Built for teams who build fast-growing, globally distributed applications
Distributed SQL for seamless growth
CockroachDB scales horizontally across nodes and regions without sharding or downtime. Add capacity as needed, not with a rewrite.
Always-on availability
CockroachDB tolerates machine failures, network issues, and regional outages without impact to your application. Your system stays up by default.
Live schema changes
Adapt your data model on the fly. With CockroachDB, table and index changes are applied in real time without locking your database.
Effortless regional expansion
Deploy new regions in minutes. CockroachDB distributes data intelligently, giving users low-latency access anywhere in the world.
PostgreSQL compatibility
Use the SQL your team already knows. No learning curve. No rewriting. Just real scale behind a familiar interface.
Global scale without operational sprawl
CockroachDB eliminates the need for brittle scripts, custom routers, or service-by-service data logic. You get infrastructure that handles itself.
Most databases weren’t built to survive global scale.
Most databases break when real scale hits—latency rises, downtime creeps in, and global expansion turns into a patchwork of systems. The database becomes the bottleneck.
CockroachDB was built for scale. As a distributed SQL database, it delivers consistency and resilience across regions, clouds, and services—no rewrites, no performance tradeoffs. Whether you're reaching your first million users or entering new markets, CockroachDB lets you scale without slowing down.
From first query to global scale—with CockroachDB.
The best engineering teams don’t wait for their infrastructure to catch up. They build on systems that scale effortlessly, stay online, and adapt fast.
CockroachDB delivers what legacy systems can’t: global scale, high availability, and developer agility—all with full PostgreSQL compatibility. No re-architecting. No downtime. No learning curve.
When the next wave of growth hits, your team won’t pause to rebuild. They’ll be ready to move forward.
Learn how Booking.com simplifies operations and scales globally with CockroachDB.
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Curious how CockroachDB can keep your business critical applications up and running without interruption? Watch a demo now or get started for free within minutes! Receive $400 in free credits to start—no credit card required