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CockroachDB

Distributed SQL for always-on customer experiences

usage based Cloud On-premise Data & Databases

CockroachDB is a data & databases tool built by Cockroach Labs. It's best for Enterprise engineering teams and Platform engineers. Pricing is usage based. Main alternatives include Turso, Qdrant, Pinecone.

Pricing

usage based

Audience

Enterprise engineering teams

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About CockroachDB

CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database designed for global scale, resilience, and compliance. It offers PostgreSQL compatibility and can be deployed on any cloud or on-premise environment.

CockroachDB is a cloud-native distributed SQL database built for applications requiring high availability, scalability, and data consistency. It is designed to survive failures at various levels, including node, rack, availability zone, and region, ensuring continuous operation for mission-critical applications. CockroachDB offers automated failover, zero data loss, and seamless horizontal scaling, eliminating the need for manual sharding and enabling effortless expansion as demand grows.

Key features include PostgreSQL compatibility, which allows teams to operate CockroachDB without rewriting applications or learning new tooling. Data locality capabilities enable pinning data to specific regions and localities to meet compliance requirements and reduce end-user latency. CockroachDB supports multiple deployment options, including fully-managed cloud, bring your own cloud (BYOC), and self-hosted enterprise deployments.

CockroachDB is ideal for modernizing databases, building cloud-native applications, and supporting AI-driven applications that require high scale and availability. It streamlines operations and drives cost efficiencies by consolidating databases on a modern platform and simplifying migrations. The platform's architecture ensures state-of-the-art resilience, seamless scaling, and the ability to deploy global and compliant applications.

CockroachDB targets enterprise engineering teams, platform engineers, database architects, DevOps teams, CTOs, and cloud-native developers. It is designed for organizations that need a robust, scalable, and globally distributed database solution to power their most demanding applications.

CockroachDB is trusted by industry leaders to solve their toughest data problems and build what’s next. It enables organizations to navigate database modernization with confidence, move to modern application architectures, and deliver the highest scale and proven availability for AI-driven applications.

Key Features

Distributed SQL database
PostgreSQL compatibility
Automated failover
Zero data loss
Seamless horizontal scaling
Data locality (geo-partitioning)
Multi-region support
Online upgrades and schema changes
Automated backups
Fully-managed cloud option
Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) option
Self-hosted enterprise option
Real-time updates to analytics
Integration of vector data with transactional data
Up to 99.999% availability

Pricing

usage based

Basic

Free
  • Up to 30K RU/sec (~60 vCPUs)
  • 50 million RUs and 10 GiB storage free per month
  • On-demand compute and storage that scales to zero
  • AWS and GCP multi-region support for select regions
  • IP allowlist access control
  • 99.99% availability
  • Integration of vector data with transactional data
  • Includes MCP, CLI and Agent Skills

Standard

$0.18/hr
  • Up to 200 vCPUs
  • Provisioned compute with instant scaling up to 200 vCPUs, and on-demand storage
  • AWS and GCP multi-region support for select regions
  • Private connectivity
  • Metrics and log export to DataDog
  • 99.99% availability
  • Integration of vector data with transactional data
  • Includes MCP, CLI and Agent Skills

Advanced

$0.60/hr
  • Provisioned compute and storage with unlimited scaling
  • AWS, GCP and Azure multi-region support for all regions
  • Private connectivity
  • Metrics and log export to Datadog
  • Up to 99.999% availability
  • CMEK and other controls for your PCI / HIPAA needs
  • Integration of vector data with transactional data
  • Includes MCP, CLI and Agent Skills

Who is it for?

Best for

  • Database modernization
  • Cloud-native applications
  • AI-driven applications
  • Applications requiring high availability and scalability
  • Global deployments with data locality requirements

Not ideal for

  • Simple applications that do not require high availability or scalability
  • Applications with very low data volumes
  • Use cases where PostgreSQL compatibility is not needed

Integrations

Datadog

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