Comparison

CockroachDB vs Neon

On the evidence we track, Neon leads this comparison with a composite score of 79/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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CockroachDB63

★Neon79

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	CockroachDB	NeonLeader
Vioscale score	63 / 100medium · 66%updating	79 / 100medium · 71%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	8	1
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.1	-
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	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.999	99.95
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	235	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	32,415	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	15	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	-

Score

Vioscale score

CockroachDB63 / 100medium · 66%updating

Neon79 / 100medium · 71%updating

Pricing

Free tier

CockroachDB✓

Neon✓

Model

CockroachDBcommercial

Neonfreemium

Price level

CockroachDBlow

Neonlow

Transparent

CockroachDB✓

Neon✓

Integrations

Count

CockroachDB8

Neon1

Security

Disclosure policy

CockroachDB✓

Neon–

Fedramp

CockroachDB–

Neon✓

Gdpr

CockroachDB✓

Neon✓

Hipaa

CockroachDB✓

Neon✓

Iso27001

CockroachDB✓

Neon✓

Pci

CockroachDB✓

Neon✓

Scorecard

CockroachDB5.1

Neon–

Soc2

CockroachDB✓

Neon✓

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

Neon–

Reliability

Sla pct

CockroachDB99.999

Neon99.95

Status page

CockroachDB–

Neon✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

CockroachDB235

Neon–

Github stars

CockroachDB32,415

Neon–

Activity

Commits last 30d

CockroachDB15

Neon–

Language

Primary

CockroachDBGo

Neon–

Market

Availability

CockroachDBAvailable worldwide

Neon–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Relational Databases
Capability	CockroachDB	Neon
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	Read replicas
Replication
Replication	Consensus (Raft/Paxos)	Async
Availability
Automatic failover / HA	✓	✓
Deployment
Deployment	Managed	Managed
Serverless / scale-to-zero	✓	✓
Compatibility
Wire compatibility	Postgres protocol	Postgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs	✗	-
Licensing
Licence class	Source-available (BSL/SSPL)	Proprietary
Data types
JSON / document support	✗	-
Geo / spatial	None	-

Core

SQL model

CockroachDBFull SQL

NeonFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

CockroachDBFull

NeonFull

Highest isolation level

CockroachDBSerializable

NeonSerializable

Consistency

CockroachDBStrong

NeonStrong

Scale

Horizontal scale

CockroachDBNatively distributed

NeonRead replicas

Replication

CockroachDBConsensus (Raft/Paxos)

NeonAsync

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

CockroachDB✓

Neon✓

Deployment

CockroachDBManaged

NeonManaged

Serverless / scale-to-zero

CockroachDB✓

Neon✓

Compatibility

Wire compatibility

CockroachDBPostgres protocol

NeonPostgres protocol

Extensibility

Extensions / plugins / UDFs

CockroachDB✗

Neon-

Licensing

Licence class

CockroachDBSource-available (BSL/SSPL)

NeonProprietary

Data types

JSON / document support

CockroachDB✗

Neon-

Geo / spatial

CockroachDBNone

Neon-

What each one is

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

CockroachDB

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

Neon

Leader

Neon is a managed Postgres database service that automatically scales compute and storage based on workload demands. It features instant database branching for testing and development, point-in-time restore capability, and maintains SOC2 and HIPAA compliance.

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

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 ↗

Neon

Leader

from $0.00/moUsage-basedFree tier

Free tier with 100 CU-hours/mo. Usage-based: Launch plan $0.106/CU-hr + $0.35/GB-mo, Scale plan $0.222/CU-hr + $0.35/GB-mo. Typical $15–$701/mo.

FreeFree
- 100 projects
- 100 CU-hours monthly per project
- 0.5 GB storage per project
- Compute up to 2 CU (8 GB RAM)
- Unlimited team members
- +4 more
LaunchUsage-based, typical $15/mo (intermittent load, 1 GB)
- Compute autoscaling up to 16 CU
- Scale to zero when inactive
- Database storage with 7-day instant restore history
- 100 snapshots
- Monitoring with 3-day retention
- +4 more
ScaleUsage-based, typical $701/mo (high load, 100 GB)
- Compute autoscaling up to 56 CU
- Configurable scale-to-zero
- Database storage with up to 30-day instant restore history
- 100 snapshots
- SLAs included
- +8 more

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

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	Neon
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

CockroachDB✓

Neon✓

CLI

CockroachDB✓

Neon✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

CockroachDB✓

Neon✓

Self-hosted

CockroachDB✓

Neon✗

On-premise

CockroachDB✓

Neon✗

Hybrid

CockroachDB✓

Neon✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Datadog

CockroachDB

15 total - 14 not shared

Splunk
Dynatrace
New Relic
Terraform
Vercel
HashiCorp
pgvector
AWS
GCP
Azure
Kubernetes
MOLT (Migration Tool)
PostgreSQL drivers
SQLAlchemy

Independently observed

Neon

Leader

1 total - 0 not shared

Datadog

Independently observed

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