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CockroachDB vs SingleStore comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.7
CockroachDB's serverless model provides cost-effective, versatile cloud solutions, offering significant savings and operational advantages over separate environments.
Sentiment score
5.9
SingleStore offers integrated transactional and analytical capabilities, enhancing efficiency and productivity, despite lower financial returns compared to competitors.
The efficiency has increased significantly, and our workflows are consolidated into a single platform, thus reducing the operational overhead we previously faced.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have seen a return on investment in terms of time saved.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
The objective was to scale as data loads with high-performing query model responses.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.0
CockroachDB customer service is mixed; technical support quality varies, with users praising the AI chatbot, but responsiveness needs improvement.
Sentiment score
7.9
Customers praise SingleStore's efficient, proactive support via Zendesk, with dedicated personnel and forums for comprehensive assistance and issue resolution.
The issue was resolved efficiently.
Manager, Software Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
One of their employees constantly meets with us on Zoom and discusses what we are missing.
Database Administrator at Twingo
We have our own account manager who keeps us informed of the latest solutions and improvements in the system.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Their team is capable of resolving issues efficiently, allowing users to create tickets and receive support.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
CockroachDB excels in scalability and resource management, praised for seamless scaling from small to large, supporting diverse needs efficiently.
Sentiment score
7.9
SingleStore efficiently scales through server additions and automatic data redistribution, managing large datasets seamlessly for organizations of any size.
As our data volumes grow, we can expand resources without significant performance degradation.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
SingleStore's scalability is really nice, as the process model includes master aggregator and slave aggregators or child aggregators, making it very well scalable both vertically and horizontally.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
I have added both storage and additional instances many times, and it worked perfectly.
Database Administrator at Twingo
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.6
CockroachDB is stable overall, highly rated for reliability but faces challenges with protocol issues and large, complex workloads.
Sentiment score
8.3
SingleStore is praised for stability, handling large workloads with few downtimes, featuring appreciated redundancy for seamless operations.
The performance and usability of SingleStore as a main database engine are significantly superior to other both paid and open-source solutions.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
It handles large workloads and maintains consistent performance very well overall.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have not seen any downtime.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
 

Room For Improvement

CockroachDB requires improvements in documentation, compatibility, UI features, disaster recovery, latency optimization, integration, and cost efficiency for global deployment.
SingleStore needs improved SQL features, documentation, training, error messaging, integrations, dashboards, migration, and monitoring for enhanced performance.
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.
Manager, Software Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The data which is sent to DataDog sometimes does not match with the SingleStore dashboard.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
The main issue we faced when we used our self-managed system was running incremental backups, which was a bit difficult in our specific use case, but this is no longer an issue with Helios, as Helios handles this automatically.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
I would appreciate out-of-the-box integrations with commonly used data ecosystem tools and built-in monitoring and observability capabilities for SingleStore.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find CockroachDB affordable and reliable, with flexible pricing options appealing despite some perceiving high costs.
SingleStore offers transparent pricing with cloud and bare-metal options, deemed cost-effective long-term, with free initial on-premises licenses.
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it can be a bit expensive for startups.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
The setup cost was surprisingly good, and our transfer to Helios was almost seamless, as far as databases go, and it was not expensive.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

CockroachDB provides easy setup, fault tolerance, scalability, and security, while supporting PostgreSQL compatibility for optimal performance across regions.
SingleStore excels with speed, scalability, and efficiency, offering robust data handling and seamless integration with multiple protocols.
CockroachDB's geo-distribution feature is superior to traditional databases.
Manager, Software Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
SingleStore is a distributed database that has the advantage that at any moment when resources are insufficient, there is a possibility to add more nodes, and everything is added online.
Database Administrator at Twingo
A very nice and useful feature is its compatibility with MySQL API, letting any system that can connect to MySQL also connect to SingleStore, thus solving many interoperability issues with different systems.
Vice President, Research & Development at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
SingleStore has impacted my organization positively by enabling us to run low-latency analytics and model-driven use cases at scale, which is quite difficult for OLAP and OLTP databases alone.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
 

Categories and Ranking

CockroachDB
Ranking in Vector Databases
19th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (16th), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (10th)
SingleStore
Ranking in Vector Databases
17th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Vector Databases category, the mindshare of CockroachDB is 1.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SingleStore is 3.2%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Vector Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SingleStore3.2%
CockroachDB1.8%
Other95.0%
Vector Databases
 

Featured Reviews

SC
Manager, Software Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Provides developer-friendly environment with robust security and cost-efficiency
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 queries, rather than relying on email support. The current UI only provides SQL playground, which is technical. There should be a UI playground where users with limited technical knowledge can run and update queries, similar to phpMyAdmin or Adminer. Latency optimization could be improved for globally distributed applications, particularly in query routing. 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. The disadvantages include cost-efficiency with multi-region deployment and schema migration speed, which should be faster compared to other drivers. The query optimizer should handle complex queries better through the UI interface.
Kelvin  Ben - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
Real-time analytics has transformed daily decisions and delivers fast dashboards from streaming data
The best features SingleStore offers include fast data recovery and data compression by 80 percent. Having the information in sheets helps me to process the information quickly. Simplicity in T-SQL is another aspect I appreciate. Data recovery and sheet-based processing help my team on a day-to-day basis by enabling us to handle information efficiently. I would like to add that the data compression by 80 percent helps us in an excellent way since we are very fast in obtaining the data for our dashboards and the compression of the information is great. SingleStore has impacted my organization positively by enabling us to run low-latency analytics and model-driven use cases at scale, which is quite difficult for OLAP and OLTP databases alone. It has been very helpful because our internal clients are happy to have the data and make data-driven decisions easily. Making decisions based on data within a two-hour delay to the transactional database is excellent since we went from twenty-four hours to two hours. I think the best contribution is decision-making with data that is close to reality. Reducing that delay from twenty-four hours to two hours has significantly affected my team and business outcomes by increasing productivity. We have been able to serve all our customers, and they are very happy. We can deliver to them on time.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Educational Organization
11%
University
7%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
28%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

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...
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 ...
What advice do you have for others considering CockroachDB?
The tech support deserves a rating of nine out of ten. My overall rating for CockroachDB is 8 out of 10.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SingleStore DB?
The setup cost was surprisingly good, and our transfer to Helios was almost seamless, as far as databases go, and it was not expensive.
What needs improvement with SingleStore DB?
Improvement for SingleStore is a tough question, as I think many of the new features are taking this path and allowing more AI and AI-related capabilities, which include RAG, support, and specific ...
What is your primary use case for SingleStore DB?
SingleStore serves as our main production database, which includes online transaction processing, OLTP, data management, streaming, Kafka streams, AWS S3 streams, and data manipulation and statisti...
 

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