Name: Azure Cosmos DB
Rating: 8 (41 reviews)
Author: Microsoft

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What is Azure Cosmos DB?

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.

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Azure Cosmos DB is great for hosting MongoDB within the Azure ecosystem

10 out of 10

January 03, 2024

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Because I like having the option to easily import and export the data using MongoDB Compass and other similar software, I primarily use …

Azure Cosmos DB Review

8 out of 10

July 28, 2021

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The Azure Cosmos DB is being used as part of our platform. It is being used to help the existing platform we have to scale with the amount …

One of the safest and fastest NoSQL DataBase for creating high end apps

9 out of 10

May 21, 2021

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We use it for all large-scale projects, [like] our enterprise customers who need NoSQL database with Open APIs to run the fastest time …

Azure Cosmos is the way to go for cloud based data warehousing solutions

8 out of 10

January 30, 2021

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Azure Cosmos is used in a department that does a lot of analytics work and deals with big data. Typically we have systems hosted in AWS or …

Azure Cosmos DB just works

8 out of 10

January 29, 2020

Incentivized

We're using Azure Cosmos DB for multiple projects across IT that require a NoSQL data store. We were initially storing JSON data inside of …

One of the Best Cloud based DB

8 out of 10

January 17, 2020

Incentivized

It's currently used for our e-Commerce enterprise platform to serve online customers to fulfill their online purchases. Currently we …

A one-of-a-kind solution to more problems than you probably realize!

10 out of 10

December 20, 2018

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We use Azure Cosmos DB as our preferred NoSQL store for custom application development for our clients. It solves many of the onboarding …

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Easy to work with SDKs for multiple programming languages
There are some areas where you can't leverage MongoDB within Azure.

AJ Tatum

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AJ Tatum Digital (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)

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What is Azure Cosmos DB?

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.

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What is Azure Cosmos DB?

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.

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January 03, 2024

Azure Cosmos DB is great for hosting MongoDB within the Azure ecosystem

AJ Tatum

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AJ Tatum Digital (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)

Score 10 out of 10

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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.

July 28, 2021

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Engineer in Engineering

Biotechnology Company, 11-50 employees

Score 8 out of 10

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If issues are occurring with Mongo DB, then using Azure Cosmos DB could be better in certain instances. However, I would not replace it completely over Cassandra or Redis. Through size in k-v distribution could become an issue, especially with Redis. Azure Cosmos DB could help in that apsect.

May 21, 2021

One of the safest and fastest NoSQL DataBase for creating high end apps

Niloofar Keshvari Nia

IT Operations and Support Specialist

AZEREX LLC. (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

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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.

January 30, 2021

Azure Cosmos is the way to go for cloud based data warehousing solutions

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Project Manager in Information Technology

Pharmaceuticals Company, 10,001+ employees

Score 8 out of 10

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Cosmos DB is fast, reliable, and highly available. We use it mostly in analytics and applications that leverage big data hosted on the Azure Datacenter. If you have a virtual private cloud in one of Azure sites, then you would definitely need Cosmos. It works well with on-premises applications and offers little to no latency.

January 29, 2020

Azure Cosmos DB just works

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Employee in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

Score 8 out of 10

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Verified User

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If you need to store high volumes/velocity of unstructured data, Azure Cosmos DB definitely worth looking at.

January 17, 2020

One of the Best Cloud based DB

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Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

Score 8 out of 10

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Verified User

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It's a perfect choice for cloud environments with a heavy user base where performance and availability is in high demand. I would not say it's less appropriate because it completely depends on environment to environment and what you are trying to achieve. Overall Azure Cosmos DB also offers high data availability and data security. It's also easy to use.

December 20, 2018

A one-of-a-kind solution to more problems than you probably realize!

Lars Kemmann

Solutions Architect

Netrix, LLC (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees)

Score 10 out of 10

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Cosmos DB is hands-down the most flexible and performant way to store and access data related to the functionality of your applications. If you don't really need a 3rd-normal-form relational schema, and if you're not working on a (hot or cold) big data analytics scenario, then you should almost definitely be using Cosmos DB! The only major exception is if your use case can be addressed with some thoughtful planning and use of plain old Azure Storage, which might not get a lot of attention but is still a rock-solid platform.

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