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Comparison

CockroachDB vs PlanetScale

No clear leader: PlanetScale (67.3) and CockroachDB (63.3) 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 formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
CockroachDB63
PlanetScale67
Score
Vioscale score
CockroachDB63 / 100medium · 66%
PlanetScale67 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale✗
Model
CockroachDBcommercial
PlanetScalecommercial
Price level
CockroachDBlow
PlanetScalelow
Transparent
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale✓
Integrations
Count
CockroachDB8
PlanetScale1
Security
Disclosure policy
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale✓
Gdpr
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale✓
Hipaa
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale✓
Iso27001
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale–
Pci
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale✓
Scorecard
CockroachDB5.1
PlanetScale–
Soc2
CockroachDB✓
PlanetScale✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
CockroachDB99.999
PlanetScale99.99
Status page
CockroachDB–
PlanetScale✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
CockroachDB235
PlanetScale–
Github stars
CockroachDB32,415
PlanetScale–
Activity
Commits last 30d
CockroachDB15
PlanetScale–
Language
Primary
CockroachDBGo
PlanetScale–
Market
Availability

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

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

PlanetScale

A cloud database platform offering both Vitess (MySQL-compatible with horizontal sharding) and Postgres databases for high-performance, large-scale workloads.

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 ↗

PlanetScale

from $5/moHybrid

From $5/month for Postgres Single Node. Resource-based pricing with pay-as-you-go for storage overage and egress.

  • Postgres Single NodeStarting at $5/month
  • Postgres MetalStarting at $50/month
  • Postgres HA (PS-5 example)$15/month for PS-5 tier (1/16 vCPU, 512MB RAM, 10GB storage, 3 nodes, 99.99% SLA)
  • VitessCustom pricing based on cluster size, VTGate configuration, and storage
  • EnterpriseContact sales
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.

CockroachDB

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

PlanetScale

1 total
  • Vantage
Independently observed

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