CockroachDB vs Kinetica comparison

Cockroach and Kinetica are both solutions in the Relational Databases Tools category. Cockroach is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.4, while Kinetica is ranked #34. Cockroach holds a 4.1% mindshare in SQL, compared to Kinetica’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of Cockroach users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Kinetica users who would recommend it.

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83% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

CockroachDB

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

11th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Kinetica

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

34th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of CockroachDB is 4.1%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kinetica is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Dang Quy Tai

Student at Univerzita obrany

Geo-replication benefits with distributed setup and a helpful AI support chatbot

I am studying how to deploy CockroachDB and YugaByteDB, and learning some basic information about them. I am testing these databases as part of my school application to find a suitable database for our applications. Currently, I am using PostgreSQL, however, I want to try some distributed databases…

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SunilAgarwal

Executive Vice President and Global Head of Research and Development at Bqube Global

Easy to scale and good record to report capabilities but needs better training

It's not a very popular tool. There are very limited resources available in the market in terms of implementation. They need to offer training plans for graduates so that more resources are available in the market. The support needs to be faster. The solution needs to be lighter. It's a bit too heavy.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature is that CockroachDB is a distributed database, which can deploy nodes running in different regions."

"The most valuable features of the solution are its resiliency features and the geo-partitioning capabilities."

"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."

"CockroachDB is highly reliable."

"The product has valuable security features."

"The best feature of CockroachDB is the ability to keep the nodes in different locations."

"The availability and the easy to use feature is the most valuable. The documentation is also good."

"The subset of SQL that my client is using is completely supported."

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"The solution scales easily."

Cons

"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."

"The platform could be more extensible."

"I think the engine itself could be improved. If you miss a partition key, it should be able to be modeled. This is where AI could be really helpful. For example, if a user is from Australia, the system should know to look for their data there first instead of searching in the US or another continent."

"I would like CockroachDB to have more compatibility with PostgreSQL, especially with the connection string and technical integrations."

"CockroachDB needs to improve store processes."

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

"The initial setup and pricing could be improved."

"I find the serverless offer a bit confusing."

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"There are very limited resources available in the market in terms of implementation. They need to offer training plans for graduates so that more resources are available in the market."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product's price depends on the user's company and the contract model they enter into with CockroachDB. Depending on the contract model one enters into with CockroachDB, the product may or may not be expensive."

"The platform is affordable even for the enterprise version. It provides value for investment in terms of performance."

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

"The pricing is good but can be made cheaper. I would rate the pricing a five out of ten."

"The solution's pricing is not cheap. However, the good thing is that customers are willing to pay for it if they want it."

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What do you like most about CockroachDB?

The subset of SQL that my client is using is completely supported.

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What needs improvement with CockroachDB?

I would like CockroachDB to have more compatibility with PostgreSQL, especially with the connection string and technical integrations.

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Overview

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.

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