Comparison

CockroachDB vs EDB Postgres

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.

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★CockroachDB63

EDB Postgres43

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	CockroachDBLeader	EDB Postgres
Vioscale score	63 / 100medium · 66%	43 / 100medium · 61%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	8	15
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.1	2.5
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.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	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=edb-pot&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.999	99.999
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	235	1
Github starsadoption.github_stars	32,415	65
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	15	0
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	20
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	-

Score

Vioscale score

CockroachDB63 / 100medium · 66%

EDB Postgres43 / 100medium · 61%

Pricing

Free tier

CockroachDB✓

EDB Postgres–

Model

CockroachDBcommercial

EDB Postgrescommercial

Price level

CockroachDBlow

EDB Postgres–

Transparent

CockroachDB✓

EDB Postgres–

Integrations

Count

CockroachDB8

EDB Postgres15

Security

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✓

Vulnerabilities

CockroachDBCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fcockroachdb%2Fcockroach&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

EDB PostgresCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=edb-pot&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Sla pct

CockroachDB99.999

EDB Postgres99.999

Status page

CockroachDB–

EDB Postgres✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

CockroachDB235

EDB Postgres1

Github stars

CockroachDB32,415

EDB Postgres65

Activity

Commits last 30d

CockroachDB15

EDB Postgres0

Release

Cadence days

CockroachDB–

EDB Postgres20

History

CockroachDB–

EDB Postgres20 items

Language

Primary

CockroachDBGo

EDB PostgresPython

Market

Availability

CockroachDBAvailable worldwide

EDB Postgres–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Relational Databases
Capability	CockroachDB	EDB Postgres
Core
SQL model	Full SQL	Full SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	Full
Highest isolation level	Serializable	Serializable
Consistency
Consistency	Strong	Strong
Scale
Horizontal scale	Natively distributed	Natively distributed
Replication
Replication	Consensus (Raft/Paxos)	Async
Availability
Automatic failover / HA	✓	✓
Deployment
Deployment	Managed	Self-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero	✓	✗
Compatibility
Wire compatibility	Postgres protocol	Postgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs	✗	✓
Licensing
Licence class	Source-available (BSL/SSPL)	Permissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support	✗	✓
Geo / spatial	None	-

Core

SQL model

CockroachDBFull SQL

EDB PostgresFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

CockroachDBFull

EDB PostgresFull

Highest isolation level

CockroachDBSerializable

EDB PostgresSerializable

Consistency

CockroachDBStrong

EDB PostgresStrong

Scale

Horizontal scale

CockroachDBNatively distributed

EDB PostgresNatively distributed

Replication

CockroachDBConsensus (Raft/Paxos)

EDB PostgresAsync

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

CockroachDB✓

EDB Postgres✓

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

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

EDB Postgres

EDB Postgres combines PostgreSQL with AI-ready infrastructure, analytics capabilities without ETL, and high-availability support across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The platform provides automatic failover, data migration tools, and enterprise monitoring—designed for mission-critical and data-intensive workloads.

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

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 2026-08-24verify ↗

EDB Postgres

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	CockroachDB	EDB Postgres
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

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.

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

EDB Postgres

15 total

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

Independently observed

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