Why leading enterprises choose CockroachDB
Lower cost of ownership
Say goodbye to costly upcharges and add-ons. CockroachDB can reduce application and ops overhead by up to 90% through automation.
Simplified operations
CockroachDB offers native scaling without manual sharding, freeing up engineering hours for more productive tasks. And, no-downtime schema updates and software upgrades means less planned application downtime.
Cloud flexibility
Stay agile and avoid vendor lock-in. Run CockroachDB on AWS, Azure, or GCP, in your own data center, or in a hybrid configuration.
*For example, version 1 of your app supports schema A, and you want to introduce schema B. First you release app version 2 that is able to work with both schemas A and B. Then with version 3 you update the schema to B. Last you deprecate support for schema A in version 4. This is one of the reasons NoSQL was invented.
Comparison data as of September 2025
Databases and platform freedom
CockroachDB is architected to give you the freedom to deploy your database anywhere: Any private or public cloud, across multiple clouds, using our innovative [Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)](https://www.cockroachlabs.com/product/cloud/bring-your-own-cloud/) offering, on premises, self-hosted, or in a hybrid deployment encompassing some or all of these. Use the best solution for your workloads without cloud provider or deployment model lock-in.
Freedom from lock-in
Make smart use of your existing resources with CockroachDB’s hybrid-cloud capabilities. AWS Aurora won’t let you deploy in a hybrid environment
Freedom of choice
Pick any (or multiple) providers and run self-deployed or as-a-service. Because no one should have to be locked into a single provider
Freedom to grow
Effortlessly scale and take control of your workloads. Avoid the significant egress costs often seen when moving data with AWS Aurora
Architected for mission-critical transactional use cases
Relational databases are founded in relational algebra and deliver a highly efficient store that enforces data integrity in the database as opposed to in code.
Life beyond Oracle starts here
Schedule time with our team to discuss your business goals and how CockroachDB can help.
Comparative claims based on publicly available information as of September 2025