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CockroachDB vs MariaDB Server: catalog facts
CockroachDB	MariaDB Server
Freemium Can be tried for free; the managed cloud and enterprise use are paid.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Horizontal scaling across many nodes Designed to survive node and region failures	Drop-in replacement for MySQL Default database in most Linux distributions
Source-available licence, not open source Complex to operate compared with a single-server database	A database server only, with no graphical client included Has diverged from MySQL in places, so some newer MySQL features may differ
Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License: BSL-1.1	License: GPL-2.0-only
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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