Azure Cosmos DB 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Azure Cosmos DB

4.2

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Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Cosmos DB is a NoSQL database service designed to help businesses manage application development using open source APIs. Key features include data storage, IoT device telemetry, data retrieval and object-oriented database.

Teams using Azure Cosmos DB can facilitate query performance and ingestion by streaming and analyzing data with change feed for gaining real-time insights, as well as archiving data for managing data warehouse analytics. The platform enables retailers and restaurant brands to promote personalization across high volumes of product data with real-time inventory updates, product recommendations, shopping carts, dynamic pricing and more.

Azure Cosmos DB allows users to manage item modeling, container partitioning and entity colocation through data mining capabilities. The system also offers support for a wide variety of APIs including MongoDB, Cassandra and SQL (Core).

Azure Cosmos DB is available on a monthly subscription and support is extended via documentation, video tutorials, FAQs, live chat, email and phone.

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Azure Cosmos DB Pricing and Plans

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Free Version

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Azure Cosmos DB Features

Popular features found in Database
Backup and Recovery
Database Conversion
Data Connectors
Data Migration
Data Replication
Data Virtualization
Multiple Programming Languages Supported
Performance Analysis
Secure Data Storage
More features of Azure Cosmos DB
Access Controls/Permissions
API
Automatic Backup
Built-In Database
Database Support
Data Retrieval
Data Storage Management
For NoSQL Databases
Object Oriented Database
Reporting/Analytics

Azure Cosmos DB Integrations

MongoDB

Azure Cosmos DB User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.2

Ratings Breakdown

40%

20%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.4

Value for money

4.0

Customer support

4.4

Functionality

4.2

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Tommy W.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2023

No-SQL database for most modern cloud based systems

Overall, like the speed, how easy it is. Would love to have some ready made repositories for data layers, but it's rocket solid.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The data model, in 1984 I was dreaming of building a database model, now we have them. Cosmos DB is a great complement to MS SQL Server and all MS Azure development that does not rely on a relationship database structure.

Cons:

The limited extension ability, there's ton of features nowadays, but been with the development since "day 1", there's been constant development for a complete solution. However, I still find problems in integrating with LINQ which comes so natural in the SQL world.

Reasons for choosing Azure Cosmos DB

Just for the fun of it.. Well, not really. Was thinking of performance and cost vectors and today have some smaller issues, but overall, we're running on MS SQL and Cosmos DB here and there in a nice mix.

Shaunak P.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

NoSQL which works in lightning-fast speed without any added efforts!

I have been using the Cosmos DB for me and my clients at my company for about two years now. It has been a smooth onboarding process for us. I also had interactions with the support team, very kind and helpful. They consider the SLAs very carefully and turn out to be worthy lodging a ticket. They have an awesome architecture and infrastructure that runs the Cosmos DB. I considered other options and have tried too, but this was a great experience.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

A list of pros that are never ending.- Awesome community support, you can take benefit of regular weekly calls by the Microsoft on the Azure live TV.- Wide and vast coverage of datacenters to choose from.- Low latency (tried and tested) with muti-region support- Easy to create triggers on events via Azure Functions service.- Azure Synapse can be used for no-ETL and real time data processing in speedy manner.- It guarantees 99.999% uptime. There are less frequent outages as it is very fault-tolerant.

Cons:

There are no such cons so far. They practically practice was they preach.

Reasons for choosing Azure Cosmos DB

Cosmos DB offers many robust and effective connectors for Data Warehousing products and services like Databricks, Synapse Analytics and is very user friendly. Lots of documentation to help you.

Boris A. J.

Verified reviewer

Computer & Network Security

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2024

7 years using Cosmos DB

Poor, had too many performance issues due to network problems. All improvement after vNets with Service endpoints got introduced.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Seamless Azure Integration and easy of use

Cons:

Lack of documentation for SDKs, timelines with improvement, tech support. Zero to no cloud architectural guidance by MS.

Ali K.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2021

A fast, agile, and secure versatile database from Microsoft

If used with Microsoft Azure Cloud, you will have the best and highest efficiency. Also, it has a 30-day trial version that you can explore all its advantages and features. It has good speed and performance and can be one of the top options for all projects that need a multi-model database. The world of IT and advanced technologies of the future will need such a new database infrastructure.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The fastest NoSQL DB claim is true, and the fact that Microsoft has guaranteed Azure Cosmos DB speed is quite fitting. It is compatible with all projects and applications for development and is completely fast and flexible, no matter what the size and scale of the project, it is fully adaptable. I like Multi-Model NoSQL and Open APIs structure ready for modern app development. Speed, flexibility, and stability are very high.

