CockroachDB vs Oracle Multitenant 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 #13 with an average rating of 9.0. Cockroach holds a 3.1% mindshare in SQL, compared to Oracle’s 0.6% 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 Multitenant 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 Multitenant

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

13th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of CockroachDB is 3.1%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Multitenant is 0.6%, down from 0.6% 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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Yossi Belitasky

BI manager at Clarivate Analytics

It's reliable and easy to use

We have multiple customers on Oracle Multitenant, and each one needs to see their own data. Oracle Multitenant has a filter for private databases. I have used Oracle Multitenant for 10 years. Oracle Multitenant is stable and performs well. I rate Oracle Multitenant nine out of 10 for…

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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

"CockroachDB is highly reliable."

"The initial setup and deployment are simple."

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

"The best feature of CockroachDB is the ability to keep the nodes in different locations."

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

"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 product has valuable security features."

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

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"I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. Our clients are mostly medium and enterprise businesses."

"The most valuable features are the speed and ease of use."

"You can scale the solution as needed."

"The database becomes pluggable. Inside this container is called a pluggable database and each application contains this pluggable database inside Multitenant. We can then share resources like control files, memory, etc. This lets you stop and start each application without impacting the others. This resource sharing is the most valuable feature"

"Maintaining databases is a valuable feature for us."

"The best thing about Oracle Multitenant is its ability to consolidate multiple databases into one engine."

"It is quite stable. We have not faced any kind of instability in the database."

"Multitenant has a container database with many pluggable databases."

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Cons

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

"I find the serverless offer a bit confusing."

"The platform could be more extensible."

"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."

"The product must improve its disaster recovery features."

"The initial setup and pricing could be improved."

"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."

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

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"From the scope of improvement, I would say that people are adopting new query options. Certain databases like MongoDB adopt new query options so that they can just pull the data."

"There is room for improvement in customer service and support."

"The solution lacks a GUI for commands."

"That said, Oracle in general doesn't invest in their UI for any of their applications. If we're talking about the dashboard or other user experience, there is room for improvement. I'm talking about on premises. The cloud version has started to improve."

"It would be beneficial to include this solution with Oracle Enterprise, but Oracle charges additional fees for it."

"It can be complicated to scale up the solution, but it's scalable."

"While the product is overall excellent, it is quite expensive."

"This solution is a bit complicated when collecting from containers - that feature should be a bit better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"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 price is worth the quality."

"For me, I will go with it if I have the budget. Some features are nicer than before, but at the end of the day, you always have a limited budget. I prefer to upgrade and get a specific hardware when possible. At the end, you will have to make a compromise. You will not get everything you would have liked to have."

"This solution is a little bit pricey."

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By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

40%

Computer Software Company

14%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

21%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Hospitality Company

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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 Multitenant?

The best thing about Oracle Multitenant is its ability to consolidate multiple databases into one engine.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Multitenant?

The pricing of Oracle Multitenant is a six or seven compared to other database providers. There are no extra expenses beyond the standard licensing fee, except for specific features like Active Dat...

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What needs improvement with Oracle Multitenant?

I have not encountered challenges that require feedback for changes. Oracle Multitenant is quite stable and reliable. The only issue is that shared files for the main container affect all container...

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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.

Oracle Multitenant - an Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition option – introduces a new architecture that enables customers to easily consolidate multiple databases, without changing their applications. This new architecture delivers all the benefits of managing many databases as one, yet retains the isolation and resource prioritization of separate databases. In addition, Oracle Multitenant enables rapid provisioning and upgrades, and fully complements other options including Oracle Real Application Clusters and Active Data Guard.

For more information on Oracle Multitenant, visit Oracle.com

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