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CockroachDB is the #10 ranked solution in top Relational Databases. PeerSpot users give CockroachDB an average rating of 8.6 out of 10. CockroachDB is most commonly compared to Citus Data: CockroachDB vs Citus Data. CockroachDB is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 73% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 32% of all views.
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What is CockroachDB?

CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database built on a transactional and strongly-consistent key-value store. It scales horizontally; survives disk, machine, rack, and even datacenter failures with minimal latency disruption and no manual intervention; supports strongly-consistent ACID transactions; and provides a familiar SQL API for structuring, manipulating, and querying data.

CockroachDB is inspired by Google’s Spanner and F1 technologies, and it’s completely open source.

CockroachDB Customers

Baidu, Kindred, Tierion, Heroic Labs, Gorgias

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"I've used CockroachDB at a small scale on the free accounts because we are only testing."

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Hugh Sheehy - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Go Eve
Real User
Top 20
Reliable, quick and simple implementation
Pros and Cons
  • "CockroachDB is highly reliable."
  • "The closer they can make CockroachDB to being completely compatible with Postgres, the better. It's almost compatible, but not completely. If it was, it would be nice to just be able to use Postgres libraries without any fiddling."

What needs improvement?

The closer they can make CockroachDB to being completely compatible with Postgres, the better. It's almost compatible, but not completely. If it was, it would be nice to just be able to use Postgres libraries without any fiddling.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using CockroachDB for approximately two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

 CockroachDB is highly reliable.

I rate the stability of CockroachDB a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of the solution is good.

We haven't scaled it, but from what they claim it's one of the main reasons we're using it. We can go from very small to very big without having to constantly recharge and re-architect everything.

We have five to six users using this solution in my organization.

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How are customer service and support?

I have not contacted the support from the vendor.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I used Google Spanner when Spanner first came out, I did enjoy it. However, Google Spanner can't be installed on a small scale. When you start off it cost seven dollars an hour. However, CockroachDB lets us do more than Google Spanner could. We are able to start small. If there's a transaction an hour running on CockroachDB at the moment, that's a lot.

How was the initial setup?

We used CockroachDB in the cloud and all we have to do is set up an instance. It's similar to setting up a virtual machine on Amazon or Google.

A beginner can create a virtual machine. You need to know the database language to set up CockroachDB but it is easy.

I rate the initial setup of CockroachDB an eight out of ten.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I've used CockroachDB at a small scale on the free accounts because we are only testing.

What other advice do I have?

We were interested in CockroachDB because a few of us had experienced it long ago with Postgres and that was one of the attractions. However, there are limitations to the exact compatibility. My advice to others is before you choose CockroachDB it would be good to check if it does everything you typically use in Postgres. Cross-check that it doesn't miss something you want or need or are very used to.

We used CockroachDB on a small scale and it's been great. Nominally it looks really good. Our fear is we'll scale it up and it won't scale. However, it is supposed to specifications are great. We've done spiky testing and it's never been a problem.

I rate CockroachDB an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Mohammad Reza-Moradi - PeerSpot reviewer
Master Student at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
Distributed database solution used to sample big data sets and structure databases
Pros and Cons
  • "I use CockroachDB to test big data samples and to create the best structure for databases. We have four users and required 10 people for deployment and maintenance."
  • "Cockroach does not support all types of protocols. I need to improve it myself to support a CouchDB on my network."

What is our primary use case?

I use CockroachDB to test big data samples and to create the best structure for databases. We have four users and required 10 people for deployment and maintenance. 

What needs improvement?

Cockroach does not support all types of protocols. I need to improve it myself to support a CouchDB on my network.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable solutions, although we have experienced some issues with the many protocols we need to follow. 

How are customer service and support?

The customer service and support for this solution is not very good. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward. It took one week to deploy. 

What other advice do I have?

 I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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