CockroachDB
A distributed SQL database that automatically scales horizontally across multiple nodes while maintaining transactional consistency and high availability.
- Vendor
- Cockroach Labs
- Also known as
- cockroachdb
Available worldwide
What is 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.
CockroachDB pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $0.057/vCPU-hr. Free 30-day trial with $400 credit.
Standard
For most applications, quick to start and less to manage.
- 99.99% availability SLA
- Single- or multi-region on AWS and GCP
- Row-level security
- Column-level encryption
- Private connectivity
- CDC add-on available
- 1-hour P1 support response
Mission Critical
For production applications that need the highest availability and support.
- 99.999% availability SLA with multi-region
- Egress controls
- CMEK
- PCI DSS & HIPAA compliance
- All add-ons available
- 30-minute P1 support response
Add-ons
- Change Data Capture (CDC)$0.01 per vCPU-hour
- Physical Cluster Replication (PCR)$0.02 per vCPU-hour
What CockroachDB does
The capabilities that matter for relational databases, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- SQL model
- Full SQL
- ACID transactions
- Full
- Highest isolation level
- Serializable
- Consistency
- Strong
- Horizontal scale
- Natively distributed
- Replication
- Consensus (Raft/Paxos)
- Automatic failover / HA
- ✓
- Deployment
- Managed
- Serverless / scale-to-zero
- ✓
- Wire compatibility
- Postgres protocol
- Extensions / plugins / UDFs
- ✗
- Licence class
- Source-available (BSL/SSPL)
- JSON / document support
- ✗
- Geo / spatial
- None
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (16)
Independently observed- Google Cloud•
- Datadog
- Splunk
- Dynatrace
- New Relic
- Terraform
- Vercel
- HashiCorp
- pgvector
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- Kubernetes
- MOLT (Migration Tool)
- PostgreSQL drivers
- SQLAlchemy
Security & compliance
Independently observed- SOC 2 Type II · Type IIactive · AICPA
- SOC 3active · AICPA
- ISO 27001active
- ISO 27017active
- ISO 27018active
- ISO 42001in_progress
- HIPAAactive
- PCI DSSactive
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
CockroachDB FAQ
Common questions about CockroachDB, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is CockroachDB?
A distributed SQL database that runs across multiple cloud platforms and on-premises environments, providing automatic failover, strong consistency, and horizontal scaling without manual sharding. It is indexed under Relational Databases.
Is CockroachDB free?
CockroachDB offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $146 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does CockroachDB support?
CockroachDB supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Can CockroachDB be self-hosted?
Yes. CockroachDB can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
What does CockroachDB integrate with?
We have confirmed 16 integrations for CockroachDB, including Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace, New Relic, Terraform, Vercel, HashiCorp and pgvector, plus 8 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
What security certifications does CockroachDB have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for CockroachDB. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as CockroachDB not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
CockroachDB alternatives
Other relational databases we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- SupabasePostgreSQL hosting with pricing that scales based on your usagemedium · 70%
- NeonA serverless PostgreSQL platform designed for scalable application and agent deploymentmedium · 70%
- PlanetScaleManaged cloud databases built on sharded MySQL and PostgreSQL for high-scale applicationsmedium · 70%
- MySQLWidely-used open-source SQL database systemmedium · 53%
- PostgreSQLAn established, feature-rich open source relational database system with strong reliabilitymedium · 60%
- SQLitemedium · 53%
Compare CockroachDB
Side by side against other relational databases, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for CockroachDB, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 100 | 0.12 | 12.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 96 | 0.10 | 9.5 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.05 | 5.4 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 34 | 0.14 | 4.6 | ✓ |
| Stars | 85 | 0.05 | 4.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.07 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.3 | ✓ |
| Security score | 51 | 0.05 | 2.8 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 40 | 0.05 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 24 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 11 | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: both · Free tier: Yes · Isolation: serializable · Sql model: full_sql · Data model: relational · Deployment: managed | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 6 | mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 50% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sla pct | 99.99 | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
| Hipaa | Yes | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 75% |
| Iso27001 | Yes | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 75% |
| Pci | Yes | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 75% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 75% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 75% |
| Scorecard | 5.1 | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90% |
| 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 | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90% |
| Certifications | SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 42001 +2 more | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
| Trust center | https://www.cockroachlabs.com/trust-center/ | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
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