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CockroachDB vs. Oracle Database
May 2024
Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between CockroachDB and Oracle Database 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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Q&A Highlights
Question: Which product would you choose: CockroachDB or Oracle Database?
Answer: Some prefer CockroachDB over Oracle Database for the following reasons: CockroachDB is a cloud-native database that offers several advantages, such as reliability, scalability, and ease of management. Some choose CockroachDB because it is open source, making it free to use and modify. They find CockroachDB consistent, meaning that all reads return the most recent version of the data, even if it is being written simultaneously. This is important for many applications, such as financial and transactional systems. Pros and cons of CockroachDB Pros: Cloud-native Open source Strongly consistent Horizontally scalable Geographically distributed Tolerant of network partitions Cons: May not be as mature as Oracle Database May not have all of the features of Oracle Database Could be complex to set up and manage for large and complex database environments Pros and cons of Oracle Database Pros: Mature and well-established Has comprehensive features Offers good support for on-premises and cloud deployments Cons: Not cloud-native Not open source May not be strongly consistent as a product May not be as horizontally scalable as CockroachDB May not be as tolerant of network partitions as CockroachDB Both CockroachDB and Oracle Database support Active-Active setups, but here are some critical differences in the Active-Active implementations of CockroachDB and Oracle Database: It is reported that CockroachDB uses a Raft consensus algorithm to ensure that all replicas of the data are consistent, helping make CockroachDB very tolerant of network partitions and other failures. It is reported that Oracle Database uses various technologies to implement Active-Active, including Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Oracle Data Guard. Hence, users find that Oracle RAC provides a highly scalable and available solution for database clusters. On the other hand, Oracle Data Guard provides a solution for Disaster Recovery and Data Protection.
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Antonio Tringali
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... Read more →
Omar_Ismail
A stable and scalable solution with high performance
We have an e-correspondence solution leveraging both Microsoft SQL and Oracle databases. This solution utilizes Java on top of IBM cloud technology... Read more →
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Pros
"CockroachDB is highly reliable.""The product has valuable security features.""The tool's most valuable feature is node syncing, which takes only 0.54 milliseconds.""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.""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 initial setup and deployment are simple."

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"In general, the product is strong enough and offers high performance.""The thing two things that I like most about Oracle Database are its scalability and performance.""The most valuable features of Oracle Database are the Data Guard because it does replication and the integration layer, such as GoldenGate.""It is user-friendly. Its performance and security are also very good. There are 300 million records for our one-year data, and we can easily query this data. You can use Oracle Database as a source for easily integrating with different databases and applications. It supports Java platforms and other applications very well. It works with SAP products better than Microsoft SQL Server.""The support is always very helpful and responsive.""It's very stable and highly available. I also like the row-level locking feature. It can manage billions of rows of data.""It is one of the most reliable database systems.""Oracle Database is the best based on stability and high performance."

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Cons
"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.""Cockroach does not support all types of protocols. I need to improve it myself to support a CouchDB on my network.""CockroachDB needs to improve store processes.""The initial setup and pricing could be improved.""I find the serverless offer a bit confusing.""The product must improve its disaster recovery features.""The platform could be more extensible.""We are looking for more features to support distributed high availability and geo-partitioning."

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"The pricing is the one sticking point for the solution because it is very expensive.""The price could be better. Oracle Database could also be easier to scale.""Frankly speaking, Oracle Database is very expensive.""Security is an area that needs to be improved.""I can only remember that setting up Oracle Database was a pain because it uses Java.""If Oracle Database could have more build-in features from some of their other products it would be good.""The pricing needs to be improved.""The setup for Enterprise Manager Grid Control can be a bit easier."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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 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."

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  • "Be prepared to pay for consulting services, and do not underestimate the time required to find and hire good quality database administrators."
  • "​The license cost need to be optimized. The licensing cost is very high compared to other RDBMS."
  • "The main issue where I feel that Oracle still has a problem is with the licensing. Licensing is still expensive and the reason why today most startups use other, cheaper databases. Those other databases are much less sophisticated than Oracle."
  • "The price is very expensive for the support."
  • "It is an excellent product, as long as the organization can afford the price tag."
  • "Our licensing costs are between $40,000 and $50,000 per year. Those are the costs that cover maintenance and licensing."
  • "The pricing is something that Oracle should work on to make the product more affordable, especially to businesses in third-world countries."
  • "It is very expensive. We pay in dollars, so the inflation and conversion cost is also there for us. They charge on a yearly basis for the license."

