Service comparison

PlanetScale vs. CockroachDB

PlanetScale vs. CockroachDB — reliability, API availability, and incident frequency head-to-head.

Last 90 days · 9 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

PlanetScale

planetscale.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  98.68%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  6
  
  3 major · 3 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 53m
- Longest outage
  
  20h 49m
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CockroachDB

cockroachlabs.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  98.99%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  3
  
  2 major · 1 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 16m
- Longest outage
  
  20h 3m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	PlanetScale	CockroachDB	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 7 days	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 30 days	100.00%	97.22%	+2.78 pp
Last 90 days	98.68%	98.99%	-0.31 pp

Δ is percentage-point difference (PlanetScale minus CockroachDB). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

PlanetScale

6 total

3 major 3 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 53m
- Longest outage
  
  20h 49m
CockroachDB

3 total

2 major 1 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 16m
- Longest outage
  
  20h 3m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

PlanetScale
- Jul 24
  
  Insights metrics underreporting
  
  3h
  
  Major
- Jul 20
  
  Insights metrics underreporting
  
  20h 49m
  
  Minor
- Jul 18
  
  Connectivity issues in us-east-1
  
  32m
  
  Major
- Jul 17
  
  API and dashboard errors
  
  27m
  
  Major
- Jul 16
  
  Single Sign On (SSO) unavailable
  
  1h 21m
  
  Minor
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CockroachDB
- Aug 4
  
  Cluster connectivity and execution issues
  
  20h 3m
  
  Major
- Jul 12
  
  Cluster Creation Failure
  
  1h 16m
  
  Major
- Jun 9
  
  Unable to accept invites
  
  36m
  
  Minor
- May 8
  
  Degraded performance in one AWS us-east-1 availability zone
  
  19h 40m
  
  Major
- Mar 18
  
  Cloud Console Social Login Auth Unavailable
  
  39m
  
  Major
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Bottom line

CockroachDB wins

CockroachDB edges out on 90-day uptime.

PlanetScale posted 98.68% vs. 98.99% for CockroachDB (Δ -0.31 pp). Incidents: 6 vs. 3 (+3).

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