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CockroachDB vs MariaDB

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
MariaDB50
Score
vioscaleAI score
CockroachDB65 / 100medium · 65%
MariaDB50 / 100low · 42%
Pricing
Free tier
CockroachDB✓
MariaDB✓
Model
CockroachDBfreemium
MariaDBopen_source
Price level
CockroachDBlow
MariaDBfree
Starting price
CockroachDB$0.06
MariaDB–
Transparent
CockroachDB✓
MariaDB✓
Integrations
Count
CockroachDB6
MariaDB17
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
CockroachDB✓
MariaDB✓
Gdpr
CockroachDB✓
MariaDB✓
Hipaa
CockroachDB✓
MariaDB–
Iso27001
CockroachDB✓
MariaDB–
Pci
CockroachDB✓
MariaDB–
Scorecard
CockroachDB5.1
MariaDB4.7
Soc2
CockroachDB✓
MariaDB–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
CockroachDB99.99
MariaDB–
Adoption
Dependent repos
CockroachDB235
MariaDB0
Github stars
CockroachDB32,549
MariaDB8,358
Activity
Commits last 30d
CockroachDB11
MariaDB100
Release
History
CockroachDB–
MariaDB20 items
License
Spdx
CockroachDB–
MariaDBGPL-2.0
Language
Primary
CockroachDBGo
MariaDBC++
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
CockroachDB6 items
MariaDB7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
CockroachDBFull SQL
MariaDBFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
CockroachDBFull
MariaDBFull
Highest isolation level
CockroachDBSerializable
MariaDB-
Consistency
Consistency
CockroachDBStrong
MariaDBTunable
Scale
Horizontal scale
CockroachDBNatively distributed
MariaDBNatively distributed
Replication
Replication
CockroachDBConsensus (Raft/Paxos)
MariaDBSync
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
CockroachDB✓
MariaDB✓
Deployment
Deployment
CockroachDBManaged
MariaDB-
Serverless / scale-to-zero
CockroachDB✓
MariaDB-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
CockroachDBPostgres protocol
MariaDBMySQL protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
CockroachDB✗
MariaDB✓
Licensing
Licence class
CockroachDBSource-available (BSL/SSPL)
MariaDBCopyleft
Data types
JSON / document support
CockroachDB✗
MariaDB✓
Geo / spatial
CockroachDBNone
MariaDBNative

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

MariaDB

A widely deployed open source database that evolved from MySQL while maintaining compatibility, offering advanced SQL capabilities, native vector search, pluggable storage engines, and multi-primary clustering for production 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
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 ↗

MariaDB

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

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

MariaDB

17 total
  • MariaDB Connector/C
  • MariaDB Connector/Node.js
  • MariaDB Connector/ODBC
  • MariaDB Connector/J
  • MariaDB Connector/Python
  • MariaDB Connector/R2DBC
  • MariaDB Connector/C++
  • MySqlConnector for ADO.NET
  • ADO.NET Driver for MySQL
  • ODBC Driver for MySQL
  • JDBC Driver for MySQL
  • Node.js Driver for MySQL
  • C++ Driver for MySQL
  • C Driver for MySQL
  • C API for MySQL
  • PyMySQL
  • mysql-python
Independently observed
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