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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB
Ranking in Vector Databases
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
80
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (6th), NoSQL Databases (3rd), Managed NoSQL Databases (1st)
OpenSearch
Ranking in Vector Databases
10th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Vector Databases category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB is 1.6%. The mindshare of OpenSearch is 10.0%, up from 8.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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MichaelJohn - PeerSpot reviewer
Very efficient for application-facing scenarios
There are several areas for improvement. Firstly, having a local development emulator or simulator for Azure Cosmos DB would be beneficial. It would be very handy to have a Docker container that developers can use locally. Although, I know there is a free tier and so on and so forth, having a local environment would be nice. For example, SQL Server is very portable. You can even install it on your machine. That is the number one thing that is missing in Azure Cosmos DB. The second improvement area is the IDE of choice. That means how you interact with Azure Cosmos DB. For example, with SQL Server, you have SQL Server Management Studio. I know there is a little bit of support for Azure Cosmos DB in Azure Data Studio, but it is not heavily advertised or it does not feel like first-class citizen support. Developer experience or developer tooling is missing in terms of interacting with the database. Better developer tools or an IDE for interacting with Azure Cosmos DB would enhance the developer experience. Lastly, there is some mixed messaging about what Azure Cosmos DB is, given its multiple APIs. There are so many Azure Cosmos DB APIs available. There is NoSQL. There are MongoDB, Gremlin, and others. There is still some mixed messaging for others who are new to Azure Cosmos DB about what Azure Cosmos DB is. Is this like MongoDB, but then there is also MongoDB in Azure Cosmos DB? I know it well, and I know that the default one is just NoSQL, but others I have interacted with over the last ten years or so get confused.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Legal Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Educational Organization
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB?
Azure Cosmos DB is generally a costly resource compared to other Azure resources. It comes with a high cost. We have reserved one thousand RUs. Free usage is also limited.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB?
Overall, it is a good resource. I am not aware of the background, but it seems to currently support only JSON documents. They could expand their scope to support other types of data, such as XML or...
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Also Known As

Microsoft Azure DocumentDB, MS Azure Cosmos DB
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

TomTom, KPMG Australia, Bosch, ASOS, Mercedes Benz, NBA, Zero Friction, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Kinectify
1. Amazon 2. Netflix 3. Yelp 4. Adobe 5. IBM 6. Microsoft 7. Cisco 8. Oracle 9. Salesforce 10. eBay 11. Spotify 12. Airbnb 13. Twitter 14. LinkedIn 15. Pinterest 16. Slack 17. Dropbox 18. Expedia 19. Uber 20. Lyft 21. Square 22. Zillow 23. Reddit 24. Hulu 25. Twitch 26. Booking.com 27. Etsy 28. Groupon 29. StubHub 30. TripAdvisor 31. Wayfair 32. Zappos
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