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Microsoft Corporation

Azure Cosmos DB

Composite Score

7.6 /10

CX Score

7.8 /10

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What is Azure Cosmos DB?

Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed NoSQL database service for modern app development with guaranteed single-digit millisecond response times and 99.999-per cent availability, backed by SLAs, automatic and instant scalability, and open-source APIs for MongoDB and Cassandra. Azure Cosmos DB offers a solution for modern apps and intelligent workloads by being very responsive with dynamic and elastic autoscale. It is available in every Azure region and can automatically replicate data closer to users.

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Awards & Recognition

Azure Cosmos DB won the following awards in the Transaction Data Store category

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3 Top Rated Capabilities

13 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

0 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2024

Azure Cosmos DB Ratings

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82 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+88 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Azure Cosmos DB?

5% Negative

5% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Inspires Innovation
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 89

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing

100

Big Data Analytics

100

Analytics and Reporting

100

High Availability

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support

Distributed Processing

Data Virtualization

Operations Management

Data Protection and Security

Data Monitoring and Administration

Systems Performance Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Azure Cosmos DB Reviews

Ashwini k.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Retail
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Oct 2023

Multiple DB's under a single Product

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Azure Cosmos DB from other similar products?

Database management to next level - simplifies management through cosnole very easily Database Backup and retention policies are really good for cosmos Multiple API's supported like nosql , Mongo , Postgres and more Live Monitoring FOR get, Update , Request Charge

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Good Concept of request charge and request units

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes updating DB from console takes time

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Its a bit costly product , Get all the information from Microsoft first before getting started

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Client's Interest First
Generous Negotitation
Over Delivered

Saurabh S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Retail
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Oct 2023

Easy to setup and use!

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Azure Cosmos DB from other similar products?

Microsoft's out of the box support and detailed RU consumption report

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Data Replication Data retrieval speed in single digit milliseconds SLA

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lack some features which are provided in mongodb's own Atlas DB

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Sync between azure products is best, so go for it if you have other related products already

Pros

Trustworthy
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

Avleen K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Communications
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Oct 2023

Easy to use but with a price

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Azure Cosmos DB from other similar products?

azure cosmos provides different apis for no sql , postgres , mongo so one can use cosmos for every type of database good concept of RU based consumption Easy to provision from ARM templates and dependency checks

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

shared database model where RU's can be distributed

What do you dislike most about this product?

High cost, we have used atals mongo which comes at less than 30 percent cost

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

try to explore different database models , dont blindly provision cause it can incur the cost

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Less Respectful

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Awards & Recognition

Azure Cosmos DB Ratings

82 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Azure Cosmos DB?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing Also referred to as OLTP (Online Transaction processing). OLTP databases include strong support for CRUD operations and ACID compliance.

Big Data Analytics Use of big data analytics through integration into purpose-built big data tools or native capabilities, incorporating advanced security methods.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

High Availability HA DB designed for near-zero downtown by seamless replication of data between environments for uninterrupted real-time access and fail-over capabilities.

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support Includes OLTP and OLAP (Online Analytical Processing). Most OLTP systems support some level of OLAP but very few OLAP systems support OLTP.

Distributed Processing Data storage and processing is shared among many physical or virtual independents servers or sites for high volume data with seamless access to large datasets.

Data Virtualization Includes ability to create views joining disparate data sources without the need for persistence.

Operations Management Includes cost control, production management, and performance management.

Data Protection and Security Includes data encryption, data audit, and data compliance.

Data Monitoring and Administration Includes ability to continuously monitored data quality rules, as well as generate alerts to notify data stewards when they need to address an issue.

Systems Performance Management Includes monitoring, analyzing and configuration in order to optimize performance and increase efficiency.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Azure Cosmos DB Reviews

Ashwini k.

Multiple DB's under a single Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Saurabh S.

Easy to setup and use!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Avleen K.

Easy to use but with a price

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing

Big Data Analytics

Analytics and Reporting

High Availability

Hybrid Transaction and Analytical Support

Distributed Processing

Data Virtualization

Operations Management

Data Protection and Security

Data Monitoring and Administration

Systems Performance Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization