Azure Cosmos DB vs. Azure SQL Managed Instance

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Cosmos DB
Score 8.8 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
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Azure SQL Managed Instance is a scalable cloud database service that combines SQL Server database engine compatibility with a fully managed and evergreen platform as a service.N/A
Pricing
Azure Cosmos DBAzure SQL Managed Instance
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Cosmos DBAzure SQL Managed Instance
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Azure Cosmos DBAzure SQL Managed Instance
Features
Azure Cosmos DBAzure SQL Managed Instance
NoSQL Databases
Comparison of NoSQL Databases features of Product A and Product B
Azure Cosmos DB
9.9
7 Ratings
11% above category average
Azure SQL Managed Instance
-
Ratings
Performance10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Concurrency10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Security10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Scalability10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Data model flexibility9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Deployment model flexibility10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Azure Cosmos DB
-
Ratings
Azure SQL Managed Instance
9.0
2 Ratings
15% above category average
Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Scalability00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Platform management overhead00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Workflow engine capability00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Platform access control00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Services-enabled integration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Development environment creation00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Development environment replication00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Issue recovery00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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Azure Cosmos DBAzure SQL Managed Instance
Small Businesses
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IBM Cloudant
Score 7.4 out of 10
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Score 8.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
IBM Cloudant
IBM Cloudant
Score 7.4 out of 10
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Cloudant
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Score 7.4 out of 10
Red Hat OpenShift
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
Azure Cosmos DBAzure SQL Managed Instance
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(7 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.6
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Cosmos DBAzure SQL Managed Instance
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Microsoft
Data management scenarios where there is a strong need to provide dynamic context for web based applications. Also can work as an infrastructure piece for ticketing systems without relying on another set of database software. The ease of importing data from Microsoft Excel &/or .csv files makes this really easy to use when importing data into the managed instance.
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Pros
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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Microsoft
  • executes the queries efficiently
  • has tools/dashboards to show where the query problems lie
  • alerting for problems
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Cons
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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Microsoft
  • hard to use without Microsoft knowledge
  • Intimidating CLI
  • Commands are not intuitive
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Microsoft
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Usability
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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Microsoft
it runs the workload very well without causing any issues to the business. there are many applications running on Azure SQL Managed Instances in my organization. Most users are happy with its performance. Is able to provide good dashboard for the visibility of the workload. Can add cpu without a downtime to deal with high workload.
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Support Rating
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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Microsoft
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Alternatives Considered
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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Microsoft
Azure to our enviironment where we have everything integrated stacks up far better than MySQL where we would have to reinvent and use everything to fit a MySQL environment including the data and the commands within that data. Furthermore, doesn't work really well on SQL Management Studio which makes it completely useless for what we are trying to do.
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Return on Investment
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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Microsoft
  • it had a positive impact to my business and allowed me to be able to move my workload from on-premise to cloud.
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