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CockroachDB vs Heroku Postgres

A side-by-side look at CockroachDB and Heroku Postgres. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

CockroachDB

CockroachDB

Development

CockroachDB is an open-source, distributed SQL database that scales horizontally with high availability to tolerate failures and supports strongly consistent ACID transactions. It aims to provide scalability, survivability, and data consistency across multiple datacenters.

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Heroku Postgres

Heroku Postgres

Online Services

Heroku Postgres is a managed SQL database service provided by Heroku. It offers production-ready PostgreSQL databases as a service with automatic management, security, backups, and easy scaling.

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