Amazon SimpleDB vs. Azure Cosmos DB

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon SimpleDB
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Amazon SimpleDB is a non-relational data store and service.
$0
per GB allowance
Azure Cosmos DB
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft's Big Data analysis platform. It is a NoSQL database service and is a replacement for the earlier DocumentDB NoSQL database.N/A
Pricing
Amazon SimpleDBAzure Cosmos DB
Editions & Modules
Machine Utilization
$0.00 for first 25 hours $0.14 per machine hour over 25 hours
per GB allowance
Structured Data Storage
$0.00 for first GB-month $0.25 per GB-month thereafter
per GB allowance
Free Tier
25 SimpleDB Machine Hours and 1 GB of Storage for free each month
per GB allowance
Data Transfer
All data transfer in is $0.00 per GB
per GB allowance
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon SimpleDBAzure Cosmos DB
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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More Pricing Information
Features
Amazon SimpleDBAzure Cosmos DB
NoSQL Databases
Comparison of NoSQL Databases features of Product A and Product B
Amazon SimpleDB
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Ratings
Azure Cosmos DB
9.9
7 Ratings
12% above category average
Performance00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Availability00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Concurrency00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Security00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Scalability00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Data model flexibility00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Deployment model flexibility00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
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User Ratings
Amazon SimpleDBAzure Cosmos DB
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon SimpleDBAzure Cosmos DB
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
Well suited for: Games, Chat rooms, real time software like corporate events, marathons and so. Anytime and anywhere you could use a NoSQL DB you should think of SimpleDB.
As an arduous AWS user, Amazon SimpleDB easily integrates with EC2 and other AWS module; and if you are not an AWS user, you also have a fantastic tool that will solve the problem for which you are focused.
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Microsoft
Like any NoSQL database, whether it's MongoDB or not, it's best suited for unstructured data. It's also well suited for storing raw data before processing it and performing any type of ETL on the data.
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Flexibility
  • Easy to learn and use
  • AWS integration
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Microsoft
  • Scalable Instantly and automatically serverless database for any large scale business.
  • Quick access and response to data queries due to high speed in reading and writing data
  • Create a powerful digital experience for your customers with real-time offers and agile access to DB with super-fast analysis and comparison for best recommendation
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • Non AWS environments
  • Strict storage limit (but well we have DynamoDB for storage issues)
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Microsoft
  • Expensive, so be careful of the use case.
  • We had a thought time migrating from traditional DBs to Cosmos. Azure should provide a seamless platform for the migration of data from on-premises to cloud.
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Likelihood to Renew
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
It's efficient, easy to scale, and works. We do have to do a bit of administration, but less now than when we started with this a couple of years ago. Microsoft continues to improve its self-management capability.
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Usability
Amazon AWS
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Microsoft
It has very good compatibility and adaptability with other APIs and developers can safely create new apps because it is compatible with various tools and can be easily managed and run under the cloud, and in terms of security, it is one of the best of its kind, which is very powerful and excellent.
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Microsoft is the best when it comes to after-sales support. They have a well-structured training and knowledge base portal that anyone can use. They are usually quick to respond to cases and are on point for on-call support. I have no complaints from a support standpoint. Pretty happy with the support.
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
It integrates beautifully with AWS. In some projects we use SimpleDB while we use DynamoDB for others, according to the characteristics of the project. If the infrastructure is AWS, we always think of one of them.
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Microsoft
Cosmos DB is unique in the industry as a true multi-model, cloud-native database engine that comes with solutions for geo-redundancy, multi-master writes, (globally!) low latency, and cost-effective hosting built in. I've yet to see anything else that even comes close to the power that Cosmos DB packs into its solution. The simplicity and tooling support are nice bonus features as well.
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Reduced database administration time
  • Reduced data model analysis time
  • Lower cost of resources in projects in general
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Microsoft
  • It's made managing raw data much easier
  • It provides a way to maintain raw data at a low cost
  • It's easy to massage the data
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