CockroachDB Pricing(2026)
3 plans compared · From Free · ★ 4.4/5
All Plans & Pricing
Free
Best for: Serverless up to $1/month usage
- ✓ 10 GiB storage
- ✓ Shared cluster
- ✓ PostgreSQL compatible
Standard
Best for: Dedicated clusters from ~$6k/year
- ✓ $0.20/hr
- ✓ Dedicated cluster
- ✓ Multi-region support
Enterprise
Best for: Custom pricing for large-scale multi-region deployments
- ✓ Custom deployment
- ✓ SLA
- ✓ HIPAA/FedRAMP
Pricing Analysis
Overview
CockroachDB Serverless is free up to $1/month spend (5GB storage, 250M Request Units/month). Dedicated clusters start at ~$6k/year. Enterprise is custom. The serverless free tier is real - good for dev and low-traffic apps. Production typically means dedicated.
Which Plan Is Right for You?
Serverless up to $1/month usage. Excellent for development and testing. Real CockroachDB, not a sandbox - you can build and ship with it for low-traffic apps.
Dedicated clusters from ~$6k/year. Required when you need guaranteed performance and multi-region replication. Expensive vs. single-region PostgreSQL - justify with actual latency requirements.
Custom pricing for large-scale multi-region deployments. HIPAA, FedRAMP, and private deployment options. Only justified when global compliance and multi-region failover are hard requirements.
vs. Category Average
Free tier vs. $427/mo average
Our Verdict
Best for global distributed SQL workloads where PostgreSQL on one region isn't enough. More expensive than single-region PostgreSQL but solves problems that PostgreSQL can't. Niche but the right tool for multi-region ACID transactions.
