Cockroach Labs kills free Basic in per-vCPU-hour Continuum overhaul
What happened
Between the Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026 captures of Cockroach Labs's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: CockroachDB replaced Basic/Standard/Advanced with a 2-edition 'Continuum' model (Standard, Mission Critical) billed per vCPU-hour. Free Basic removed; Advanced renamed Mission Critical, repriced; Compute/storage moved from fixed per-plan tier caps (up to 200 vCPUs, up to 3-10 TiB) to usage-based metering, and new explicit per-vCPU-hour pricing appeared for CDC, PCR, and Cluster Virtualization add. In detail: Compute/storage moved from fixed per-plan tier caps (up to 200 vCPUs, up to 3-10 TiB) to usage-based metering, and new explicit per-vCPU-hour pricing appeared for CDC, PCR, and Cluster Virtualization add-ons. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change, metric change) with a neutral direction. The current page lists Standard at $0.09 per vCPU/hour, Mission Critical at $0.16 per vCPU/hour, Data Replication (PCR) at $0.02 per vCPU/hour, Data Synchronization (CDC) - Standard at $0.01 per vCPU/hour and Cluster Virtualization at $0.02 per vCPU/hour.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Cockroach Labs. Cockroach Labs has been tracked since 2026-05-21.
In the same window Google Cloud, Microsoft, Elastic and MariaDB also changed their Data & Analytics pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
“CockroachDB” is the name Cockroach Labs’s pricing page uses; Pulse files the change under Cockroach Labs, the company it tracks.
- Standard, Mission Critical · PackagingReplaced
BeforeBasic/Standard/Advanced
After2-edition 'Continuum' model
- Cluster Virtualization · Pricing modelMetric change
Compute/storage moved from fixed per-plan tier caps (up to 200 vCPUs, up to 3-10 TiB) to usage-based metering, and new explicit per-vCPU-hour pricing appeared for CDC, PCR, and Cluster Virtualization add-ons.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard, Mission Critical | Packaging | Basic/Standard/Advanced | 2-edition 'Continuum' model | Replaced |
| Cluster Virtualization | Pricing model | — | 200 | Metric change |
Values as written on Cockroach Labs's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Cockroach Labs's pricing page (www.cockroachlabs.com) from Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "Basic/Standard/Advanced" becomes "2-edition 'Continuum' model".
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Across Data & Analytics in the same window
All Data & Analytics changes- Google CloudSep 21Looker: Conversational Analytics grace period extended indefinitely
- MicrosoftSep 21Teams Premium now needs a Teams Enterprise license; Buy now removed
- ElasticSep 14Elastic splits out new Elasticsearch Vector Database product tile
- MariaDBAug 24MariaDB drops self-serve Community Server support, now Enterprise-only
Questions about this change
Did Cockroach Labs raise prices in September 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change, metric change.
What changed on Cockroach Labs's pricing page between Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026?
Standard, Mission Critical packaging: Basic/Standard/Advanced → 2-edition 'Continuum' model, replaced; Compute/storage moved from fixed per-plan tier caps (up to 200 vCPUs, up to 3-10 TiB) to usage-based metering, and new explicit per-vCPU-hour pricing appeared for CDC, PCR, and Cluster Virtualization add-ons. Pulse compared the captures it took on Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Cockroach Labs change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Cockroach Labs in the 90 days before this one; Cockroach Labs has been tracked since 2026-05-21.