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Reviews

**Citus Data** [

4.3/5(10)

](https://www.g2.com/products/citus-data/reviews#reviews)

**CockroachDB** [

4.3/5(29)

](https://www.g2.com/products/cockroachdb/reviews#reviews)

Pricing

**Citus Data**
No pricing available

**CockroachDB**
Free Trial

No pricing available

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**Citus Data**
Not enough reviews yet

**CockroachDB**
Not enough reviews yet

Return on Investment

**Citus Data**
Not enough reviews yet

**CockroachDB**
Not enough reviews yet

Perceived Cost

**Citus Data**
Not enough reviews yet

**CockroachDB**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Citus Data**
Not enough reviews yet

**CockroachDB**
Not enough reviews yet

Pros & Cons

**Citus Data**
Not enough data

**CockroachDB**
[
Database Management (4)
](https://www.g2.com/products/cockroachdb/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2048916&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Ease of Use (4)
](https://www.g2.com/products/cockroachdb/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2048915&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Learning Curve (4)
](https://www.g2.com/products/cockroachdb/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2048920&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Complexity (2)
](https://www.g2.com/products/cockroachdb/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2285793&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

Ratings

Meets Requirements

**Citus Data**

8.3

8.37

**CockroachDB**

8.7

8.723

Ease of Use

**Citus Data**

7.9

7.97

**CockroachDB**

8.9

8.924

Ease of Setup

**Citus Data**
Not enough data

**CockroachDB**

9.0

9.014

Ease of Admin

**Citus Data**
Not enough data

**CockroachDB**

9.1

9.19

Quality of Support

**Citus Data**

9.0

9.07

**CockroachDB**

9.0

9.021

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Citus Data**
Not enough data

**CockroachDB**

9.2

9.28

Product Direction (% positive)

**Citus Data**

7.7

7.75

**CockroachDB**

8.9

8.921

Features

Relational Databases[Hide 24 FeaturesShow 24 Features](javascript:void(0);)

8.3

5

8.2

15

Management 

Data Schema

7.7

5

8.1(won by 0.4)

9

Query Language

8.0

5

8.1(won by 0.1)

9

ACID - Complaint

8.7(tied score)

5

8.7(tied score)

10

Data Replication

8.0

5

8.8(won by 0.8)

7

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

Support 

Text Search

8.3(won by 1.6)

5

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

6.7

8

Data Types

8.0(won by 0.2)

5

7.8

10

Languages

8.3(won by 1.0)

5

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

7.3

10

Operating Systems

8.0

5

8.7(won by 0.7)

10

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

Security

Database Locking

8.3

5

8.5(won by 0.2)

8

Access Control

7.7

5

8.9(won by 1.2)

9

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

Encryption

8.3(won by 0.7)

5

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

7.6

7

Authentication

8.7(won by 0.4)

5

8.3

9

Performance 

Disaster Recovery

8.7(won by 0.2)

5

8.5

9

Data Concurrency

8.3(won by 0.4)

5

7.9

8

Workload Management

8.7(won by 0.6)

5

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.1

8

Advanced Indexing

8.0(won by 0.1)

5

7.9

7

Query Optimizer

8.7(won by 1.4)

5

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

7.3

8

Database Features

Storage

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

15

Availability

Not enough data

9.1(won by default)

15

Stability

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

15

Scalability

Not enough data

9.2(won by default)

13

Security

Not enough data

8.0(won by default)

14

Data Manipulation

Not enough data

8.1(won by default)

14

Query Language

Not enough data

8.5(won by default)

14

Database as a Service (DBaaS)[Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.3

10

Configuration

Application Performance

Not enough data

8.5(won by default)

10

Orchestration

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

10

Database Monitoring

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

10

Anomaly Detection

Not enough data

7.2(won by default)

10

Network Security

Not enough data

8.2(won by default)

10

Database Administration

Provisioning

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

9

Governance

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

8

Auditing

Not enough data

8.1(won by default)

8

Availability

Scalability

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

10

Backup

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

10

Archiving

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

8

Indexing

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

10

Security

Data Masking

Not enough data

6.7(won by default)

8

Authentication And Single Sign-On

Not enough data

8.1(won by default)

9

Data Anonymization

Not enough data

6.5(won by default)

8

Data Management

Data Replication

Not enough data

9.4(won by default)

