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Comparison

CockroachDB vs Neon

On the evidence we track, Neon leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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CockroachDB65
★Neon72
Score
vioscaleAI score
CockroachDB65 / 100medium · 65%
Neon72 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
CockroachDB✓
Neon✓
Model
CockroachDBfreemium
Neonfreemium
Price level
CockroachDBlow
Neonlow
Starting price
CockroachDB$0.06
Neon–
Transparent
CockroachDB✓
Neon✗
Integrations
Count
CockroachDB6
Neon2
Security
Certifications
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✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
CockroachDB99.99
Neon99.95
Status page
CockroachDB–
Neon✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
CockroachDB235
Neon–
Github stars
CockroachDB32,549
Neon–
Activity
Commits last 30d
CockroachDB11
Neon–
Language
Primary
CockroachDBGo
Neon–
Market
Availability
CockroachDBAvailable worldwide
Neon–
Content
Faq
CockroachDB6 items
Neon5 items

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
CockroachDBFull SQL
NeonFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
CockroachDBFull
NeonFull
Highest isolation level
CockroachDBSerializable
NeonSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
CockroachDBStrong
NeonStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
CockroachDBNatively distributed
NeonRead replicas
Replication
Replication
CockroachDBConsensus (Raft/Paxos)
NeonAsync
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
CockroachDB✓
Neon✓
Deployment
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

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

Neon

Leader

A fully-managed PostgreSQL database that automatically scales compute resources, supports Git-like environment branching, and includes built-in user authentication without additional licensing.

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

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 ↗

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

16 total - 15 not shared
  • Splunk
  • Dynatrace
  • New Relic
  • Terraform
  • Vercel
  • HashiCorp
  • pgvector
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • Kubernetes
  • MOLT (Migration Tool)
  • PostgreSQL drivers
  • SQLAlchemy
  • Google Cloud
Independently observed

Neon

Leader
2 total - 1 not shared
  • OpenTelemetry
Independently observed
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