CockroachDB Reviews

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.

I have been using CockroachDB for approximately two years.

 CockroachDB is highly reliable.

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

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.

I have not contacted the support from the vendor.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

I have been using this solution for two years. 

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

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

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

 I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.