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Best Alternatives to CockroachDB

4 other Managed Databases tools in the CloudTweaks Index, listed alphabetically with the same fact-backed profile. No paid placement, no computed score here — just the category's full roster.

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CockroachDB

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Amazon RDS

aws.amazon.com/rds

Amazon RDS is AWS's managed relational database service, handling provisioning, patching, backups, and scaling so teams can run relational databases without operating the servers.

$ Budgetusage-based pricing
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Free tier, Free plan availableMaturity, operating 17 years
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Google Cloud SQL

cloud.google.com/sql

Google Cloud SQL is Google Cloud's managed relational database service, automating provisioning, patching, backups, and replication for teams running databases on GCP.

$ Budgetusage-based pricing
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Maturity, operating 15 yearsCompliance, 5 certifications
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Neon

neon.tech

Neon is a serverless PostgreSQL platform that separates storage from compute and adds database branching and scale-to-zero, so idle databases consume no compute.

$ Budgetusage-based pricing
Strengths
Serverless, IncludedFree tier, Free plan availableOpenness, Open-source
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PlanetScale

planetscale.com

PlanetScale is a managed, MySQL-compatible database platform built on Vitess, the horizontal-scaling technology originally developed at YouTube.

$$$ Premiumfrom $39/mo · Last reviewed May 2026
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Serverless, IncludedMaturity, operating 8 years
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