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CockroachDB vs EDB Postgres

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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★CockroachDB65
EDB Postgres36
Score
vioscaleAI score
CockroachDB65 / 100medium · 65%
EDB Postgres36 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres✓
Model
CockroachDBfreemium
EDB Postgresopen_source
Price level
CockroachDBlow
EDB Postgresfree
Starting price
CockroachDB$0.06
EDB Postgres–
Transparent
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres–
Integrations
Count
CockroachDB6
EDB Postgres10
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres✓
Gdpr
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres✓
Hipaa
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres–
Iso27001
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres–
Pci
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres–
Scorecard
CockroachDB5.1
EDB Postgres2.5
Soc2
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
CockroachDB99.99
EDB Postgres99.999
Status page
CockroachDB–
EDB Postgres✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
CockroachDB235
EDB Postgres1
Github stars
CockroachDB32,549
EDB Postgres67
Activity
Commits last 30d
CockroachDB11
EDB Postgres0
Release
Cadence days
CockroachDB–
EDB Postgres20
History
CockroachDB–
EDB Postgres20 items
Language
Primary
CockroachDBGo
EDB PostgresPython
Market
Availability
CockroachDBAvailable worldwide
EDB Postgres–
Content
Faq
CockroachDB6 items
EDB Postgres5 items

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
CockroachDBFull SQL
EDB PostgresFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
CockroachDBFull
EDB PostgresFull
Highest isolation level
CockroachDBSerializable
EDB PostgresSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
CockroachDBStrong
EDB PostgresStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
CockroachDBNatively distributed
EDB PostgresNatively distributed
Replication
Replication
CockroachDBConsensus (Raft/Paxos)
EDB PostgresAsync
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres✓
Deployment
Deployment
CockroachDBManaged
EDB PostgresSelf-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres✗
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
CockroachDBPostgres protocol
EDB PostgresPostgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
CockroachDB✗
EDB Postgres✓
Licensing
Licence class
CockroachDBSource-available (BSL/SSPL)
EDB PostgresPermissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support
CockroachDB✗
EDB Postgres✓
Geo / spatial
CockroachDBNone
EDB Postgres-

What each one is

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

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

EDB Postgres

An open-source command-line tool that automates the provisioning of cloud resources and deployment of PostgreSQL, EDB Postgres Advanced Server, and enterprise infrastructure including high availability, backup and recovery, monitoring, and connection pooling.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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
as of verify ↗

EDB Postgres

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres✗
macOS
CockroachDB✗
EDB Postgres✓
Windows
CockroachDB✗
EDB Postgres✓
Linux
CockroachDB✗
EDB Postgres✓
CLI
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres✓
Self-hosted
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres✓
On-premise
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres✗
Hybrid
CockroachDB✓
EDB Postgres✗

Integrations

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

In common (4)
  • Terraform
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud

CockroachDB

Leader
16 total - 12 not shared
  • Datadog
  • Splunk
  • Dynatrace
  • New Relic
  • Vercel
  • HashiCorp
  • pgvector
  • GCP
  • Kubernetes
  • MOLT (Migration Tool)
  • PostgreSQL drivers
  • SQLAlchemy
Independently observed

EDB Postgres

24 total - 20 not shared
  • JDBC Connectors
  • MongoDB
  • Cassandra
  • Hadoop
  • HBASE
  • MySQL
  • Amazon S3
  • Parquet
  • Apache Spark
  • PEM (Postgres Enterprise Manager)
  • xDB Replication Server
  • EFM (EDB Failover Manager)
  • Backup and Recovery Tool
  • HARP
  • ETCD
  • PostgreSQL
  • EDB Postgres Advanced Server
  • Ansible
  • PEM
  • EFM
Independently observed
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