This page shows you how key features of CockroachDB stack up against other databases. Hover over features for their intended meanings, and click CockroachDB answers to view related documentation.
| CockroachDB | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 
      Automated Scaling
      
         | 
    No Yes | No Yes | Yes | 
| 
      Automated Failover
      
         | 
    Optional Yes | Optional Yes | Yes | 
| 
      Automated Repair
      
         | 
    No Yes | No Yes | Yes | 
| 
      Strongly Consistent Replication
      
         | 
    No Optional Yes | No Optional Yes | Yes | 
| 
      Consensus-Based Replication
      
         | 
    No Optional Yes | No Optional Yes | Yes | 
| 
      Distributed Transactions
      
         | 
    No Yes No* | No Yes No* | Yes | 
| 
      ACID Semantics
      
         | 
    Yes No Row-only Row-only* Document-only | Yes No Row-only Row-only* Document-only | Yes | 
| 
      Eventually Consistent Reads
      
         | 
    Yes | Yes | No | 
| 
      SQL
      
         | 
    Yes No Read-only | Yes No Read-only | Yes | 
| 
      Open Source
      
         | 
    Yes No | Yes No | Yes | 
| 
      Commercial Version
      
         | 
    Optional No Yes | Optional No Yes | Optional | 
| 
      Support
      
         | 
    Full | Full | Full |