CockroachDB in Comparison

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.

	MySQLPostgreSQLOracleSQL ServerCassandraHBaseMongoDBDynamoDBSpanner	MySQLPostgreSQLOracleSQL ServerCassandraHBaseMongoDBDynamoDBSpanner	CockroachDB
Automated Scaling	NoYes	NoYes	Yes
Automated Failover	OptionalYes	OptionalYes	Yes
Automated Repair	NoYes	NoYes	Yes
Strongly Consistent Replication	NoOptionalYes	NoOptionalYes	Yes
Consensus-Based Replication	NoOptionalYes	NoOptionalYes	Yes
Distributed Transactions	NoYesNo	NoYesNo	Yes
ACID Semantics	YesNoRow-onlyRow-onlyDocument-only	YesNoRow-onlyRow-onlyDocument-only	Yes
Eventually Consistent Reads	Yes	Yes	No
SQL	YesNo	YesNo	Yes
Open Source	YesNo	YesNo	Yes
Commercial Version	OptionalNoYes	OptionalNoYes	Optional
Support	Full	Full	Full

• In DynamoDB, distributed transactions and ACID semantics across all data in the database, not just per row, requires an additional transaction library.

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