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# CockroachDB vs Fauna Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Reviews

**CockroachDB** [

4.3/5(29)

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

**Fauna** [

4.4/5(25)

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

Pricing

**CockroachDB**
Free Trial

No pricing available

**Fauna**
Free Trial

**0** · Generous Daily Free Tier!

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**CockroachDB**
Not enough reviews yet

**Fauna**
Not enough reviews yet

Return on Investment

**CockroachDB**
Not enough reviews yet

**Fauna**
Not enough reviews yet

Perceived Cost

**CockroachDB**
$$$$$

**Fauna**
Not enough reviews yet

Average Discount

**CockroachDB**
Not enough reviews yet

**Fauna**
Not enough reviews yet

Pros & Cons

**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)

**Fauna**
[
Scalability (6)
](https://www.g2.com/products/fauna-fauna/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1139441&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Ease of Use (5)
](https://www.g2.com/products/fauna-fauna/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1140233&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Difficult Learning (3)
](https://www.g2.com/products/fauna-fauna/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1139285&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Poor Documentation (2)
](https://www.g2.com/products/fauna-fauna/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1140185&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

Screenshots

**CockroachDB**
No screenshot available

**Fauna**
 ![Fauna screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/116552/heroFauna-_1_.png)

Ratings

Meets Requirements

**CockroachDB**

8.7

8.723

**Fauna**

8.1

8.115

Ease of Use

**CockroachDB**

8.9

8.924

**Fauna**

7.6

7.617

Ease of Setup

**CockroachDB**

9.0

9.014

**Fauna**

8.2

8.211

Ease of Admin

**CockroachDB**

9.1

9.19

**Fauna**

8.6

8.66

Quality of Support

**CockroachDB**

9.0

9.021

**Fauna**

8.9

8.912

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**CockroachDB**

9.2

9.28

**Fauna**

9.0

9.05

Product Direction (% positive)

**CockroachDB**

8.9

8.921

**Fauna**

9.1

9.113

Features

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

8.2

15

8.9

8

Management 

Data Schema

8.1

9

8.6(won by 0.5)

6

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

Query Language

8.1

9

9.4(won by 1.3)

6

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

ACID - Complaint

8.7

10

9.7(won by 1.0)

6

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

Data Replication

8.8

7

9.4(won by 0.6)

6

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

Support 

Text Search

6.7(won by 1.1)

8

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

5.6

6

Data Types

7.8

10

8.9(won by 1.1)

6

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

Languages

7.3

10

8.3(won by 1.0)

6

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

Operating Systems

8.7(won by 0.1)

10

8.6

6

Security

Database Locking

8.5

8

9.2(won by 0.7)

6

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

Access Control

8.9(tied score)

9

8.9(tied score)

6

Encryption

7.6

7

8.9(won by 1.3)

6

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

Authentication

8.3

9

9.4(won by 1.1)

6

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

Performance 

Disaster Recovery

8.5(won by 0.2)

9

8.3

6

Data Concurrency

7.9

8

8.6(won by 0.7)

6

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

Workload Management

8.1

8

9.2(won by 1.1)

6

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

Advanced Indexing

7.9

7

9.4(won by 1.5)

6

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

Query Optimizer

7.3

8

8.6(won by 1.3)

6

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

Database Features

Storage

8.7

15

9.2(won by 0.5)

8

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

Availability

9.1(won by 0.1)

15

9.0

8

Stability

8.7

15

9.0(won by 0.3)

8

Scalability

9.2

13

9.4(won by 0.2)

8

Security

8.0

14

9.0(won by 1.0)

8

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

Data Manipulation

8.1

14

8.3(won by 0.2)

8

Query Language

8.5

14

9.0(won by 0.5)

8

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

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

8.3

10

8.2

11

Configuration

Application Performance

8.5

10

8.8(won by 0.3)

11

Orchestration

9.0(won by 0.7)

10

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

8.3

11

Database Monitoring

8.8(won by 0.9)

10

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

7.9

11

Anomaly Detection

7.2(won by 0.2)

10

7.0

11

Network Security

8.2

10

8.3(won by 0.1)

11

Database Administration

Provisioning

8.3

9

8.5(won by 0.2)

10

Governance

8.3(won by 0.1)

8

8.2

10

Auditing

8.1(won by 0.3)

8

7.8

10

Availability

Scalability

8.7

10

9.3(won by 0.6)

