--- description: Review of Azure Cosmos DB Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Azure Cosmos DB | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Database Software](/directory/4512/database-management-systems/software) > [Azure Cosmos DB](/software/402149/azure-cosmos-db) # Azure Cosmos DB Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/402149/azure-cosmos-db Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/402149/azure-cosmos-db?page=2) > Azure Cosmos DB is a NoSQL database service designed to help businesses manage application development using open source APIs. Key features include data storage, IoT device telemetry, data retrieval and object-oriented database. Teams using Azure Cosmos DB can facilitate query performance and ingestion by streaming and analyzing data with change feed for gaining real-time insights, as well as archiving data for managing data warehouse analytics. The platform enables retailers and restaurant brands to promote personalization across high volumes of product data with real-time inventory updates, product recommendations, shopping carts, dynamic pricing and more. Azure Cosmos DB allows users to manage item modeling, container partitioning and entity colocation through data mining capabilities. The system also offers support for a wide variety of APIs including MongoDB, Cassandra and SQL (Core). Azure Cosmos DB is available on a monthly subscription and support is extended via documentation, video tutorials, FAQs, live chat, email and phone. > > Verdict: Rated **4.2/5** by 10 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.2/5** | 10 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Microsoft - **Location**: Redmond, US - **Founded**: 1975 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Azure Cosmos DB pricing scales with database operations and consumed storage. Free trial is available for existing Microsoft Azure users. - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish - **Available Countries**: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France and 47 more ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Automatic Backup - Built-In Database - Data Retrieval - Data Storage Management - Database Support - For NoSQL Databases - Object Oriented Database - Reporting/Analytics - Secure Data Storage ## Integrations (2 total) - Azure Synapse Analytics - MongoDB ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support ## Category - [Database Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4512/database-management-systems/software) ## Related Categories - [Database Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4512/database-management-systems/software) - [NoSQL Databases Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4649/nosqul-databases/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Cosmos DB is a great complement to MS SQL Server and all MS Azure development that does not rely on a relationship database structure. > > **Cons**: The limited extension ability, there's ton of features nowadays, but been with the development since "day 1", there's been constant development for a complete solution. However, I still find problems in integrating with LINQ which comes so natural in the SQL world. > > Overall, like the speed, how easy it is. Would love to have some ready made repositories for data layers, but it's rocket solid. ----- ### "NoSQL which works in lightning-fast speed without any added efforts\!" — 5.0/5 > **Shaunak** | *9 February 2023* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: A list of pros that are never ending.- Awesome community support, you can take benefit of regular weekly calls by the Microsoft on the Azure live TV.- Wide and vast coverage of datacenters to choose from.- Low latency (tried and tested) with muti-region support- Easy to create triggers on events via Azure Functions service.- Azure Synapse can be used for no-ETL and real time data processing in speedy manner.- It guarantees 99.999% uptime. There are less frequent outages as it is very fault-tolerant. > > **Cons**: There are no such cons so far. They practically practice was they preach. > > I have been using the Cosmos DB for me and my clients at my company for about two years now. It has been a smooth onboarding process for us. I also had interactions with the support team, very kind and helpful. They consider the SLAs very carefully and turn out to be worthy lodging a ticket. They have an awesome architecture and infrastructure that runs the Cosmos DB. I considered other options and have tried too, but this was a great experience. ----- ### "7 years using Cosmos DB" — 3.0/5 > **Boris A.** | *10 April 2024* | Computer & Network Security | Recommendation rating: 3.0/10 > > **Pros**: Seamless Azure Integration and easy of use > > **Cons**: Lack of documentation for SDKs, timelines with improvement, tech support. Zero to no cloud architectural guidance by MS. > > Poor, had too many performance issues due to network problems. All improvement after vNets with Service endpoints got introduced. ----- ### "A fast, agile, and secure versatile database from Microsoft" — 4.0/5 > **Ali** | *10 March 2021* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: The fastest NoSQL DB claim is true, and the fact that Microsoft has guaranteed Azure Cosmos DB speed is quite fitting. It is compatible with all projects and applications for development and is completely fast and flexible, no matter what the size and scale of the project, it is fully adaptable. I like Multi-Model NoSQL and Open APIs structure ready for modern app development. Speed, flexibility, and stability are very high. > > **Cons**: The pricing formula and calculator are affordable for large-scale projects but slightly more expensive for small projects. > > If used with Microsoft Azure Cloud, you will have the best and highest efficiency. Also, it has a 30-day trial version that you can explore all its advantages and features. It has good speed and performance and can be one of the top options for all projects that need a multi-model database. The world of IT and advanced technologies of the future will need such a new database infrastructure. ----- ### "Review for Azure Cosmos DB" — 4.0/5 > **Vinicius** | *11 January 2023* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy to use, manage and control. It's a distributed database system with high availability, throughput, low latency, and consistency. Cosmos DB helps me a lot to store documents in JSON format that doesn't have a fixed data structure, through a very intuitive graphic interface. > > **Cons**: Like most cloud services, I consider the price to be still high, requiring a thorough analysis before the user chooses to use the service to ensure cost-effectiveness. > > The service helps me a lot to store information that doesn't have a fixed data structure, data that's the basis for the machine learning models that I use for weather forecasting. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/402149/azure-cosmos-db?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/402149/azure-cosmos-db) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data