# CockroachDB vs Timescale Cloud

**Leader by Vioscale score:** CockroachDB

| Attribute | CockroachDB | Timescale Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 63.3 (66% (medium)) | 46.3 (44% (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}` | `{"cloud":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. | A managed cloud database service built on PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB that enables high-performance ingestion and analysis of time-series data. Includes automatic partitioning, columnar storage with compression, and tiered storage to cold object storage for efficient management of petabyte-scale datasets. |
| 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}` | `{"free_tier":true,"engine_family":"postgresql","pricing_model":"usage_based","deployment_type":"independent_multi_cloud","private_networking":true,"self_host_alternative":true,"point_in_time_recovery":true,"extensions_plugin_support":"extensive"}` |
| integrations.count | 8 | 6 |
| 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":"Kafka"},{"name":"S3"},{"name":"Iceberg"},{"name":"Tableau"},{"name":"Power BI"},{"name":"Grafana"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":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":"usage","summary":"Usage-based pricing for storage; free trial available","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.tigerdata.com/learn/understanding-rds-pricing-and-costs","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T12:13:12.978Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.999 | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 5.1 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | 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 (Managed Databases)

| Capability | CockroachDB | Timescale Cloud |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Engine family | Postgresql | Postgresql |
| Deployment type | Independent multi cloud | Independent multi cloud |
| Serverless scale to zero | - | - |
| Database branching | - | - |
| Point in time recovery | - | ✓ |
| Multi region replication | ✓ | - |
| Automatic failover | ✓ | - |
| Private networking | - | ✓ |
| Built in connection pooling | - | - |
| Extensions plugin support | - | Extensive |
| Self host alternative | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing model | Tiered plus usage | Usage based |
| Free tier | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:19:42.944Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*