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    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about CockroachDB?
    Top Answer:The subset of SQL that my client is using is completely supported.
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    What needs improvement with CockroachDB?
    Top Answer:I find the serverless offer a bit confusing. The price is a function of the maximum database size. A single SELECT can use a number of request units, for example. If the throughput is high enough, you… more »
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    What is your primary use case for CockroachDB?
    Top Answer:Cockroach nodes were installed in the following: 1. Single host, triple nodes (containers): for evaluation on a low-end PC. 2. Single host, triple nodes (process): to test applications against a… more »
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    How do you run Oracle Database at your organization and why?
    Top Answer:My company has been using Oracle Exadata Database Service for some years now, and we are happy with it. I will allow myself to answer your questions about why and what benefits it provides us with one… more »
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    Do you know of any disadvantages of Oracle Database?
    Top Answer:Undoubtedly, Oracle Database is a top product in its category. But it does have its disadvantages, and for me and my organization, that has been the limitations of the product. When it comes to Oracle… more »
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    What is the best use for Oracle Database?
    Top Answer:Oracle Database is flexible and can be used for many things. My company's main use case for this product is for storing data. We benefit from its high level of security as well as from the fact that… more »
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    Ranking
    9th
    out of 37 in Relational Databases Tools
    Views
    4,096
    Comparisons
    2,720
    Reviews
    8
    Average Words per Review
    416
    Rating
    8.5
    2nd
    out of 37 in Relational Databases Tools
    Views
    24,911
    Comparisons
    17,360
    Reviews
    19
    Average Words per Review
    367
    Rating
    8.3
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    Compared 11% of the time.
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    Compared 4% of the time.
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    Also Known As
    Oracle 12c, RDBMS
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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 Database is a top-ranking multi-model database management system by Oracle Corporation. Through Oracle database services and products, clients receive cost-optimized and high-performing versions of Oracle Database, as well as in-memory, NoSQL, and MySQL databases. The solution is available by several service providers on premises, in the cloud, or as a hybrid installation. It can be run on vendor servers as well as on Oracle hardware, including Exadata on-premise, Oracle Cloud, or Cloud at Customer.

    Users can select from various types of Oracle Database solutions, depending on what they aim to do with this product. Based on their specific needs, they can choose among options that include:

    • Autonomously managed Oracle databases: This type of database eliminates the complexity of operating and securing Oracle Database, while simultaneously ensuring high levels of performance, scalability, and availability for users.

    • Oracle Database on Exadata: Users who seek particularly fast platforms can select this type of running solution. Exadata is a computing platform that is optimized for running Oracle Databases and it serves as the fastest platform for Oracle Database.

    • Oracle Database on-premises deployment: The product allows for deployment on-premises for clients who have data residency and network latency concerns. This option also offers customers the benefit of updated Oracle Cloud technology, including Exadata and Autonomous Database.

    • Oracle Database in the cloud: Organizations can use a specific version of this tool in the cloud, benefiting from complete control over the versions they run and when these versions change.

    Part of this product is a fully automated database service called Oracle Autonomous Database, which facilitates the development and deployment of application workloads for organizations. It is built on Oracle Database as well as on Oracle Exadata. This service supports various data types and simplifies application development and deployment from modeling and coding to extract, transform, load process (ETL), data analysis, and database optimization. The service achieves high results in:

    • Performance
    • Availability
    • Security for online transaction processing (OLTP)
    • Analytics
    • Batch
    • Internet of Things (IoT) workloads

    Oracle Database Features

    Oracle Database has various features which users can utilize in their work with the solution. Among these features are the following:

    • Backup and recovery: Oracle Database ensures the integrity of users' data in system failure situations. This feature utilizes a tool named Recovery Manager (RMAN), which allows administrators to perform cold, hot, and incremental database backups, as well as point-in-time recoveries.

    • Clustering: This feature enables high availability of systems in order to run without interruption of services on occasions when one or more servers in a cluster fail. Included is a tool called Oracle Real Application Clusters.

