Change a Cluster's Plan Between Basic and Standard

This page describes how to change a cluster's plan between CockroachDB Standard and CockroachDB Basic using the Cloud Console.

To use the CockroachDB Cloud API to change your cluster's plan, refer to Use the CockroachDB Cloud API.

Before you begin

You'll need the Cluster Administrator or Cluster Operator role on the running Standard or Basic cluster in order to change the cluster's plan.

For changing plans from Standard to Basic, you must disable Standard-only features before starting the plan change.

Considerations

• If the option to Change Plan Type is unavailable, hovering your mouse on this option may display a note that the cluster was created on legacy architecture and, therefore, its plan cannot be changed in the Cloud Console. Such a cluster will not support multi-region features or private connections on any plan. To use these features, you must take a backup and restore into a new cluster. Alternatively, to change the plan for your current cluster despite these feature limitations, you can use the Cloud API.
• The plan change will take up to 5 minutes.
• The cluster will remain operational under the current plan during the switching period.
• You can change back the plan if needed. However, when you change from Standard to Basic, you will need to wait 48 hours before being able to change back to Standard.

Change a cluster's plan

1. On the Clusters page, select the cluster that requires a plan change.
2. On the Cluster Overview page, select the Action dropdown in the top-right corner, and then Change plan type. If this option is unavailable, refer to Considerations.
3. Choose a plan from Standard or Basic to change to. The current plan of the cluster will be labeled, while the other plan type will be highlighted. Select Next: Capacity.
4. For capacity:
   • If you are changing to a Standard plan, choose the amount of provisioned capacity you want for your cluster. The Cloud Console provides a suggestion for provisioned vCPU, we recommend monitoring CPU utilization and adjusting the cluster's compute capacity as necessary. For additional information, refer to Recommended provisioned capacity when changing cluster plan. Select Next: Finalize.
   • If you are changing to a Basic plan, choose whether the cluster should have Unlimited capacity to scale, or Set a monthly limit. Select Next: Finalize.
5. Review the changes and then Update cluster.

See more

• CockroachDB Cloud Documentation
• Use the CockroachDB Cloud API