How much does CockroachDB Cloud cost in 2026?

CockroachDB Cloud charges $25.00 per month for the entry plan, per Cockroach Labs's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: $0 basic tier with monthly request-unit and storage allowances. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.

Does CockroachDB Cloud have a free tier?

Yes — $0 basic tier with monthly request-unit and storage allowances. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.

Are these CockroachDB Cloud prices current?

They were checked against Cockroach Labs's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

CockroachDB Cloud pricing

Distributed SQL with Postgres wire compatibility and multi-region strong consistency, billed on request units. Priced for workloads that genuinely need survivability across regions.

List prices checked May 2026

By Cockroach Labs · Managed databases

Rate card

What Cockroach Labs charges, by billing axis.

Axis	Price	Applies to
Entry plan	$25.00/mo	Cheapest paid plan or typical entry configuration
Storage	$0.500/GB-mo	Standard or hot storage class
Free tier	Yes	$0 basic tier with monthly request-unit and storage allowances

Source: Cockroach Labs pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

What it costs per month

CockroachDB Cloud billed against three workload profiles, using the rates above. Every line shows its arithmetic.

Side project

A personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.

$35/mo

Entry plan at $25/month$25
20 GB at $0.5/GB-month$10

Growing SaaS

A funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.

$275/mo

Entry plan at $25/month$25
500 GB at $0.5/GB-month$250

Media-heavy site

A publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.

$1,025/mo

Entry plan at $25/month$25
2 TB at $0.5/GB-month$1,000

CockroachDB Cloud vs the alternatives

The closest managed databases on price, with the difference on managed databases's headline axis.

Service	Entry plan	vs CockroachDB Cloud	Compare
Supabase	$25.00	—	Head to head
Neon Serverless Postgres	$19.00	1.3× cheaper	Head to head
Scaleway Managed Database	$13.00	1.9× cheaper	Head to head
Azure Database for PostgreSQL	$12.41	2× cheaper	Head to head
AWS RDS for PostgreSQL	$12.40	2× cheaper	Head to head
PlanetScale	$39.00	1.6× dearer	Head to head

Questions about pricing

How much does CockroachDB Cloud cost in 2026?: CockroachDB Cloud charges $25.00 per month for the entry plan, per Cockroach Labs's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: $0 basic tier with monthly request-unit and storage allowances. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does CockroachDB Cloud have a free tier?: Yes — $0 basic tier with monthly request-unit and storage allowances. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.
Are these CockroachDB Cloud prices current?: They were checked against Cockroach Labs's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

Rate card

What it costs per month

CockroachDB Cloud vs the alternatives

Questions about pricing

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