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Feature Set Ratings
NoSQL Databases
8.6
Azure Cosmos DB
86%
Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Azure Cosmos DB ranks higher in 7/7 features
Azure Cosmos DB ranks higher in 7/7 features
Performance
8.2
82%
6 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Availability
9.5
95%
6 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Concurrency
8.1
81%
6 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Security
9.4
94%
6 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Scalability
8.6
86%
6 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Data model flexibility
8.1
81%
6 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Deployment model flexibility
8.5
85%
6 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse) is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability, Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
Azure Cosmos DB
83%
6 Ratings
8.8
Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
88%
8 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
7.7
Azure Cosmos DB
77%
4 Ratings
Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
N/A
0 Ratings
Usability
8.6
Azure Cosmos DB
86%
2 Ratings
9.5
Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
95%
2 Ratings
Support Rating
9.4
Azure Cosmos DB
94%
2 Ratings
9.5
Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
95%
2 Ratings
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Azure Cosmos DB
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
100%
1 Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
Azure Cosmos DB
NoSQL platforms are very useful when it comes to security, speed, accuracy, high accessibility with high read and write power. Everything is managed under the cloud and we have the various capabilities of Azure and support for Microsoft products with us. Flexibility in price and variety of features, as well as real-time results, are some of the popular [features] of this platform.
IT Operations and Support Specialist
AZEREX LLC.Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees
Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
In terms of a well-suited scenario - the Azure Synapse can be used to capture data from multiple sources (especially from onPrem sources apart from Dataverse) and update the transformed data based on the given conditions (eg: refresh data based on the specified date/time ranges). Also, the transformed data can simply be transferred to Azure Data Lake for further processing by utilizing other analytics tools such as PowerBI.

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Professional in Information Technology
Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employeesPros
Azure Cosmos DB
- Turn-key geo-redundancy with multi-master writes is unprecedented and unparalleled in the industry!
- Guaranteed low latency makes Cosmos DB an excellent fit for most of our performance-intensive situations.
- The tunable consistency model simplifies so many challenges in distributed systems engineering that otherwise require advanced knowledge of computer science topics. I continue to be impressed at how Cosmos DB has abstracted away so much complexity.
Solutions Architect
Netrix, LLCInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
- Quick to return data. Queries in a SQL data warehouse architecture tend to return data much more quickly than a OLTP setup. Especially with columnar indexes.
- Ability to manage extremely large SQL tables. Our databases contain billions of records. This would be unwieldy without a proper SQL datawarehouse
- Backup and replication. Because we're already using SQL, moving the data to a datawarehouse makes it easier to manage as our users are already familiar with SQL.

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Contributor in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employeesCons
Azure Cosmos DB
- 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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Project Manager in Information Technology
Pharmaceuticals Company, 10,001+ employeesAzure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
- Integrating external 3rd party data sources is very easy in Snowflake and it’s missing in Azure Synapse
- Master data services and data quality services are missing in Azure Synapse. They are useful features present in on Orem Sql server
- Resource usage reports (top 10 expensive queries, most frequently run queries, etc) are a feature that can be added in Azure Synapse. It’s present in an on-prem SQL server. DMVs are there but viewing it visually as a report is more helpful.

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Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employeesPricing Details
Azure Cosmos DB
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB 7.7
Based on 4 answers
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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Employee in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesAzure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Usability
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB 8.6
Based on 2 answers
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.
IT Operations and Support Specialist
AZEREX LLC.Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees
Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse) 9.5
Based on 2 answers
The data warehouse portion is very much like old style on-prem SQL server, so most SQL skills one has mastered carry over easily. Azure Data Factory has an easy drag and drop system which allows quick building of pipelines with minimal coding. The Spark portion is the only really complex portion, but if there's an in-house python expert, then the Spark portion is also quiet useable.

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Consultant in Professional Services
Computer Software Company, 201-500 employeesSupport Rating
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB 9.4
Based on 2 answers
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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Project Manager in Information Technology
Pharmaceuticals Company, 10,001+ employeesAzure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse) 9.5
Based on 2 answers
Microsoft does its best to support Synapse. More and more articles are being added to the documentation, providing more useful information on best utilizing its features. The examples provided work well for basic knowledge, but more complex examples should be added to further assist in discovering the vast abilities that the system has.

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Consultant in Professional Services
Computer Software Company, 201-500 employeesAlternatives Considered
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB has the benefit of having multi-master key tenancy compared to Redis and Mongo. Reads are just as fast, if not faster than Mongo. However, the distribution of writes (i.e. ACID transactions) isn't as high as Google Cloud Spanner or CouchDB. Azure Cosmos DB writes slower than Cassandra, but with Cosmos, we do not have to worry about replication or tools like Zookeeper to handle it. Azure Cosmos DB has it built-in.

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Engineer in Engineering
Biotechnology Company, 11-50 employeesAzure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
We also looked at Oracle Data Warehouse as part of our short list of products to implement as a solution. Oracle's product turned out to have less support by way of easily accessible internet blogs. Oracle was also considerably more expensive and we would have needed to hire the skillset needed to implement.
SQL Development Team Lead
Allianz Asset ManagementInvestment Management, 1001-5000 employees
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Azure Cosmos DB
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse) 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Basically, the billing is predictable, and this all about it.
Owner, Developer
DROPMAN s.r.o.Computer Software, 1-10 employees
Return on Investment
Azure Cosmos DB
- Azure Cosmos DB may be expensive on its own, but it was cheaper than increasing the size/power of our VMs running SQL Server instances enough to keep up with the volume and velocity of the unstructured data.
- We got the JSON data out of our SQL Servers and they quit tipping over.

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Employee in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesAzure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
- Azure Synapse has predominately reduced the time being used for processing data being extracted from multiple sources
- Ability to integrate multiple data sources and create a single dataset that could be used for further analytics to find KPIs

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Professional in Information Technology
Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employees