CockroachDB in Comparison

This page shows you how key features of CockroachDB stack up against other databases. Hover over features for their intended meanings, and click CockroachDB answers to view related documentation.

	MySQL PostgreSQL Oracle SQL Server Cassandra HBase MongoDB DynamoDB Spanner MongoDB	MySQL PostgreSQL Oracle SQL Server Cassandra HBase MongoDB DynamoDB Spanner PostgreSQL	CockroachDB
Automated Scaling	No Yes	No Yes	Yes
Automated Failover	Optional Yes	Optional Yes	Yes
Automated Repair	No Yes	No Yes	Yes
Strongly Consistent Replication	No Optional Yes	No Optional Yes	Yes
Consensus-Based Replication	No Optional Yes	No Optional Yes	Yes
Distributed Transactions	No Yes No*	No Yes No*	Yes
ACID Semantics	Yes No Row-only Row-only* Document-only	Yes No Row-only Row-only* Document-only	Yes
Eventually Consistent Reads	Yes	Yes	No
SQL	Yes No Read-only	Yes No Read-only	Yes
Open Source	Yes No	Yes No	Yes
Commercial Version	Optional No Yes	Optional No Yes	Optional
Support	Full	Full	Full