# CockroachDB vs Firebird

**Leader by Vioscale score:** CockroachDB

| Attribute | CockroachDB | Firebird |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 62 (66% (medium)) | 44.4 (10% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 15 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 235 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 32,415 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | An open source relational database management system that scales from embedded, single-user deployments to enterprise applications with hundreds of simultaneous clients and databases up to 20 terabytes. |
| features.capabilities | `{"free_tier":true,"isolation":"serializable","sql_model":"full_sql","deployment":"managed","serverless":true,"consistency":"strong","geo_spatial":"none","replication":"consensus","engine_family":"postgresql","extensibility":false,"json_document":false,"license_class":"source_available","pricing_model":"tiered_plus_usage","deployment_type":"independent_multi_cloud","horizontal_scale":"distributed_native","acid_transactions":"full","automatic_failover":true,"wire_compatibility":"postgres","self_host_alternative":true,"multi_region_replication":true}` | `{"sql_model":"full_sql","extensibility":true,"license_class":"permissive"}` |
| integrations.count | 8 | 8 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Splunk"},{"name":"Dynatrace"},{"name":"New Relic"},{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"HashiCorp"},{"name":"pgvector"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"GCP"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"MOLT (Migration Tool)"},{"name":"PostgreSQL drivers"},{"name":"SQLAlchemy"}]` | `[{"name":"Firebird.NET"},{"name":"JayBird"},{"name":"Delphi"},{"name":"FreePascal"},{"name":"Lazarus"},{"name":"PHP"},{"name":"FireRuby"},{"name":"Sphinx"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Basic","summary":"Free tier","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For smaller, bursty workloads","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"throughput":"30K RU/sec"}}],"summary":"Free tier available with $400 in free credits. Provisioned capacity and on-demand pricing models for production workloads.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.cockroachlabs.com/pricing/legacy/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-24T22:38:41.895Z","freeTrialDays":30,"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","addOns":[{"name":"Enterprise subscription (IBSurgeon)","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"server","amount":199,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}]},{"name":"Configuration/Optimization/Audit Incident Service (IBSurgeon)","components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":575,"currency":"EUR"}]},{"name":"Recovery service for heavily corrupted database (IBSurgeon)","components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":2500,"currency":"EUR"}]}],"summary":"Free open source database. Optional commercial support services from €199/month/server (enterprise subscriptions) or one-time incident services (€575–€2500).","currency":"EUR","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://firebirdsql.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T17:05:47.669Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.999 | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 5.1 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fcockroachdb%2Fcockroach&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Relational Databases)

| Capability | CockroachDB | Firebird |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| SQL model | Full SQL | Full SQL |
| **Transactions** |  |  |
| ACID transactions | Full | - |
| Highest isolation level | Serializable | - |
| **Consistency** |  |  |
| Consistency | Strong | - |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Horizontal scale | Natively distributed | - |
| **Replication** |  |  |
| Replication | Consensus (Raft/Paxos) | - |
| **Availability** |  |  |
| Automatic failover / HA | ✓ | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Managed | - |
| Serverless / scale-to-zero | ✓ | - |
| **Compatibility** |  |  |
| Wire compatibility | Postgres protocol | - |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| Extensions / plugins / UDFs | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Source-available (BSL/SSPL) | Permissive OSS |
| **Data types** |  |  |
| JSON / document support | ✗ | - |
| Geo / spatial | None | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:40:06.550Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*