--- title: What is a DBaaS, and why would you want one? | daily.dev description: Learn about Database-as-a-service (DBaaS) and its advantages and disadvantages. Different vendors offer various features and services. Smaller companies may... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-dbaas-and-why-would-you-want-one--ebtf8xdd1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What is a DBaaS, and why would you want one? | daily.dev og:description: Learn about Database-as-a-service (DBaaS) and its advantages and disadvantages. Different vendors offer various features and services. Smaller companies may... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-dbaas-and-why-would-you-want-one--ebtf8xdd1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EbTf8Xdd1.png og:image:alt: What is a DBaaS, and why would you want one? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What is a DBaaS, and why would you want one? **[CockroachDB](https://daily.dev/sources/cockroachdb)** · [@cockroachdb302](https://daily.dev/cockroachdb302) · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn about Database-as-a-service (DBaaS) and its advantages and disadvantages. Different vendors offer various features and services. Smaller companies may prefer managed Postgres, while larger enterprises may benefit from modern relational databases like CockroachDB. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#cockroachdb](https://daily.dev/tags/cockroachdb) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-dbaas-and-why-would-you-want-one--ebtf8xdd1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What is a DBaaS, and why would you want one?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-dbaas-and-why-would-you-want-one--ebtf8xdd1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-dbaas-and-why-would-you-want-one--ebtf8xdd1"},"datePublished":"2024-02-01T18:44:03.682Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:28:05.588Z","description":"Learn about Database-as-a-service (DBaaS) and its advantages and disadvantages. Different vendors offer various features and services. Smaller companies may...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cbd284cc852a487280000c71f7a84071?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cbd284cc852a487280000c71f7a84071?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"CockroachDB","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Cockroach Labs","url":"https://daily.dev/cockroachdb302","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--7jIxBrvX--/f_auto/v1789479232/avatars/avatar_Csil5c2qFlskxGyz9CDs6?_a=BAMAMicg0","description":"Up for anything ","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":130}},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-dbaas-and-why-would-you-want-one--ebtf8xdd1","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"cockroachdb","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CockroachDB","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/cockroachdb"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is a DBaaS, and why would you want one?"}]} ```