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CockroachDB vs Percona Server

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
Percona Server56
Score
vioscaleAI score
CockroachDB65 / 100medium · 65%
Percona Server56 / 100low · 36%
Pricing
Free tier
CockroachDB✓
Percona Server✓
Model
CockroachDBfreemium
Percona Servercommercial
Price level
CockroachDBlow
Percona Serverfree
Starting price
CockroachDB$0.06
Percona Server–
Transparent
CockroachDB✓
Percona Server✓
Integrations
Count
CockroachDB6
Percona Server–
Security
Certifications
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
Soc2
CockroachDB✓
Percona Server–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
CockroachDB99.99
Percona Server–
Status page
CockroachDB–
Percona Server✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
CockroachDB235
Percona Server–
Github stars
CockroachDB32,549
Percona Server1,275
Activity
Commits last 30d
CockroachDB11
Percona Server33
Release
History
CockroachDB–
Percona Server2 items
Language
Primary
CockroachDBGo
Percona ServerC++
Market
Availability
CockroachDBAvailable worldwide
Percona Server–
Content
Faq
CockroachDB6 items
Percona Server3 items

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

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

Percona Server

An open-source MySQL-compatible database server designed for improved performance, scalability, and visibility. It provides integrated instrumentation for monitoring and advanced backup functionality for enterprise deployments.

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 ↗

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

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

Percona Server

Not documented yet.

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