# CockroachDB

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/cockroachdb
- **Category:** Relational Databases
- **Homepage:** https://www.cockroachlabs.com
- **Also known as:** cockroachdb
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-05T13:31:14.386Z

## Vioscale score

**65 / 100**, confidence 40% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 80 | 0.045 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| reliability | 49.9 | 0.076 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 57.8 | 0.129 | 7.5 | ✓ |
| github_stars | 85.1 | 0.053 | 4.5 | ✓ |
| integrations | 22.4 | 0.061 | 1.4 | ✓ |
| github_activity | 38.7 | 0.152 | 5.9 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 0 | 0.091 | 0 | - |
| security_posture | 100 | 0.136 | 13.6 | ✓ |
| package_downloads | 0 | 0.045 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 100 | 0.061 | 6.1 | ✓ |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 0.152 | 0 | - |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-05, [verify at source](https://www.cockroachlabs.com). Independently observed._

from $0.09/mo · Hybrid · Free tier

> Free tier (Basic) with 50M RUs/month. Standard from $0.18/hr (2 vCPU minimum), Advanced from $0.60/hr (4 vCPU minimum). No credit card required for Basic and Standard; $400 free credits available.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| Basic | Free | ✓ | - |
| Standard | From $0.18/hr for 2 vCPUs (preview) | - | - |
| Advanced | From $0.60/hr for 4 vCPUs | - | - |

### Basic

For smaller, bursty workloads up to 30K RU/sec (~60 vCPUs)

**Included limits:** storage: 10 GiB/month, request_units: 50M/month

- On-demand compute and storage that scales to zero
- AWS and GCP multi-region support
- IP allowlist access control
- 99.99% availability
- Vector data integration with transactional data
- MCP, CLI and Agent Skills

### Standard

For steady workloads at scale, up to 200 vCPUs

**Included limits:** compute: up to 200 vCPUs, storage: up to 3 TiB

- Provisioned compute with instant scaling up to 200 vCPUs
- On-demand storage
- AWS and GCP multi-region support
- Private connectivity
- Datadog metrics and log export
- 99.99% availability
- Vector data integration
- MCP, CLI and Agent Skills

### Advanced

For high-scale applications with advanced security and compliance requirements

**Included limits:** compute: unlimited scaling, storage: unlimited up to 10 TiB per node

- Provisioned compute and storage with unlimited scaling
- AWS, GCP and Azure multi-region support for all regions
- Private connectivity
- Datadog metrics and log export
- Up to 99.999% availability
- Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) for PCI/HIPAA
- Row-level security
- Vector data integration
- MCP, CLI and Agent Skills

## About

A PostgreSQL-compatible, distributed SQL database providing strong consistency, high availability, and global compliance across cloud and on-premises deployments.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI, Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Hybrid, On-premise, Self-hosted

## Integrations (5)

_Independently observed._

- Datadog
- Splunk
- Dynatrace
- New Relic
- Terraform

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Relational Databases. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| SQL model | 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 | - |
| **Data types** | |
| JSON / document support | ✓ |
| Geo / spatial | - |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 16 | [link](https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pulse) | 2026-08-01 | 65% (medium) |

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 32,341 | [link](https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 5 | [link](https://www.cockroachlabs.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | Go | [link](https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://www.cockroachlabs.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://www.cockroachlabs.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | low | [link](https://www.cockroachlabs.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 0.09 | [link](https://www.cockroachlabs.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://www.cockroachlabs.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.999 | [link](https://www.cockroachlabs.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://www.cockroachlabs.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| security.hipaa | yes | [link](https://www.cockroachlabs.com/security) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |
| security.iso27001 | yes | [link](https://www.cockroachlabs.com/security) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |
| security.pci | yes | [link](https://www.cockroachlabs.com/security) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |
| security.soc2 | yes | [link](https://www.cockroachlabs.com/security) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://www.cockroachlabs.com/security) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |

### market

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | [link](https://www.cockroachlabs.com) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |

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