Evolving our self-hosted offering and license model
What you need to know about the changes that happened to CockroachDB Enterprise this past November.
As CockroachDB enters its 10th year, we have updated our licensing model to better serve our diverse community of users — from individual developers to the global enterprises that entrust their most mission-critical workloads to our database every day. On November 18, 2024, we have eliminated our Core offering and consolidated on a single, robust CockroachDB Enterprise license. This change created a simplified, seamless, and comprehensive experience for everyone, by allowing us to:
Provide all customers with the full breadth of CockroachDB’s enterprise capabilities
Allow businesses that are still building towards scale to use CockroachDB for free
Keep our code source available to foster innovation across the ecosystem
Encourage a fair exchange of value to continue the rapid evolution of CockroachDB
This change reflects our dedication to fostering innovation, supporting growth, and delivering unparalleled resilience and performance in your data architecture. You can learn more about the broader context for and thinking that inspired these changes by reading this blog post by our CEO, Spencer Kimball.
Simplifying our license structure
CockroachDB Enterprise
CockroachDB Enterprise Free
Enabling enterprise features for all users
When Core was retired in November '24, users gained access to the decidedly more capable CockroachDB Enteprise Free Tier — enhanced with a wealth of robust features previously unavailable to users of our free offering.
Cluster Optimization
Experience enhanced performance with follower reads and row-level data control
Disaster Recovery, Backup, and Streaming
Benefit from enterprise-grade backup, restore, and replication capabilities
Security and IAM
Ensure your data is secure with encryption at rest, SSO, role-based SQL audit logging, and more
Staying free for those that need it
Even by conservative estimates, the vast majority of the world’s businesses will meet the eligibility requirements for the Enterprise Free Tier license. This means that with the enablement of new enterprise features (detailed above), CockroachDB now offers even more capabilities and resources for individual users and startups to learn, experiment, and scale—all still at no cost.
Making your transition smooth
We’re committed to supporting our customers at every turn. Reach out to our team today to start the conversation about how CockroachDB Enterprise can transform your data strategy toward a more resilient future.