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Comparison

CockroachDB vs Vitess

No clear leader: CockroachDB (65.0) and Vitess (60.1) 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.

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CockroachDB65
Vitess60
Score
vioscaleAI score
CockroachDB65 / 100medium · 65%
Vitess60 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tier
CockroachDB✓
Vitess–
Model
CockroachDBfreemium
Vitess–
Price level
CockroachDBlow
Vitess–
Starting price
CockroachDB$0.06
Vitess–
Transparent
CockroachDB✓
Vitess–
Integrations
Count
CockroachDB6
Vitess–
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
CockroachDB✓
Vitess–
Gdpr
CockroachDB✓
Vitess–
Hipaa
CockroachDB✓
Vitess–
Iso27001
CockroachDB✓
Vitess–
Pci
CockroachDB✓
Vitess–
Scorecard
CockroachDB5.1
Vitess7.9
Soc2
CockroachDB✓
Vitess–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
CockroachDB99.99
Vitess–
Adoption
Dependent repos
CockroachDB235
Vitess235
Github stars
CockroachDB32,549
Vitess21,384
Activity
Commits last 30d
CockroachDB11
Vitess100
Release
Cadence days
CockroachDB–
Vitess6
History
CockroachDB–
Vitess20 items
License
Spdx
CockroachDB–
VitessApache-2.0
Language
Primary
CockroachDBGo
VitessGo
Market
Availability
CockroachDBAvailable worldwide
Vitess–
Content
Faq
CockroachDB6 items
Vitess3 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Vitess

Vitess is a MySQL-compatible database that extends scalability through built-in sharding and improves performance via query rewriting, caching, and connection pooling. It provides automatic failure detection and repair for high availability.

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 ↗

Vitess

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

CockroachDB

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

Vitess

Not documented yet.

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CockroachDB or Vitess: which one depends on you

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