Why developers like Azure Cosmos DB

What is Azure Cosmos DB?

Azure DocumentDB is a fully managed NoSQL database service built for fast and predictable performance, high availability, elastic scaling, global distribution, and ease of development.

Azure Cosmos DB is a tool in the NoSQL Database as a Service category of a tech stack.

Who uses Azure Cosmos DB?

Companies

91 companies reportedly use Azure Cosmos DB in their tech stacks, including Mews, Microsoft, and Global.

Mews

Microsoft

Global

Core Banking

Rumble

Jet.com

Objectivity Software ...

iOLAP

Dr.Max Ecom

Developers

460 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Azure Cosmos DB.

tivipeek

My Stack

work-stack

OnExtent LLC

Luiz Carlos Faria

AmitPuri

My Stack

Lobster Ink

Azure Cosmos DB Integrations

JavaScript, Python, Node.js, Java, and MongoDB are some of the popular tools that integrate with Azure Cosmos DB. Here's a list of all 22 tools that integrate with Azure Cosmos DB.

JavaScript

Python

Node.js

Java

MongoDB

Microsoft Azure

.NET

Apache Spark

Hadoop

Pros of Azure Cosmos DB

Best-of-breed NoSQL features

High scalability

Globally distributed

Automatic indexing over flexible json data model

Tunable consistency

Always on with 99.99% availability sla

Javascript language integrated transactions and queries

Predictable performance

High performance

Analytics Store

Rapid Development

No Sql

Auto Indexing

Ease of use

Decisions about Azure Cosmos DB

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Azure Cosmos DB in their tech stack.

Arjun R

Jun 3, 2022 | 4 upvotes · 32.4K views

Needs advice

Azure Cosmos DB

and

Azure SQL Database

We are building cloud based analytical app and most of the data for UI is supplied from SQL server to Delta lake and then from Delta Lake to Azure Cosmos DB as JSON using Databricks. So that API can send it to front-end. Sometimes we get larger documents while transforming table rows into JSONs and it exceeds 2mb limit of cosmos size. What is the best solution for replacing Cosmos DB?

Thiru Medampalli

Jul 16, 2020 | 7 upvotes · 209.8K views

Needs advice

Azure Cosmos DB

Neo4j

and

OrientDB

We have an in-house build experiment management system. We produce samples as input to the next step, which then could produce 1 sample(1-1) and many samples (1 - many). There are many steps like this. So far, we are tracking genealogy (limited tracking) in the MySQL database, which is becoming hard to trace back to the original material or sample(I can give more details if required). So, we are considering a Graph database. I am requesting advice from the experts.

Is a graph database the right choice, or can we manage with RDBMS?
If RDBMS, which RDMS, which feature, or which approach could make this manageable or sustainable
If Graph database(Neo4j, OrientDB, Azure Cosmos DB, Amazon Neptune, ArangoDB), which one is good, and what are the best practices?

I am sorry that this might be a loaded question.

Ravi Upadhyay

Architect-IoT at A. P. Moller Maerks · Jul 16, 2020 | 3 upvotes · 26.3K views

Needs advice

Azure Cosmos DB

and

MongoDB

I am currently using Azure Cosmos DB for our IoT platform and am planning to switch to another #NoSQL database for cost and other related issues. I am also looking for a database that has higher capabilities towards reporting solutions through Power BI or other reporting tools.

Arun S

May 10, 2020 | 1 upvote · 35.2K views

Needs advice

Amazon DynamoDB

and

Azure Cosmos DB

Need thoughts of which services to use either Amazon DynamoDB or Azure Cosmos DB. I'm more interested in performance comparision between these tools

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Azure Cosmos DB's Features

Fully managed with 99.99% Availability SLA
Elastically and highly scalable (both throughput and storage)
Predictable low latency: <10ms @ P99 reads and <15ms @ P99 fully-indexed writes
Globally distributed with multi-region replication
Rich SQL queries over schema-agnostic automatic indexing
JavaScript language integrated multi-record ACID transactions with snapshot isolation
Well-defined tunable consistency models: Strong, Bounded Staleness, Session, and Eventual

Azure Cosmos DB Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Azure Cosmos DB?

Azure SQL Database

It is the intelligent, scalable, cloud database service that provides the broadest SQL Server engine compatibility and up to a 212% return on investment. It is a database service that can quickly and efficiently scale to meet demand, is automatically highly available, and supports a variety of third party software.

MongoDB Atlas

MongoDB Atlas is a global cloud database service built and run by the team behind MongoDB. Enjoy the flexibility and scalability of a document database, with the ease and automation of a fully managed service on your preferred cloud.

MongoDB

MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.

Neo4j

Neo4j stores data in nodes connected by directed, typed relationships with properties on both, also known as a Property Graph. It is a high performance graph store with all the features expected of a mature and robust database, like a friendly query language and ACID transactions.

MySQL

The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.

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