Comparison

CockroachDB vs Percona Server

No clear leader: CockroachDB (63.3) and Percona Server (60.0) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
CockroachDB63
Percona Server60
Score
Vioscale score
CockroachDB63 / 100medium · 66%
Percona Server60 / 100low · 41%
Pricing
Free tier
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Model
CockroachDBcommercial
Percona Servercommercial
Price level
CockroachDBlow
Percona Serverfree
Transparent
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Integrations
Count
CockroachDB8
Percona Server
Security
Disclosure policy
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Gdpr
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Hipaa
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Iso27001
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Pci
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Scorecard
CockroachDB5.1
Percona Server6.2
Soc2
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Reliability
Sla pct
CockroachDB99.999
Percona Server
Status page
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Adoption
Dependent repos
CockroachDB235
Percona Server
Github stars
CockroachDB32,415
Percona Server1,271
Activity
Commits last 30d
CockroachDB15
Percona Server28
Release
History
CockroachDB
Percona Server2 items
Language
Primary
CockroachDBGo
Percona ServerC++
Market
Availability
Percona Server

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
CockroachDBFull SQL
Percona ServerFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
CockroachDBFull
Percona ServerFull
Highest isolation level
CockroachDBSerializable
Percona ServerSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
CockroachDBStrong
Percona ServerStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
CockroachDBNatively distributed
Percona ServerRead replicas
Replication
Replication
CockroachDBConsensus (Raft/Paxos)
Percona ServerSync
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Deployment
Deployment
CockroachDBManaged
Percona ServerSelf-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
CockroachDBPostgres protocol
Percona ServerMySQL protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Licensing
Licence class
CockroachDBSource-available (BSL/SSPL)
Percona ServerCopyleft
Data types
JSON / document support
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Geo / spatial
CockroachDBNone
Percona ServerNative

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

Percona Server

A free, fully compatible drop-in replacement for MySQL that delivers improved performance and instrumentation. It is built on MySQL foundations and designed for organizations seeking enhanced reliability and monitoring without switching databases.

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 verify ↗

Percona Server

Open sourceFree tier

Completely free and 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
Percona Server
CLI
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Self-hosted
CockroachDB
Percona Server
On-premise
CockroachDB
Percona Server
Hybrid
CockroachDB
Percona Server

Integrations

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

CockroachDB

15 total
  • Datadog
  • Splunk
  • Dynatrace
  • New Relic
  • Terraform
  • Vercel
  • HashiCorp
  • pgvector
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • Kubernetes
  • MOLT (Migration Tool)
  • PostgreSQL drivers
  • SQLAlchemy
Independently observed

Percona Server

Not documented yet.

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