Cons:

The pricing formula and calculator are affordable for large-scale projects but slightly more expensive for small projects.

Reasons for choosing Azure Cosmos DB

Features and integration with Microsoft products plus speed and security

Reasons for switching to Azure Cosmos DB

Flexible Price for Multi-Model NoSQL DB

Vinicius S.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed January 2023

Review for Azure Cosmos DB

The service helps me a lot to store information that doesn't have a fixed data structure, data that's the basis for the machine learning models that I use for weather forecasting.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use, manage and control. It's a distributed database system with high availability, throughput, low latency, and consistency. Cosmos DB helps me a lot to store documents in JSON format that doesn't have a fixed data structure, through a very intuitive graphic interface.

Cons:

Like most cloud services, I consider the price to be still high, requiring a thorough analysis before the user chooses to use the service to ensure cost-effectiveness.

Reasons for choosing Azure Cosmos DB

Ease of use and many features in the free trial encouraged me to continue using the system.

Joseph M.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2023

Agrxis Review on Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Cosmos DB has been a fantastic experience for me. I realized I had discovered a game-changing solution for my data management needs as soon as I started using it. Because of Cosmos DB's scalability and versatility, I've been able to easily handle massive amounts of data and adapt effortlessly to changing requirements. My development process has been greatly streamlined by the extensive range of features, which include the built-in database, automated backup, access controls, and object-oriented database capabilities. This has allowed me to create reliable and secure apps. My expectations were exceeded by Cosmos DB's performance and low latency, which made it possible for my apps to function normally even under strong workloads. My productivity has increased as a result of the seamless creation of end-to-end solutions thanks to the integration with other Azure services. I can easily navigate and use Cosmos DB to its fullest extent because to Microsoft's first-rate support and documentation.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Azure Cosmos DB's outstanding adaptability and scalability are what I liked about it the best. As soon as I began using it, I was astounded by the flexibility it provides for handling various forms of data. Cosmos DB easily accepts all types of data, whether they are structured, semi-structured, or unstructured. For my projects, it has been a game-changer to be able to store, query, and adapt data in a variety of forms without relying on a predetermined schema. Additionally, Cosmos DB's scalability is unmatched in every way. I can easily scale my database with a few clicks to deal with rising workloads and take into account the expansion of my applications. Global users benefit from high availability and low latency thanks to the seamless global distribution and multi-region replication, which make sure that my data is available and copied across several areas. The performance is fantastic, allowing me to give my users responsive and dependable experiences.

Cons:

While my overall experience with Azure Cosmos DB has been overwhelmingly positive, if I had to mention something I liked least, it would be the cost. As a powerful and feature-rich database service, Cosmos DB comes with a price tag that may be higher compared to some other alternatives. The pricing structure can be complex to understand, especially when considering factors such as data storage, throughput, and additional features.

Javier E.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2022

Fast NoSQL database

Incredible. I love everything so far

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Uptime and the ease of data replication in any part of the world. The free version for development is awesome.

Cons:

Would be nice to have an on-premise version.

Reasons for choosing Azure Cosmos DB

Because we already had everything on Azure

Mohit L.

Verified reviewer

Information Services

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2022

Good But Need improvement

Good

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Good for managing large data. Good Performace and availability.

Cons:

No IDE support. Browser based query editor not as good as an IDE. Sometime hard to manupulate data.

Navjot T.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2021

Best NO-SQL Database to cater to modern business demands

I think this is a very good NO-SQL database with easy integration capabilities with modern apps. Even for training the new resources for any project based on it, takes very less time not more than 2 weeks. With free access tiers, developer can get rich insights into it.

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Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It provides faster response, lower latency, automatic data management, easy to do updates and patching activity. We can read the data must faster. It helps to maintain the customer bound SLAs.

Cons:

I don't think there is any demerits as it has very good integration capabilities along with a powerful security mechanism. I think just cost need to be further moderated and timelines for free access tier for developer need to be further increased.

AKHILESH C.

Verified reviewer

Financial Services

10000+ employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2021

Cosmos DB - Good or Bad NoSQL DB

It has been a great experience till now but there is a learning involved in terms of configuring in the right way.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

I have been working as a PoC on CosmosDB and the most important thing I like is it being schema less. One can store anything and everything in cosmos db be it structured or non structured.

Cons:

The data is stored at many places depending on the configuration which means you have redundant data at many places. The cost can go very high for a highly available system.

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