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Comparison

CockroachDB vs PlanetScale

No clear leader: PlanetScale (65.7) and CockroachDB (65.0) 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.

CockroachDB full profile →PlanetScale full profile →
Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
CockroachDB65
PlanetScale66
Score
vioscaleAI score
CockroachDB65 / 100medium · 65%
PlanetScale66 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale✗
Model
CockroachDBfreemium
PlanetScalecommercial
Price level
CockroachDBlow
PlanetScalelow
Starting price
CockroachDB$0.06
PlanetScale$5
Transparent
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale✗
Integrations
Count
CockroachDB6
PlanetScale3
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale✓
Gdpr
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale✓
Hipaa
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale✓
Iso27001
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale–
Pci
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale✓
Scorecard
CockroachDB5.1
PlanetScale–
Soc2
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
CockroachDB99.99
PlanetScale99.99
Status page
CockroachDB–
PlanetScale✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
CockroachDB235
PlanetScale–
Github stars
CockroachDB32,549
PlanetScale–
Activity
Commits last 30d
CockroachDB11
PlanetScale–
Language
Primary
CockroachDBGo
PlanetScale–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
CockroachDB6 items
PlanetScale7 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

PlanetScale

PlanetScale provides managed cloud database services optimized for performance and reliability. It offers sharded versions of MySQL and PostgreSQL that support horizontal scaling, zero-downtime operations including schema changes, automatic failover, and connection pooling.

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 ↗

PlanetScale

from $5/moSubscription

From $5/month. Private connection traffic $0.01/GB.

  • PostgresFrom $5/month
    • High availability
    • Automatic failover across three availability zones
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Terraform

CockroachDB

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

PlanetScale

7 total - 6 not shared
  • Vantage
  • Netlify
  • Debezium
  • Cursor
  • Codex
  • Prometheus
Independently observed
Still deciding?

CockroachDB or PlanetScale: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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