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CockroachDB vs SingleStore comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.7
CockroachDB's serverless model provides cost-effective, versatile cloud solutions, offering significant savings and operational advantages over separate environments.
Sentiment score
7.6
SingleStore offers a unified database that enhances performance, saves time, and simplifies scalability for transactional and analytical needs.
The efficiency has increased significantly, and our workflows are consolidated into a single platform, thus reducing the operational overhead we previously faced.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have seen a return on investment in terms of time saved.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
The objective was to scale as data loads with high-performing query model responses.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.0
CockroachDB customer service is mixed; technical support quality varies, with users praising the AI chatbot, but responsiveness needs improvement.
Sentiment score
7.7
SingleStore offers efficient, 24/7 customer support with responsive ticketing, comprehensive onboarding assistance, and a helpful forum for queries.
The issue was resolved efficiently.
Manager, Software Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Their team is capable of resolving issues efficiently, allowing users to create tickets and receive support.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
The customer support is very proactive and responsive twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
I have heard that the support team is responsive and very helpful in addressing and troubleshooting issues.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
CockroachDB excels in scalability and resource management, praised for seamless scaling from small to large, supporting diverse needs efficiently.
Sentiment score
7.5
SingleStore efficiently scales by seamlessly adding servers with automatic repartitioning for expanding capacity without performance issues.
As our data volumes grow, we can expand resources without significant performance degradation.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
SingleStore's scalability is high and it can be used by any size of organization and can handle any needs of any organization.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.6
CockroachDB is stable overall, highly rated for reliability but faces challenges with protocol issues and large, complex workloads.
Sentiment score
8.2
SingleStore is praised for stability and performance in transaction systems, effectively handling large workloads with minimal downtime.
It handles large workloads and maintains consistent performance very well overall.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have not seen any downtime.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
 

Room For Improvement

CockroachDB requires improvements in documentation, compatibility, UI features, disaster recovery, latency optimization, integration, and cost efficiency for global deployment.
SingleStore faces challenges in data management, SQL limitations, documentation, integration, and performance, impacting user experience and efficiency.
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.
Manager, Software Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Better documentation for advanced use cases, especially where data volumes are very high and queries are frequent, would help us manage the feature more efficiently.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Error handling needs attention. When it fails due to memory, it only indicates that but not exactly in which process it failed.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
The data which is sent to DataDog sometimes does not match with the SingleStore dashboard.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find CockroachDB affordable and reliable, with flexible pricing options appealing despite some perceiving high costs.
SingleStore provides scalable pricing for cloud and on-premises, offering affordable options for both startups and large organizations.
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it can be a bit expensive for startups.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
 

Valuable Features

CockroachDB provides easy setup, fault tolerance, scalability, and security, while supporting PostgreSQL compatibility for optimal performance across regions.
SingleStore offers fast, scalable solutions with efficient SQL operations, real-time analytics, user-friendly UI, and robust data protection.
It automatically distributes data and workload without manual sharding.
Manager, Software Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
SingleStore has impacted my organization positively by enabling us to run low-latency analytics and model-driven use cases at scale, which is quite difficult for OLAP and OLTP databases alone.
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
With SingleStore, we scaled without major performance issues, and reports, dashboards, and data segments that previously took much longer to generate are now produced in real-time.
SDE III at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
SingleStore has impacted my organization positively because the output and performance of the app have been improved.
Devops Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

CockroachDB
Ranking in Vector Databases
17th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (17th), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (10th)
SingleStore
Ranking in Vector Databases
16th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Vector Databases category, the mindshare of CockroachDB is 1.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SingleStore is 3.2%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Vector Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SingleStore3.2%
CockroachDB1.8%
Other95.0%
Vector Databases
 

Featured Reviews

SC
Manager, Software Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Provides developer-friendly environment with robust security and cost-efficiency
The platform should provide a UI feature where users have the ability to manage it. The CockroachDB platform should have a chatbot where users can inquire about pricing or seek solutions for queries, rather than relying on email support. The current UI only provides SQL playground, which is technical. There should be a UI playground where users with limited technical knowledge can run and update queries, similar to phpMyAdmin or Adminer. Latency optimization could be improved for globally distributed applications, particularly in query routing. 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. The disadvantages include cost-efficiency with multi-region deployment and schema migration speed, which should be faster compared to other drivers. The query optimizer should handle complex queries better through the UI interface.
Kelvin  Ben - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
Real-time analytics has transformed daily decisions and delivers fast dashboards from streaming data
The best features SingleStore offers include fast data recovery and data compression by 80 percent. Having the information in sheets helps me to process the information quickly. Simplicity in T-SQL is another aspect I appreciate. Data recovery and sheet-based processing help my team on a day-to-day basis by enabling us to handle information efficiently. I would like to add that the data compression by 80 percent helps us in an excellent way since we are very fast in obtaining the data for our dashboards and the compression of the information is great. SingleStore has impacted my organization positively by enabling us to run low-latency analytics and model-driven use cases at scale, which is quite difficult for OLAP and OLTP databases alone. It has been very helpful because our internal clients are happy to have the data and make data-driven decisions easily. Making decisions based on data within a two-hour delay to the transactional database is excellent since we went from twenty-four hours to two hours. I think the best contribution is decision-making with data that is close to reality. Reducing that delay from twenty-four hours to two hours has significantly affected my team and business outcomes by increasing productivity. We have been able to serve all our customers, and they are very happy. We can deliver to them on time.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Educational Organization
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
University
7%
Financial Services Firm
30%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with CockroachDB?
The platform should provide a UI feature where users have the ability to manage it. The CockroachDB platform should have a chatbot where users can inquire about pricing or seek solutions for querie...
What is your primary use case for CockroachDB?
We have been using CockroachDB for the last two years. From 2023, we started working on a product similar to Google Capture. We decided to work with CockroachDB with Hasura. Hasura is a UI for the ...
What advice do you have for others considering CockroachDB?
The tech support deserves a rating of nine out of ten. My overall rating for CockroachDB is 8 out of 10.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SingleStore DB?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it can be a bit expensive for startups, but for my organization, the cost is affordable and cost-effective.
What needs improvement with SingleStore DB?
I have noticed that SingleStore can be improved because the integration of SingleStore with DataDog is not good. The data which is sent to DataDog sometimes does not match with the SingleStore dash...
What is your primary use case for SingleStore DB?
My main use case for SingleStore is for our data retention and load management. We have infrastructure wherein the user's data are used for quick search, which means the searching functionality in ...
 

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