CockroachDB vs Oracle MySQL Cloud Service 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 #11 with an average rating of 8.6. Cockroach holds a 4.1% mindshare in SQL, compared to Oracle’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Cockroach users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

CockroachDB and Oracle MySQL Cloud Service compete in the database management systems category, where CockroachDB is stronger for distributed applications, and Oracle MySQL is better for centralized database management.

Features: CockroachDB offers fault tolerance, ease of setup, and geo-partitioning, along with security and compatibility with PostgreSQL. It provides geo-replication and location-based data management. Oracle MySQL Cloud Service excels in data aggregation, scalability, and stability. It is cost-effective and offers a comprehensive suite of management tools.

Room for Improvement: CockroachDB could improve protocol support, Postgres compatibility, and disaster recovery. Users seek better pricing clarity and integration capabilities. Oracle MySQL Cloud Service needs better technical support, simplified version upgrades, and smoother integrations. Scalability and interface improvements are also desired.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CockroachDB is flexible in deployment across public cloud and on-premises but has mixed reviews on technical support. Oracle MySQL Cloud Service offers hybrid cloud deployment with some issues in support efficiency. CockroachDB's geo-distribution contrasts with Oracle MySQL's centralized setup.

Pricing and ROI: CockroachDB is affordable with open-source versions but can be pricey in enterprise models. It offers good ROI for distributed workloads. Oracle MySQL Cloud Service is expensive but offers extensive features. Its licensing model is competitive, though maintenance is costly, providing value with comprehensive features.

To learn more, read our detailed CockroachDB vs. Oracle MySQL Cloud Service Report (Updated: July 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 MySQL Cloud Service

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

11th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Open Source Databases (7th)

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 MySQL Cloud Service is 0.5%, up from 0.2% 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 MySQL Cloud Service	0.5%
Other	95.4%

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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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Raghuram K M

Chief Technology Officer at Prognosys Medical Systems

Ideal, stable, good support and it helps with the developer console

I have used MongoDB, MySQL, and Oracle. MongoDB is entirely different. It's a NoSQL platform database, so it's totally different. It is a little bit hard to work with. The way it is organized and structured is different. But between Microsoft Azure MySQL and Oracle, they are pretty similar. * Cost: Microsoft is not a preferred platform. Their licensing is very complex and expensive. Oracle is much better. * AI: In terms of data analytics and AI, Microsoft is better. Certain complex transformations are easier to do in MSSQL. So, if you have to analyze data from a lot of different data sources, it becomes much easier. However, the usage of the particular product depends on the project. Personally, I would like to work on MySQL. But in certain cases where the application scale is very large, and custom models from certain regions of the globe prefer Microsoft, then we have to go with MSSQL. But technically, there is not much difference.

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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

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

"The product has valuable security features."

"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."

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

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

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

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"It's easy to use."

"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is flexible and is an open-source product."

"The product is easy to learn."

"MySQL is a centralized RDBMS in itself, and you don't have the overkill of having the full Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server. It's ideal, and it helps with the developer console. It has three versions for developers. It's a very good tool for open source."

"The access to a suite of management and administration tools that simplify tasks such as database provisioning, configuration, and monitoring."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"All the features are excellent."

"The stability of the solution is very good. I wouldn't have used it for the past seven years if I was not satisfied."

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Cons

"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."

"CockroachDB needs to improve store processes."

"The platform could be more extensible."

"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 find the serverless offer a bit confusing."

"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."

"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."

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"There could be more courses where the people could learn more easily how to use the tool."

"It requires a significant amount of expertise and effort to manage, especially when dealing with substantial volumes of data."

"Sometimes MySQL does upgrades on the server. When we are still using the old server and when they integrate the upgrade, they don't carry along some of the old syntaxes. The versions don't sync."

"In a production environment, upgrading from a lower to an upper version is a very long process that needs to be improved."

"The user interface is not simple."

"The support is not that great. They're not really supporting directly anymore and relying on experts to figure out technical issues."

"The product has many bugs."

"There might be minor improvements, however, I can’t identify any particular areas for improvement at the moment."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"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 product is expensive."

"The product is free since it is an open-source tool."

"While the core solution itself is not exorbitant, the support services are associated with a significant maintenance fee, often ranging from twenty to thirty percent."

"It is an open-source product."

"The license is expensive."

"The solution’s paid plans are expensive."

"Oracle has a better licensing model compared to its competitors."

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Financial Services Firm

33%

Computer Software Company

13%

Educational Organization

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	11

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?

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

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What is your primary use case for CockroachDB?

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...

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What do you like most about Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service handles data easily.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?

I have never paid for the full version of Oracle MySQL Cloud Service. We use the free version or the version available in RDS ( /products/amazon-rds-reviews ) from AWS ( /products/amazon-aws-review...

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What needs improvement with Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service should be easier to replicate and integrate into further solutions. Although it targets Linux and UNIX environments, its performance is not as optimized on Windows platfo...

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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 MySQL Cloud Service delivers a secure, cost-effective and enterprise-grade MySQL database service. Built on MySQL Enterprise Edition and powered by the Oracle Cloud, it provides a simple, automated, integrated and enterprise ready MySQL cloud service, enabling organizations to increase business agility and reduce costs.

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