Amazon Aurora vs CockroachDB Cloud
Amazon Aurora
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CockroachDB Cloud
cockroachlabs.comSide by side
| Figure | Amazon Aurora | CockroachDB Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $0.06/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 7 |
| Spec score · Spatial Databases | 8.2 (#13) | 8.5 (#9) |
| Spec score · Databases And Backend | 8.1 (#14) | 8.4 (#9) |
| Spec score · Distributed SQL Databases | 8.1 (#12) | 8.6 (#6) |
| Spec score · Sql Databases | 8.0 (#12) | 8.6 (#5) |
| Spec score · Database Software | 8.1 (#41) | 8.5 (#25) |
| Spec score · Transaction Data Store Software | 8.1 (#17) | 8.4 (#10) |
| Compliance | AWS lists Aurora in compliance programs that include SOC, PCI, FedRAMP, and HIPAA. | CockroachDB Cloud Advanced is described as HIPAA-ready and certified against PCI-DSS SAQ-A and SAQ-D requirements; Cockroach Labs also reports ISO 27001, 27017, and 27018 certifications and annual SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 certification. |
| Founded | 2006 | 2015 |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, United States | New York City, United States |
| Integrations | Aurora MySQL can invoke AWS Lambda functions and load data from or save data to Amazon S3. | The maker describes managed data pipelines, native drivers, and connections to third-party observability and logging tools; its integration categories include data streaming, monitoring, AI, developer tools, and infrastructure. |
| Operations | Aurora uses the Amazon RDS console, CLI commands, and API operations for tasks such as provisioning, patching, backup, and recovery. | The managed service provides push-button provisioning, automatic scaling, no-downtime rolling upgrades, on-demand compute and storage, and managed backups. |
| Product | Amazon Aurora is a fully managed relational database service with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DSQL engines. | CockroachDB Cloud is a fully managed distributed SQL platform for workloads ranging from development and testing to enterprise-critical production applications. |
| Security | Aurora supports encryption at rest using AWS KMS keys and uses SSL (AES-256) to secure data in transit. | CockroachDB Cloud encrypts node-to-node and client-server traffic with TLS, uses cloud-provider disk encryption at rest, and supports column-level encryption. |
| Support | Customers with an active AWS Premium Support plan can contact AWS for Aurora-specific troubleshooting and guidance. | The current pricing page lists a 1-hour P1 support response for Standard and a 30-minute P1 response for Mission Critical. |
Plans
Amazon Aurora
- Free planFree
- Paid planPrice not published
- Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless Free planFree
- Aurora PostgreSQL and Aurora MySQL On-DemandPrice not published
CockroachDB Cloud
- Standard$0.06 a month
- Mission Critical$0.16 a month
- BasicFree
- Cockroach Continuum Standard$0.09 a month
- Cockroach Continuum Mission Critical$0.16 a month
- Standard$0.18 a month
- Advanced$0.60 a month
In their own words
Amazon Aurora
Amazon Aurora has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
CockroachDB Cloud
CockroachDB Cloud is a managed distributed SQL platform for development, testing, and production workloads. It provisions clusters, scales compute and storage, performs rolling upgrades, and manages backups. The database supports ACID transactions and can scale reads and writes horizontally without manual sharding. Deployments can span AWS, Azure, and GCP, including multiple providers and regions. Cockroach Labs' Terraform provider and Cloud APIs support operation automation. Security features include TLS for traffic between clients and servers and between nodes, cloud-provider disk encryption at rest, and column-level encryption. The listed plans include Basic at free and Standard at $0.06 a month; usage is metered by the minute, billed monthly, and rates vary by region. New Cloud organizations receive a 30-day trial with $400 in credits. The trial ends after 30 days or when the credits run out, and clusters are then paused. Pricing terms also distinguish deployments created before and from September 15, 2026, so the applicable plan depends on deployment timing.