Chroma vs Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB comparison

Chroma and Microsoft are both solutions in the Vector Databases category. Chroma is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.5, while Microsoft is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.1. Additionally, 100% of Chroma users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

Chroma

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100% willing to recommend

Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB

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92% willing to recommend

Chroma

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Chroma and Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Vector Databases solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Chroma vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Report (Updated: July 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

Chroma

Ranking in Vector Databases

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB

Ranking in Vector Databases

9th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Database as a Service (DBaaS) (6th), NoSQL Databases (4th), Managed NoSQL Databases (1st)

Featured Reviews

Sameer Bhangale

Leader, Data Science Practice at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Apr 22, 2024

Used for RAG (Retrieval-augmented generation) and provides good documentation

If I have to deploy my application in a scalable environment with lots of data and users, I sometimes need to create multiple instances of my database or have a distributed database across different machines. Using Kubernetes, I can quickly increase the horizontal spread of Milvus because it is containerized and readily available. I don't have to do anything by myself. New users can go to Chroma's 'Get Started' page and follow it like a tutorial. Then, they will be ready to use the solution. Chroma has helped us reduce the overall project post production time. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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MatthewSpieth

Senior Data Engineer Consultant at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Mar 8, 2024

Schema-free nature, offers good speed and doesn't rely on traditional disks and database structures like a relational database

The downside is that Cosmos is new and fairly complex. There's a limited pool of talent who are really good at working with it. Because of that, I've been approached by recruiters quite a bit; they see my Cosmos DB certification on LinkedIn. It's hard to find people to work on Cosmos projects. Sometimes, a really smart developer will design and build a Cosmos implementation and then move on, leaving the company struggling to find someone to work with it and maintain it. Interestingly, if you need to restore a Cosmos DB database, you have to put in a ticket with Microsoft – they're the only ones who can do that.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It's very easy to set up and runs easily."

"The solution's most valuable feature is its documentation, which allows new users to easily learn, deploy, and use it."

"With Azure you can start small and grow as you need."

"It's highly scalable and supports consistency, security, and multiple security options."

"The solution is stable."

"The graphical representation of data is the most valuable feature of the solution."

"Cosmos DB is stable and easy to use."

"Its wide support to the ecosystem is valuable. We can use this database with a lot of use cases, and that's one of the reasons why we prefer it. We have a lot of vendors, databases, and use cases, and wherever possible, we are trying to standardize databases. It is also secure."

"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB were the general infrastructure, ease to use, and interface."

"It is a NoSQL database."

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Cons

"I think Chroma doesn't have a ready-made containerized image available."

"The hybrid algorithm needs improvement."

"In Microsoft manufacturing, managers really need to know about the product."

"I hope they improve the service. Before last year, improvements on Cosmos DB were very slow."

"Its stability can be further improved."

"The integration of the on-premise solution with the cloud can be difficult sometimes."

"The query is a little complex. SQL server should have more options. But the query should be better."

"There is room for improvement in terms of stability."

"Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB's pricing model is complicated, which people don't understand."

"The initial setup was difficult."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The current version is an open-source."

"The tool is not expensive."

"Pricing is one of the solution's main features because it is based on usage, scales automatically, and is not too costly."

"Cosmos DB gave us three accounts for $400. We pay according to the usage."

"Cosmos DB is expensive compared to any virtual machine based on conventional RDBMS like MySQL or PostgreSQL."

"Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB's licensing costs are monthly."

"Microsoft provides fair pricing."

"For the cloud, we don't pay for the license, but for the on-prem versions, we do pay."

"Its pricing structure is quite flexible."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

University

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Chroma?

The solution's most valuable feature is its documentation, which allows new users to easily learn, deploy, and use it.

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What needs improvement with Chroma?

The hybrid algorithm needs improvement.

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What is your primary use case for Chroma?

We collect customer's feedback, and then we present it to the clients.

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What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB?

The initial setup is simple and straightforward. You can set up a Cosmos DB in a day, even configuring things like availability zones around the world.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB?

With heavy use, like a large-scale IoT implementation, you could easily hit a quarter of a million dollars a month in Azure charges if Cosmos DB is a big part of it.

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What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB?

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Also Known As

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Microsoft Azure DocumentDB, MS Azure Cosmos DB

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Chroma

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Overview

Chroma is a versatile tool that enhances visual display quality, offering features such as color accuracy improvement, brightness adjustment, and image settings fine-tuning.

It creates vibrant and immersive visual experiences, making it valuable for content creators, gamers, and design professionals.

Chroma's customizable lighting options and seamless integration with other devices are highly praised, allowing users to personalize their setups and create visually stunning effects.

Its compatibility with various devices ensures a cohesive and immersive user experience.

Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed NoSQL and vector database service built for AI-powered apps at any scale. It fuels apps with high-performance, distributed computing over massive volumes of NoSQL and vector data. Developers can start small and pay for only what they use with serverless computing, and enhance the solution seamlessly with unlimited dynamic autoscale, SLA-backed 99.999 percent availability and <10ms latency. Azure Cosmos DB lets developers build applications with the languages and frameworks of their choice, such as Python, Node.js, and Java. These unique benefits make Azure Cosmos DB a great fit for responsive, high-performance customer-facing apps that are secure and highly available. Some popular use cases for Azure Cosmos DB are AI assistants, real-time transactional applications, IoT and smart products, personalization and recommendations, as well as SaaS applications.

Sample Customers

1. Google 2. Netflix 3. Amazon 4. Facebook 5. Microsoft 6. Apple 7. Twitter 8. Spotify 9. Adobe 10. Uber 11. Airbnb 12. LinkedIn 13. Pinterest 14. Snapchat 15. Dropbox 16. Salesforce 17. IBM 18. Intel 19. Oracle 20. Cisco 21. HP 22. Dell 23. Samsung 24. Sony 25. LG 26. Panasonic 27. Philips 28. Toshiba 29. Nokia 30. Motorola 31. Xiaomi 32. Huawei

TomTom, KPMG Australia, Bosch, ASOS, Mercedes Benz, NBA, Zero Friction, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Kinectify

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