# CockroachDB Cloud: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cockroachdb-cloud

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Managed relational databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/managed-relational-databases/index.md) | 0% | 30 | 33% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "The Best for Global B2B SaaS with Strict Data Sovereignty: CockroachDB Cloud" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Managed databases)
- "Built for modern, globally distributed applications." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Managed databases)

## And against it

- "Drawback: Higher cost and operational complexity compared to standard Postgres instances; overkill for non-distributed applications." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Managed databases)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named CockroachDB Cloud, from 4 of the 7 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 3
- aws.amazon.com: 2
- cooperaiq.com: 2
- crn.com: 2
- docs.aws.amazon.com: 2
- github.com: 2
- optimadata.nl: 2
- peerspot.com: 2
- rackspace.com: 2
- reddit.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://cooperaiq.com/dbaas: 2
- https://crn.com/news/cloud/2024/aws-oracle-google-microsoft-top-cloud-dbms-market-gartner: 2
- https://optimadata.nl/en/vendor-lock-in-databases-cloud: 2
- https://techtarget.com/news/Cloud-database-comparison-AWS-Microsoft-Google-and-Oracle/842871: 2
- https://adservio.fr/en/insights/articles/database-as-a-service-dbaas: 1
- https://aerospike.com/blog/managed-cloud-database-guide: 1
- https://apmdigest.com/managed-database-default-resilience-risk: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/category/learning-levels/advanced-300/page/31: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.