Huawei GaussDB comparisons
7 head-to-heads in Distributed SQL Databases, each with the specs and prices we checked.
6.1/10Editor score
Huawei GaussDB6.1
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Huawei GaussDB head-to-head
- Huawei GaussDB vs Google Cloud Spanner
- Huawei GaussDB vs TiDB Cloud
- Huawei GaussDB vs CockroachDB Cloud
- Huawei GaussDB vs Oracle Globally Distributed AI Database
- Huawei GaussDB vs OceanBase Database
- Huawei GaussDB vs YDB
- Huawei GaussDB vs PolarDB-X
Huawei GaussDB vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment model | PostgreSQL compatibility | MySQL compatibility | Horizontal scaling | Multi-region deployment | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Huawei GaussDB | — | — | Cloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6.1 |
| 1 | Google Cloud Spanner | No | — | Both | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 7.3 |
| 2 | TiDB Cloud | Yes | — | Cloud | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.3 |
| 3 | CockroachDB Cloud | No | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.0 |
| 4 | Oracle Globally Distributed AI Database | — | — | Both | — | — | Yes | Yes | 5.0 |
| 5 | OceanBase Database | Yes | — | Both | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6.5 |
| 6 | YDB | — | None | Both | — | — | Yes | Yes | — |
| 7 | PolarDB-X | — | — | Both | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | 5.7 |
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Compared by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Sep 2026