CockroachDB

relational distributed Open Source

Distributed SQL database with PostgreSQL compatibility

Pricing Model

Free (Core) / Pay-per-use (Cloud)

Free tier: 5GB in CockroachDB Serverless

Supported Languages

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Pros and Cons

Ventajas

+ PostgreSQL compatible
+ Native horizontal scalability
+ ACID distributed transactions
+ Automatic multi-region
+ Built-in disaster survival

Desventajas

- Higher latency than single-node
- Complexity for simple cases
- Some PostgreSQL features missing

Casos de Uso

Globally distributed applications
Financial systems
Critical e-commerce
Multi-cloud resilience

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