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Best CockroachDB alternatives (2026)
6 alternatives to CockroachDB in managed postgres, ranked by entry price. CockroachDB starts at $0/mo. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Free alternatives: Aiven, Neon, Render, Supabase.
- Closest by price: Aiven ($0/mo), Neon ($0/mo), Render ($0/mo).
CockroachDB alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aiven STALE · 2026-06-14 | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | Enterprises needing multi-cloud Postgres with strong compliance (HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2) | aiven.io |
| 2 | Neon | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | Serverless and edge workloads needing scale-to-zero Postgres | neon.com |
| 3 | Render STALE · 2026-06-14 | $0/mo | No | Yes | Full-stack teams wanting app hosting and Postgres on a single unified platform | render.com |
| 4 | Supabase | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | Full-stack web apps wanting Postgres + auth + storage in one platform | supabase.com |
| 5 | PlanetScale | $5/mo | No | Yes | High-IOPS production workloads needing bare-metal NVMe Postgres | planetscale.com |
| 6 | Railway | $5/mo | No | Yes | Developers wanting Postgres + app infra in a single platform with unified billing | railway.com |
Data current through 2026-09-02. STALE marks a row with at least one plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. 2 of 6 rows above are marked. Compare any two directly on the Managed Postgres index.