CockroachDB vs Oracle Database In-Memory comparison

Cockroach and Oracle are both solutions in the Relational Databases Tools category. Cockroach is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.4, while Oracle is ranked #9 with an average rating of 9.3. Cockroach holds a 3.6% mindshare in SQL, compared to Oracle’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of Cockroach users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between CockroachDB and Oracle Database In-Memory based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Relational Databases Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

CockroachDB

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

12th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Database In-Memory

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

9th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

8.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Embedded Database (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of CockroachDB is 3.6%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Database In-Memory is 1.4%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Antonio Tringali

Software Engineer at a consultancy with self employed

Open source with extensive documentation and a University for training

I am a freelancer. A client of mine wanted a solution that would allow them to scale yet not abandon the familiar PostgreSQL front-end (and rewrite a part of their source code). Scalability aside, CockroachDB is a fine way forward from PostgreSQL and is not changing the client source code part of the system. If you are lucky and you do not use newer features from recent versions of PostgreSQL or PostgreSQL extensions, it's fine. There are nice-to-have features for big organizations like regional tables. At the moment, my client simply does not use these. However, the serverless offer from CockroachDB is reacting well as data grows.

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Md Al-Amin

Senior System Analyst at Thakral

Ensures that users experience a good return on investment

Firstly, a user should prepare the operating system for installation, and then we have to copy the software to install the product. When dealing with scenarios related to Oracle Real Application Clusters, users need to add nodes and storage. The setup process is a little bit complex compared to DB2. The setup process of Oracle Database In-Memory takes around five to six hours to install Oracle Real Application Clusters, if everything is okay, apart from which the other processes will take a day. The solution is deployed on an on-premises model. The cloud-based solution is available for testing and development, and it need not be installed in your environment. A user just needs to do a few clicks and select the database, after which it automatically gets installed in the cloud. Only in the on-premises version of the product, there is a need to do some work in the tool.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The tool's most valuable feature is node syncing, which takes only 0.54 milliseconds."

"The availability and the easy to use feature is the most valuable. The documentation is also good."

"The product has valuable security features."

"The most valuable feature is that CockroachDB is a distributed database, which can deploy nodes running in different regions."

"The initial setup and deployment are simple."

"CockroachDB is highly reliable."

"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."

"The subset of SQL that my client is using is completely supported."

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"Oracle Database In-Memory is a suite of features that improves performance for real-time analytics and mixed workloads."

"The on-premise version is stable. We have different teams and resources for the server side, for admin, and for development. We can easily take care of all the services and applications."

"I find the performance features of Oracle Database In-Memory to be most beneficial."

"I like Oracle because it is a backward-compatible solution."

"The scalability is very good."

"We find the dashboard and the speed of data processing very valuable in Oracle Database In-Memory."

"The solution's ROI is excellent."

"We can integrate it with any data sources as well."

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Cons

"The platform could be more extensible."

"We are looking for more features to support distributed high availability and geo-partitioning."

"Cockroach does not support all types of protocols. I need to improve it myself to support a CouchDB on my network."

"I would like CockroachDB to have more compatibility with PostgreSQL, especially with the connection string and technical integrations."

"CockroachDB needs to improve store processes."

"The product must improve its disaster recovery features."

"I find the serverless offer a bit confusing."

"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."

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"It would be good if Oracle could reduce downtime when transferring from non-In-Memory to In-Memory."

"Technical support is below our expectations currently. It could be improved."

"The solution should move to the new way of writing software code with AI that is intelligent and learns."

"The platform’s pricing needs improvement."

"We often have to find solutions on our own through the support site, so there's room for improvement in this regard."

"We use some partitions in In-Memory. We have a very large table and a low dose. It is very expensive in data to load all of them into In-Memory. It takes up more memory slots in the server, as well as a lot of RAM. We use last partitions on the table. We always need to create a script and make a schedule that can load a last partition in In-Memory. Oracle doesn't have features to do this automatically. I would like them to allow us to load last partitions, as well as other table partitions, in In-Memory. I think a good feature would do that automatically, letting you see a table, load a large partition, and monitor loading memory. It's quite a good feature."

"The pricing could be improved. It would ideal if it was more reasonable."

"Lacks sufficient integration with other tools."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is good but can be made cheaper. I would rate the pricing a five out of ten."

"The solution's pricing is not cheap. However, the good thing is that customers are willing to pay for it if they want it."

"The product's price depends on the user's company and the contract model they enter into with CockroachDB. Depending on the contract model one enters into with CockroachDB, the product may or may not be expensive."

"I've used CockroachDB at a small scale on the free accounts because we are only testing."

"The platform is affordable even for the enterprise version. It provides value for investment in terms of performance."

"The product is expensive."

"The solution's pricing is high."

"Database In-Memory is priced a bit higher than its competitors like Microsoft."

"The pricing is pretty good so I rate it an eight out of ten."

"There is a need to make a yearly payment towards the licensing costs, after which there is any to pay towards the support cost attached to the solution."

"It's quite costly and it comes with a fixed price."

"I rate the pricing a zero out of ten because Database In-Memory is too costly."

"The platform's licensing cost needs improvement."

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Financial Services Firm

38%

Computer Software Company

14%

Retailer

University

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

11%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about CockroachDB?

The subset of SQL that my client is using is completely supported.

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What needs improvement with CockroachDB?

I would like CockroachDB to have more compatibility with PostgreSQL, especially with the connection string and technical integrations.

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What is your primary use case for CockroachDB?

I am studying how to deploy CockroachDB and YugaByteDB, and learning some basic information about them. I am testing these databases as part of my school application to find a suitable database for...

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What do you like most about Oracle Database In-Memory?

We can integrate it with any data sources as well.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Database In-Memory?

Oracle Database In-Memory is very expensive. Additionally, there are extra costs for some features.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Database In-Memory?

The dashboard requires some refreshment or configuration improvements. Also, the pricing could be addressed.

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Overview

CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database built on a transactional and strongly-consistent key-value store. It scales horizontally; survives disk, machine, rack, and even datacenter failures with minimal latency disruption and no manual intervention; supports strongly-consistent ACID transactions; and provides a familiar SQL API for structuring, manipulating, and querying data.

CockroachDB is inspired by Google’s Spanner and F1 technologies, and it’s completely open source.

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Oracle Database In-Memory transparently accelerates analytics by orders of magnitude while simultaneously speeding up mixed-workload OLTP. With Oracle Database In-Memory, users get immediate answers to business questions that previously took hours.

Oracle Database In-Memory delivers leading-edge in-memory performance without the need to restrict functionality, or accept compromises, complexity and risk. Deploying Oracle Database In-Memory with any existing Oracle Database compatible application is as easy as flipping a switch - no application changes are required. Oracle Database In-Memory is fully integrated with the Oracle Database’s renowned scale-up, scale-out, storage tiering, availability, and security technologies making it the most industrialstrength offering on the market.

The ability to easily perform real-time data analysis together with real-time transaction processing on all existing applications enables organizations to transform into Real-Time Enterprises that quickly make data-driven decisions, respond instantly to customer demands, and continuously optimize all key processes.

For more information on Oracle Database In-Memory, visit Oracle.com

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