Which product would you choose: CockroachDB or Oracle Database?

Some prefer CockroachDB over Oracle Database for the following reasons:

• CockroachDB is a cloud-native database that offers several advantages, such as reliability, scalability, and ease of management.


• Some choose CockroachDB because it is open source, making it free to use and modify.


• They find CockroachDB consistent, meaning that all reads return the most recent version of the data, even if it is being written simultaneously. This is important for many applications, such as financial and transactional systems.

Pros and cons of CockroachDB

Pros:

• Cloud-native


• Open source


• Strongly consistent


• Horizontally scalable


• Geographically distributed


• Tolerant of network partitions

Cons:

• May not be as mature as Oracle Database


• May not have all of the features of Oracle Database


• Could be complex to set up and manage for large and complex database environments

Pros and cons of Oracle Database

Pros:

• Mature and well-established


• Has comprehensive features


• Offers good support for on-premises and cloud deployments

Cons:

• Not cloud-native


• Not open source


• May not be strongly consistent as a product


• May not be as horizontally scalable as CockroachDB


• May not be as tolerant of network partitions as CockroachDB

Both CockroachDB and Oracle Database support Active-Active setups, but here are some critical differences in the Active-Active implementations of CockroachDB and Oracle Database:

• It is reported that CockroachDB uses a Raft consensus algorithm to ensure that all replicas of the data are consistent, helping make CockroachDB very tolerant of network partitions and other failures.


• It is reported that Oracle Database uses various technologies to implement Active-Active, including Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Oracle Data Guard. Hence, users find that Oracle RAC provides a highly scalable and available solution for database clusters. On the other hand, Oracle Data Guard provides a solution for Disaster Recovery and Data Protection.