10

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

Backup

9.0(won by 0.3)

10

8.7

10

Archiving

8.8(won by 0.3)

8

8.5

10

Indexing

8.3

10

9.1(won by 0.8)

11

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

Security

Data Masking

6.7

8

7.5(won by 0.8)

10

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

Authentication And Single Sign-On

8.1

9

8.7(won by 0.6)

9

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

Data Anonymization

6.5

8

7.2(won by 0.7)

9

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

Data Management

Data Replication

9.4(won by 0.6)

9

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

8.8

10

Advanced Data Analytics

8.8(won by 2.5)

8

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

6.3

9

Document Databases[Hide 54 FeaturesShow 54 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.4

6

Data Management

Data Model

Not enough data

9.4(won by default)

6

Data Types

Not enough data

8.9(won by default)

6

Built - In Search

Not enough data

6.7(won by default)

5

Event Triggers

Not enough data

7.7(won by default)

5

Semantic Search

Not enough data

Not enough data

Availability

Auto Sharding

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

5

Auto Recovery

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

5

Data Replication

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

5

Backup and Recovery

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Performance

Query Optimization

Not enough data

9.3(won by default)

5

Ad hoc Query

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security

Role-Based Authorization

Not enough data

8.9(won by default)

6

Authentication

Not enough data

8.6(won by default)

6

Audit Logs

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

5

Encryption

Not enough data

8.6(won by default)

6

Support

Multi-Model

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

6

Operating Systems

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

6

BI Connectors

Not enough data

7.3(won by default)

5

Data Connectors

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

Database Conversion

Not enough data

Not enough data

Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Extraction

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting/Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Automatic Backup

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Visualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Ad hoc Reporting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Compliance Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Indexing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Search/Filter

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Verification

Not enough data

Not enough data

Performance Testing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Capture and Transfer

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security Auditing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Role-Based Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Mapping

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Retrieval

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Configuration Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Trail

Not enough data

Not enough data

For NoSQL Databases

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Import/Export

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Migration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Synchronization

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Serverless Accessibility

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multiple Data Sources

Not enough data

Not enough data

NoSQL Databases[Hide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.9

8

Database Features

Storage

8.7

15

9.2(won by 0.5)

8

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

Availability

9.1(won by 0.1)

15

9.0

8

Stability

8.7

15

9.0(won by 0.3)

8

Scalability

9.2

13

9.4(won by 0.2)

8

Security

8.0

14

9.0(won by 1.0)

8

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

Data Manipulation

8.1

14

8.3(won by 0.2)

8

Query Language

8.5

14

9.0(won by 0.5)

8

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

Show 3 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

Graph Databases[Hide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Management

Data Model

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Types

Not enough data

Not enough data

Built - In Search

Not enough data

Not enough data

Event Triggers

Not enough data

Not enough data

Query Language

Not enough data

Not enough data

Availability

Auto Sharding

Not enough data

Not enough data

Auto Recovery

Not enough data

Not enough data

Performance

Query Optimization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security

Role-Based Authorization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Logs

Not enough data

Not enough data

Encryption

Not enough data

Not enough data

Support

Multi-Model

Not enough data

Not enough data

BI Connectors

Not enough data

Not enough data

Operating Systems

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

[![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%

[![Fauna](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/644681d7b95f8bba5d23423dfcd7aee1/faunadb.svg "Fauna")](https://www.g2.com/products/fauna-fauna/reviews)

Fauna

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

64.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

24.0%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

12.0%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

55.6%

64.0%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

37.0%

24.0%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

7.4%

12.0%

Reviewers' Industry

[![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%

[![Fauna](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/644681d7b95f8bba5d23423dfcd7aee1/faunadb.svg "Fauna")](https://www.g2.com/products/fauna-fauna/reviews)
Fauna

Information Technology and Services

20.0%

Education Management

16.0%

Computer Software

16.0%

Consulting

4.0%

Telecommunications

4.0%

Other

40.0%

Alternatives

**CockroachDB Alternatives**

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MongoDB Atlas
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[
SingleStore
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[
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[
MySQL
](/products/mysql/reviews)

## CockroachDB vs Fauna

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found CockroachDB easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with CockroachDB overall.

- Reviewers felt that CockroachDB meets the needs of their business better than Fauna.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that CockroachDB is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Fauna over CockroachDB.