    • Data dictionary: Through this set of internal tables and views, Oracle Database can be administered more efficiently.

    • Logical data structure: Through its feature for logical data structure, Oracle Database stores data in a way that allows users to interact with the database without knowing where the physical storage of the data is located.

    • Memory catching: Through the memory caching architecture feature, users can scale up very large databases and still perform at a considerably high speed.

    • Partitioning: This feature allows users to divide large tables into different pieces and store the pieces across storage devices.

    Oracle Database Benefits

    Oracle Database offers its users various benefits. Some of these include:

    • The solution decreases costs for organizations and provides a high return on investment (ROI) through the multiple services and features it offers.

    • Oracle Database has high-security protection which includes encryption, key management, data masking, and activity monitoring, that secures organizations' data within the tool.

    • The tool offers users the ability to use a single database for all data types, simplifying the process for them.

    • Oracle Database can be deployed in multiple places, including data centers and public and private clouds, which allows great flexibility for users.

    • The product allows applications from different platforms to communicate with the database through its networking stack.

    • Oracle Database is ACID-compliant, which helps maintain data reliability and integrity.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Paul S., president at Advance Consulting Enterprise, likes Oracle Database because it gets the job done, doesn't fail, and suitable for massively scalable applications.

    An Oracle DBA at a computer software company describes Oracle Database as reliable with good performance and very good stability.

    Sample Customers
    Baidu, Kindred, Tierion, Heroic Labs, Gorgias
    Agncia Nacional de guas, Anbima, Aria Systems, Asiana Airlines, Astelit LLC, Australian Finance Group, Banco Occidental de Descuento, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, BT, Caja de Seguros S.A., Casas GEO S.A.B. de C.V., Comic Relief UK, Corsair Components Inc., CSAM Health AS, CSOB Group, Datacraft Solutions, DenizBank A.S., Department of Treasury and Finance WA, Office of State Revenue, Deutsche B_rse AG, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Deutsche Messe AG, Digicel Haiti, DPR COSEA, Essar Group, Essatto Software Pty Ltd, Farmšcia e Drogaria Nissei Ltda., Fomento Econ‹mico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. (FEMSA), FundaÊo Petrobras de Seguridade Social, Future Group, GFKL Financial Services AG, Grupo Posadas S.A.B. de C.V., Grupo Sinosserra, Guerra S.A. Implementos Rodovišrios, Hanatour International Service, Hays plc, Henan Mobile Co. Ltd, Hochschule Hof, Hong Kong and China Technology (Wuhan) Co. Ltd (Towngas Technology), Industries Corpa_al C.A., Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatstica, Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial, Kcell, LinkShare Corporation, MercadoLibre Inc., MetLife Inc., Nextgen Distribution, €BB-IKT GmbH, Octagon Research Solutions, Pacific Lutheran University, Paragon Data GmbH, Ping ltd., PJSC Trustbank, Prodaub _ Processamento de Dados de Uberl_ndia, Purdue University, Redknee Inc., Robi Axiata Limited, Shanghai Infoservice Technology Co. Ltd, Shanghai Sihua Technologies Co. Ltd, Sistema de Aguas de la Ciudad de M_xico, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Suddenlink Communications, Suprajit Engineering Limited, Tallink Grupp, Terminales Ro de la Plata S.A., Therap Services LLC, Think Passenger Inc., Trafigura, Transmed S.A.L Lebanon, ValeShop, VelQuest Corporation, Vodafone Group plc, West Virginia Network, WIND Hellas Telecommunications S.A
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm39%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Retailer5%
    Manufacturing Company4%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government8%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business60%
    Large Enterprise40%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise72%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise54%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise71%
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    CockroachDB is ranked 9th in Relational Databases Tools with 10 reviews while Oracle Database is ranked 2nd in Relational Databases Tools with 282 reviews. CockroachDB is rated 8.0, while Oracle Database is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of CockroachDB writes "Open source with extensive documentation and a University for training". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Database writes "Supports a large volume of transactions compared to other databases". CockroachDB is most compared with MySQL, Citus Data, Amazon Aurora, SQL Server and MariaDB, whereas Oracle Database is most compared with SAP HANA, SQL Server, MariaDB, IBM Db2 Database and IBM Informix. See our CockroachDB vs. Oracle Database report.

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