CockroachDB vs Oracle Multitenant comparison

Cockroach and Oracle are both solutions in the Relational Databases Tools category. Cockroach is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.4, while Oracle is ranked #13 with an average rating of 9.0. Cockroach holds a 4.1% mindshare in SQL, compared to Oracle’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Cockroach users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

Oracle Multitenant and CockroachDB are competing in the database management industry. While Oracle Multitenant provides strong database management for enterprises, CockroachDB holds the upper hand in resilience and scalability with a modern approach.

Features: Oracle Multitenant offers seamless migration of pluggable databases, a resource-efficient multitenancy feature allowing multiple databases without additional memory usage, and strong integration capabilities for enterprise systems. CockroachDB provides high fault tolerance at cluster and data center levels, compatibility with PostgreSQL wire protocol aiding application integration, and automatic data geo-partitioning for performance optimization.

Room for Improvement: Oracle Multitenant could enhance its cloud deployment support, reduce complexity in managing extensive systems, and improve cost-effectiveness for small-scale deployments. CockroachDB might benefit from more streamlined documentation, enhanced support for complex workload management, and additional tools for managing resource allocation in dynamic environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Multitenant has structured deployment models suited for enterprise needs with extensive support ecosystems supporting large-scale transitions. CockroachDB offers a straightforward setup process, especially efficient in cloud environments, and emphasizes self-service efficiency suitable for tech-forward teams.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Multitenant may involve higher upfront costs but provides substantial ROI through comprehensive resource management in large deployments. CockroachDB offers cost-effective scaling, making it attractive for dynamic tech environments with modern cloud operations, yielding positive ROI through its flexible cost structure.

To learn more, read our detailed CockroachDB vs. Oracle Multitenant Report (Updated: September 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

CockroachDB

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

10th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Multitenant

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

13th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 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 Oracle Multitenant is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Relational Databases Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
CockroachDB	4.1%
Oracle Multitenant	0.8%
Other	95.1%

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Antonio Tringali

Software Engineer at a consultancy with self employed

Open source with extensive documentation and a University for training

I am a freelancer. A client of mine wanted a solution that would allow them to scale yet not abandon the familiar PostgreSQL front-end (and rewrite a part of their source code). Scalability aside, CockroachDB is a fine way forward from PostgreSQL and is not changing the client source code part of the system. If you are lucky and you do not use newer features from recent versions of PostgreSQL or PostgreSQL extensions, it's fine. There are nice-to-have features for big organizations like regional tables. At the moment, my client simply does not use these. However, the serverless offer from CockroachDB is reacting well as data grows.

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Saikat Nag

Oracle Application Database Administrator at RP Sanjiv Goenka Group

Manages extensive utility billing applications efficiently with trusted performance and robust support

Currently, I have a very good experience with Oracle Multitenant. The pluggable database is easy to handle and manage, sharing resources efficiently. However, Oracle license pricing is an issue due to its high cost. Our organization is compelled to reduce CPU usage by seventy CPUs because the Oracle license cost depends on it.

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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

"What I like best is its ability to solve data residency issues. The main advantage is auto geo partitioning, built into the product. This means we don't have to spin up separate servers in each region, which would be much more costly."

"The product has valuable security features."

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

"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."

"The tool's most valuable feature is node syncing, which takes only 0.54 milliseconds."

"CockroachDB is excellent for managing relationships in RDBMS with multiple benefits such as the ability to create views and dynamic queries that save data and reduce the use of complex algorithms in code."

"The initial setup and deployment are simple."

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

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"The database becomes pluggable. Inside this container is called a pluggable database and each application contains this pluggable database inside Multitenant. We can then share resources like control files, memory, etc. This lets you stop and start each application without impacting the others. This resource sharing is the most valuable feature"

"The feature that I like on Multitenant is the ease - it is very easy for my team to run the database."

"Our primary use of Oracle includes writing queries for retrieving data for customers without worrying about the customer ID, user ID, as it is automatically connected to each query."

"You can scale the solution as needed."

"Maintaining databases is a valuable feature for us."

"The stability of Oracle Multitenant is excellent, and I would rate it a nine out of ten."

"It's easy to use and works great."

"The best thing about Oracle Multitenant is its ability to consolidate multiple databases into one engine."

More Oracle Multitenant pros

Cons

"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."

"We are looking for more features to support distributed high availability and geo-partitioning."

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

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

"I find the serverless offer a bit confusing."

"The product must improve its disaster recovery features."

"For multi-region deployment, CockroachDB requires at least three plus replicas across data centers to achieve strong consistency across regions, which increases infrastructure costs including compute, storage, and networking."

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"From the scope of improvement, I would say that people are adopting new query options. Certain databases like MongoDB adopt new query options so that they can just pull the data."

"There is room for improvement in customer service and support."

"The solution lacks a GUI for commands."

"This solution is a bit complicated when collecting from containers - that feature should be a bit better."

"That said, Oracle in general doesn't invest in their UI for any of their applications. If we're talking about the dashboard or other user experience, there is room for improvement. I'm talking about on premises. The cloud version has started to improve."

"There are many functions where changes are not easy to implement, and we try to avoid modifying these areas due to security issues and the complexity of maintaining them."

"While the product is overall excellent, it is quite expensive."

"Oracle license pricing is an issue due to its high cost. Our organization is compelled to reduce CPU usage by seventy CPUs because the Oracle license cost depends on it."

More Oracle Multitenant cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

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

"This solution is a little bit pricey."

"The price is worth the quality."

"For me, I will go with it if I have the budget. Some features are nicer than before, but at the end of the day, you always have a limited budget. I prefer to upgrade and get a specific hardware when possible. At the end, you will have to make a compromise. You will not get everything you would have liked to have."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

32%

Computer Software Company

13%

Educational Organization

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

24%

Healthcare Company

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	5

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	8

Questions from the Community

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?

The platform should provide a UI feature where users have the ability to manage it. The CockroachDB platform should have a chatbot where users can inquire about pricing or seek solutions for querie...

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What is your primary use case for CockroachDB?

We have been using CockroachDB for the last two years. From 2023, we started working on a product similar to Google Capture. We decided to work with CockroachDB with Hasura. Hasura is a UI for the ...

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What do you like most about Oracle Multitenant?

The best thing about Oracle Multitenant is its ability to consolidate multiple databases into one engine.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Multitenant?

Oracle's licensing costs are very high. Due to the increased license costs, we migrated from Oracle hardware like SuperCluster and MiniCluster to HPE Nutanix to manage costs while continuing to use...

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What needs improvement with Oracle Multitenant?

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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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Oracle Multitenant - an Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition option – introduces a new architecture that enables customers to easily consolidate multiple databases, without changing their applications. This new architecture delivers all the benefits of managing many databases as one, yet retains the isolation and resource prioritization of separate databases. In addition, Oracle Multitenant enables rapid provisioning and upgrades, and fully complements other options including Oracle Real Application Clusters and Active Data Guard.

For more information on Oracle Multitenant, visit Oracle.com

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