Picked from the top10.dev Databases rankings. Each option includes why a developer would choose it over CockroachDB.
The world's most advanced open source relational database. Battle-tested, extensible, and loved by developers worldwide.
Serverless Postgres that scales to zero. Branching for dev/preview environments. The future of Postgres hosting.
The open source Firebase alternative. Postgres under the hood with auth, storage, and realtime built in.
MySQL-compatible serverless database with non-blocking schema changes. Built on Vitess.
The original document database. Flexible schema, horizontal scaling, and a massive ecosystem.
In-memory data store used for caching, sessions, queues, and real-time features. Incredibly fast.
The most deployed database in the world. Zero-config, serverless, single-file. Perfect for edge and embedded.
AWS's fully managed NoSQL database. Infinite scale, single-digit millisecond performance at any scale.
SQLite for production. Edge-replicated, embedded database powered by libSQL. Incredibly low latency.