Distributed SQL has become the go-to choice for modern applications, offering the scalability, resilience, and performance needed in today’s global landscape while also delivering the critical transactional consistency required by operational databases.
In this comparison, we look at CockroachDB alongside SingleStore, an HTAP database that combines OLTP + OLAP and as a result introduces tradeoffs in consistency, isolation, and operational control — particularly under high-concurrency, latency-sensitive transactional workloads.
Why CockroachDB over SingleStore
Transactions
CockroachDB was architected for complex, high performant distributed transactions with serializable isolation as the default.
Geo Partitioning
Supports geo-partitioning with zone configurations for data locality, compliance, and low latency.
Multi-Region
Synchronous replication across regions, cloud providers, on-premises, or hybrid with Raft consensus for fault tolerance and strong consistency.
Modern challenges for digital retail.
Modern challenges for digital retail.
Deliver flawless customer experiences built on accurate, always available user data.
Payments systems
When it comes to capturing payments at scale, data consistency and high availability are priceless.
Inventory management
Sell to zero (but not beyond) with always-accurate stock counts, even when shoppers have a change of cart.
