid Plan.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"free_tier_credits":"first year","storage_per_cluster":"1 GiB","aurora_serverless_capacity":"up to 4 ACUs"}},{"free":false,"name":"Aurora Serverless (On-Demand)","summary":"Billed per Aurora Capacity Unit (ACU) per second based on usage","features":["Automatic scaling to hundreds of thousands of transactions per second","Multi-AZ deployments","Read replicas","Global Database support","All Aurora features"],"description":"Auto-scaling configuration that adjusts database capacity based on application needs in real-time","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Aurora Reserved Instances","summary":"Annual commitment with amortized hourly pricing","features":["1-year commitment term","Designated to specific AWS Region and instance type","Billed for every hour of term regardless of running status"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Commitment-based pricing for predictable workloads with significant savings over on-demand","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"CPU Credits","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"vCPU-hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.09,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Data API"},{"name":"RDS Extended Support"},{"name":"Database Savings Plans"}],"summary":"Free tier with $100 AWS credits for 12 months. Hybrid pricing: serverless billed per ACU/second, reserved instances with annual commitment, on-demand per hour. Pricing varies by region and instance type.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T14:45:21.479Z","billingPeriods":["hour","month","year"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"From $0.057/vCPU-hr, 99.99% SLA","features":["99.99% availability SLA","Single- or multi-region on AWS and GCP","Row-level security","Column-level encryption","Private connectivity","CDC add-on available","1-hour P1 support response"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"vCPU-hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.057,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-month"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.155,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"For most applications, quick to start and less to manage.","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Mission Critical","summary":"$0.162/vCPU-hr, 99.999% SLA","features":["99.999% availability SLA with multi-region","Egress controls","CMEK","PCI DSS & HIPAA compliance","All add-ons available","30-minute P1 support response"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"vCPU-hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.162,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"For production applications that need the highest availability and support.","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Change Data Capture (CDC)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"vCPU-hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.006,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Physical Cluster Replication (PCR)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"vCPU-hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.023,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $0.057/vCPU-hr. Free 30-day trial with $400 credit.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.cockroachlabs.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T10:08:18.278Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"unit":"vCPU-hour","amount":0.057,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | free | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":0.057,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | 99.99 |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active","auditor":"AICPA"},{"name":"SOC 3","status":"active","auditor":"AICPA"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27017","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27018","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 42001","status":"in_progress"},{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"},{"name":"PCI DSS","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.pci | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 5.1 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/ | https://www.cockroachlabs.com/trust-center/ |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fcockroachdb%2Fcockroach&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Managed Databases)

| Capability | Amazon RDS | CockroachDB |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Engine family | Multi engine | Postgresql |
| Deployment type | Hyperscaler native | Independent multi cloud |
| Serverless scale to zero | - | - |
| Database branching | - | - |
| Point in time recovery | ✓ | - |
| Multi region replication | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic failover | ✓ | ✓ |
| Private networking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built in connection pooling | ✓ | - |
| Extensions plugin support | - | - |
| Self host alternative | - | ✓ |
| Pricing model | Tiered plus usage | Tiered plus usage |
| Free tier | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:08:48.010Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*