9

Advanced Data Analytics

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

8

Show 2 feature categories with incomplete data

Database Management Systems (DBMS)[Hide 48 FeaturesShow 48 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Management

Data dictionary

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Replication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Query Language

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Modeling

Not enough data

Not enough data

Performance Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Synchronization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Storage Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Maintenance

Data Migration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Backup and Recovery

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multi-User Environment

Not enough data

Not enough data

Automatic Backup

Not enough data

Not enough data

Database Conversion

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security

Data Encryption

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Access Control

Not enough data

Not enough data

Mobile Access

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

Workflow Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Extraction

Not enough data

Not enough data

Relational Database Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

SSL Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Connectors

Not enough data

Not enough data

Search/Filter

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting & Statistics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customizable Templates

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Full Text Search

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Virtualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Import/Export

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Drag & Drop

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customizable Fields

Not enough data

Not enough data

Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Visualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Secure Data Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Mapping

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multiple Programming Languages Supported

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Capture and Transfer

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

NOSQL Database Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Calendar Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Document Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Charting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Vector Database[Hide 4 FeaturesShow 4 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Indexing

Semantic Search

Not enough data

Not enough data

Indexing Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Filters

Accurate Search

Not enough data

Not enough data

Single Stage Filtering - Vector Database

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Insights

Reviewers' Company Size

[![Citus Data](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_cad7201bc60e93cb633f53a9b7b12a55/citus-data.png "Citus Data")](https://www.g2.com/products/citus-data/reviews)

Citus Data

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

10.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

20.0%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

70.0%

[![CockroachDB](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/6c39a766181fb0346601c1841fe50d3c/cockroachdb.svg "CockroachDB")](https://www.g2.com/products/cockroachdb/reviews)

CockroachDB

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

55.6%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

37.0%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

7.4%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

10.0%

55.6%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

20.0%

37.0%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

70.0%

7.4%

Reviewers' Industry

[![Citus Data](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_cad7201bc60e93cb633f53a9b7b12a55/citus-data.png "Citus Data")](https://www.g2.com/products/citus-data/reviews)
Citus Data

Computer Software

50.0%

Information Technology and Services

30.0%

Hospital & Health Care

10.0%

Education Management

10.0%

‐

Other

0.0%

[![CockroachDB](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/6c39a766181fb0346601c1841fe50d3c/cockroachdb.svg "CockroachDB")](https://www.g2.com/products/cockroachdb/reviews)
CockroachDB

Computer Software

29.6%

Information Technology and Services

18.5%

Financial Services

14.8%

Telecommunications

3.7%

Retail

3.7%

Other

29.6%

Alternatives

**Citus Data Alternatives**

 ![Amazon Aurora](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1528476463/amazon-aurora.svg "Amazon Aurora")

[
Amazon Aurora
](/products/amazon-aurora/reviews)

 ![PostgreSQL](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_251be2af3ae607c45c14e816eaa1cf41/postgresql.png "PostgreSQL")

[
PostgreSQL
](/products/postgresql/reviews)

 ![Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1533130188/amazon-relational-database-service-rds.svg "Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)")

[
Amazon Relational Database...
](/products/amazon-relational-database-service-rds/reviews)

 ![Google Cloud SQL](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/a4f97d6f742e657968c8830b1a97c42e/google-cloud-sql.svg "Google Cloud SQL")

[
Cloud SQL
](/products/google-cloud-sql/reviews)

**CockroachDB Alternatives**

 ![MongoDB Atlas](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/d217eaad5fe841fcdd1136204e725516/mongodb-atlas%282%29.svg "MongoDB Atlas")

[
MongoDB Atlas
](/products/mongodb-atlas/reviews)

 ![YugabyteDB](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1bf0e1256304de61237bbb087f661791/yugabytedb.svg "YugabyteDB")

[
YugabyteDB
](/products/yugabytedb/reviews)

 ![Google Cloud SQL](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/a4f97d6f742e657968c8830b1a97c42e/google-cloud-sql.svg "Google Cloud SQL")

[
Cloud SQL
](/products/google-cloud-sql/reviews)

 ![SingleStore](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/21cd4e6d2e8b28ee9e4528b72372d57b/singlestore.svg "SingleStore")

[
SingleStore
](/products/singlestore/reviews)

## Citus Data vs CockroachDB

- Reviewers felt that CockroachDB meets the needs of their business better than Citus Data.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, Citus Data and CockroachDB provide similar levels of assistance.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of CockroachDB over Citus Data.