# How BetterTracker Replaced Its Vector Store with CockroachDB

DevFeed: [How BetterTracker Replaced Its Vector Store with CockroachDB](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-bettertracker-replaced-its-vector-store-with-cockroachdb-23754.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://cockroachlabs.com/blog/bettertracker-replaced-vector-store-cockroachdb>)

Author: Yohan Shirazi

Published: 2026-07-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Cockroach Labs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cockroach-labs.md>)

Topics: [CockroachDB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cockroachdb.md>), [AI Platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-platform.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [AI search](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-search.md>), [Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/retrieval-augmented-generation-rag.md>), [Availability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/availability.md>), [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>), [Transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/transactions.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-platform.md>), [availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/availability.md>), [cockroachdb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cockroachdb.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [consistency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/consistency.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [rag](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rag.md>), [saas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saas.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>), [soc2](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/soc2.md>), [transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transactions.md>), [vector-database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vector-database.md>), [vector-search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vector-search.md>)

## AI overview

BetterTracker replaced a standalone vector database by running transactional workloads and vector search together on CockroachDB. The article describes how this supports the company's AI-powered platform while reducing infrastructure complexity and compliance risk.

## Source excerpt

BetterTracker eliminated a standalone vector database by running OLTP and vector search together on CockroachDB--cutting costs, complexity, and compliance risk in one move.