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PROS

CockroachDB is highly reliable and offers strong availability features.
It efficiently manages geo-partitioning and helps solve data residency issues.
The database is distributed, allowing node deployment across different regions.
CockroachDB excels in node syncing, supporting quick data handling with its resiliency features.
It provides valuable security features and fully supports SQL subsets.

CONS

CockroachDB requires improvements for distributed high availability and geo-partitioning.
Compatibility issues exist with PostgreSQL, particularly concerning full protocol support and connection strings.
Initial setup, pricing, and disaster recovery features need enhancement.
Serverless offering is perceived as confusing, and the platform's extensibility could be improved.
Multi-region deployment demands at least three replicas for strong consistency, increasing infrastructure costs.
 

CockroachDB Pros review quotes

SC
Manager, Software Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Aug 19, 2025
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.
Antonio Tringali - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a consultancy with self employed
Nov 15, 2023
The subset of SQL that my client is using is completely supported.
Dang Quy Tai - PeerSpot reviewer
Student at Univerzita obrany
Nov 12, 2024
The most valuable feature is that CockroachDB is a distributed database, which can deploy nodes running in different regions.
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Suresh Ayyavoo - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Information Officer (CIO) at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Nov 24, 2023
The best feature of CockroachDB is the ability to keep the nodes in different locations.
SanjeevSingh4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Staff DBRE at SecurityScorecard
Jul 11, 2024
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.
Arucy Lionel - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder at Afriziki
Nov 27, 2023
The product has valuable security features.
Hugh Sheehy - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Go Eve
Dec 19, 2022
CockroachDB is highly reliable.
Aman-Narang - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Nov 15, 2023
The tool's most valuable feature is node syncing, which takes only 0.54 milliseconds.
Mohammad Reza-Moradi - PeerSpot reviewer
Master Student at a university with 11-50 employees
May 27, 2022
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.
PN
Oracle Cloud Infra Architect at Sterlite Technologies Ltd
May 25, 2020
The initial setup and deployment are simple.
 

CockroachDB Cons review quotes

SC
Manager, Software Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Aug 19, 2025
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.
Antonio Tringali - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a consultancy with self employed
Nov 15, 2023
I find the serverless offer a bit confusing.
Dang Quy Tai - PeerSpot reviewer
Student at Univerzita obrany
Nov 12, 2024
I would like CockroachDB to have more compatibility with PostgreSQL, especially with the connection string and technical integrations.
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Suresh Ayyavoo - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Information Officer (CIO) at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Nov 24, 2023
The product must improve its disaster recovery features.
SanjeevSingh4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Staff DBRE at SecurityScorecard
Jul 11, 2024
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.
Arucy Lionel - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder at Afriziki
Nov 27, 2023
The platform could be more extensible.
Hugh Sheehy - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Go Eve
Dec 19, 2022
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.
Aman-Narang - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Nov 15, 2023
CockroachDB needs to improve store processes.
Mohammad Reza-Moradi - PeerSpot reviewer
Master Student at a university with 11-50 employees
May 27, 2022
Cockroach does not support all types of protocols. I need to improve it myself to support a CouchDB on my network.
PN
Oracle Cloud Infra Architect at Sterlite Technologies Ltd
May 25, 2020
We are looking for more features to support distributed high availability and geo-partitioning.