Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Reviews

Cosmos DB is a non-relational, NoSQL database. We are a solution provider and we implement this product for our clients. It is used for integrating and managing unstructured data such as videos, pictures, and other big objects that you cannot include in a standard database tablet. It is made for these kinds of activities.

Some of our customers include banks, where together with their main relational database, it provides a place for keeping track of unstructured data. The relational database is used to store the regular data, whereas Cosmos DB stores what is unstructured.

I also use this product for my own purposes.

Cosmos DB is stable and easy to use.

Better documentation on how to integrate with other components would be helpful because I was struggling with this. For example, I had trouble finding information on how to integrate with other Microsoft components. Also, consider a situation where you want to use Cosmos DB to manage the uploading of data to your website. Information on how to do things like this should be readily available.

I have been using Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB for less than a month.

Cloud-based solutions like Cosmos DB are quite stable.

This is a scalable product. When I originally used it on the cloud, Microsoft Azure, I tried changing a lot of things such as increasing the memory to see how it performed. The response was quite good. 

Technical support is good and they are responsive.

Prior to Cosmos DB, was using MySQL, but it isn't a non-relational database.

The initial setup is straightforward. It was complete in about five minutes.

I deployed it myself.

There is a licensing fee.

This is a good product and I recommend it, especially in cases where people want to keep their information outside of the organization and on the cloud.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

In our accounting department, we store data in Azure Cosmos DB. We query and store IO-based data there.

I'm still in the process of exploring all the features. We're continuously adding and releasing data, so there are several apps that have been useful to me.

Since we're working in the cloud, it's not easy to incorporate all the features it supports. There is room for improvement in terms of integration with other vendors.

I have been using the solution for about a year.

Cosmos DB is a pretty stable solution. I would rate it a ten out of ten. 

The solution is pretty scalable. I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten.

If I had to rate it based on my initial usage, I would rate it around a seven.

The setup was done by the team. They followed a set of instructions and it was pretty straightforward. 

I would recommend understanding the underlying databases like Cosmos DB, but I don't think it supports Oracle. However, it does support various other databases. If it supports the databases you need, then go for it. If it doesn't support them, there's not much you can do.

Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. I'm not giving it a higher rating because it doesn't support all databases.

We are strict users of Microsoft. We use it to deal with huge amounts of data. It's like Databricks and it's structured. All of the sites we have are stored in Cosmos DB.

The solution's enhanced performance is its most valuable aspect.

The product is very stable.

We've found the solution to be scalable.

The solution is extremely user-friendly and easy to navigate.

The initial setup is quick and easy.

I cannot recall finding any missing features. Everything we need is pretty much there.

It would be ideal if we could integrate Cosmos DB with our Databricks. At this point, that's not possible.

I've used the solution for one year at this point.

The solution is stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's quite reliable.

The scalability of the solution is very good. If a company wants to expand it, it can.

Currently, we have about 80 users on the solution within our company.

We've had a year of support and they've always been very good. They are helpful and responsive. We're satisfied with the level of support we receive when we need to contact them.

We've always used Microsoft. Previously, we just used a different deployment for Microsoft.

The installation is not complex. It's very straightforward and very easy. It hardly takes more than a few minutes to deploy the product. Everything happens very fast.

I handled the implementation myself. I did not need to hire a consultant or implementor to assist the company during the implementation process.

I am using the latest version of the solution.

Overall, I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten. I have always been very happy with its capabilities.

I would recommend the solution to other organizations.

I was using Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB to correct some performance issues or see more about my environment.

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

I have been using Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB for approximately three years.

The stability of Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB was good. I did not experience any bugs or glitches.

Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB is scalable.

During the time I was using Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB I did not use the support.

Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB was relatively easy to set up.

The price of Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB could be a bit lower.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB a nine out of ten.

We use Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB for storing information from third-party systems in JSON format.

The product's most valuable feature is its ability to store documents and assets. You can execute a query over all the documents. It works reasonably fast. You can retain the original format of the document as received by the third-party system.

Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB's performance could be better. In large volumes of documents, the querying process becomes slow and complicated. It could be faster.

We have been using Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB for three years.

We have enterprise businesses as our customers for Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB.

The technical support services are good.

Positive

It is an easy-to-set-up and maintain product. The installation process involves integrating it into the pipeline. It takes a few minutes to an hour and requires five executives to implement it.

I rate Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB an eight out of ten. It is useful to store original data in original format.

Our primary use case for this solution is to call confirmation details booked in Cosmos DB.

New features can be included and its stability can be further improved.

We have been using the solution for approximately five years.

The solution is stable.

The solution is scalable, and we intend to increase our usage.

I rate customer service and support a ten out of ten.

Positive

The initial setup is straightforward and can be done in a couple of hours.

We deploy and maintain the solution in-house.

I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Our use case for Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB is storing track and trace data, mainly for regulated markets.

The recent introduction of autoscale V2 has been a big benefit for us, as well as the compression has helped us reduce our costs without much impact.

It's a platform as a service; it definitely helps us operate better. We are not a big company. We have 200 people. It would be impossible for us to run the systems without a platform as a service.

It is pretty fast to learn the basics. However, when it comes to optimization and understanding all the details, it takes a little bit longer. Its learning curve is pretty short. It's pretty intuitive.

I would assess Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB's ability to search through large amounts of data as an eight out of ten.

What I appreciate most are the latency and the access, which are guaranteed by the tool, which is really impressive. I appreciate that it's a platform as a service that allows me not to think about capacity or operation, which makes a big difference for us.

What is missing in Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB is definitely cold storage. We know it's coming, but that's currently what is missing—the possibility to park older data in a cold tier. Aside from the storage, we are pretty happy with the rest.

I have been using this solution for six years.

I would rate the stability of Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB a nine out of ten. It is super stable.

Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB is highly scalable. I would rate it a nine as well, although we sometimes encounter data center capacity issues because we are in the top three biggest instances of Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB.

Our clients are enterprises. We have 20 people working with this solution.

We have regular contact with the product group, who listen to us to optimize our consumption and help us improve our solution to get more benefit from it. We had one incident, and they were very supportive during the incident, resolving it within the SLA, so it has been a good experience.

I would rate the technical support for Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB an eight out of ten.

Positive

We did not test or use another solution. We went with Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB from the beginning, so I cannot really judge any improvements compared to what we were doing before. My experience is only with Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB.

I would rate its initial setup a nine out of ten. Implementing the solution takes weeks, but the deployment of a new instance takes less than a day. 

I believe Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB has decreased our total cost of ownership by clearly decreasing operational costs; the solution is highly reliable. On the other hand, the cost of the tool is still pretty high, which is a common complaint among customers. Looking at the spread of Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB on our total Azure landscape, it is by far the biggest cost point, so it is still expensive, but it is highly reliable and high-performance.

It is pretty easy to use, but it is tricky to optimize because of the way the pricing works. You need to understand exactly the details of how the pricing works technically to stay within reasonable pricing.

We do not utilize the built-in vector database capability yet, but we have plans to.

I would recommend Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB to other users. I would highly recommend digging into the details of how it works behind the scenes and discussing with the technical team prior to implementation to avoid mistakes that could lead to a gigantic invoice at the end of the month for nothing. Ensuring a good understanding of how it all works.

Overall, I would rate Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB as an eight out of ten.