Compare Amazon DocumentDB and Azure Cosmos DB 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (33.3% of reviews)
Enterprise (42.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.10 GB/month (prices may vary across AWS regions) GB
No pricing available
Amazon DocumentDB
Star Rating
(44)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (33.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.10 GB/month (prices may vary across AWS regions) GB
Learn more about Amazon DocumentDBAzure Cosmos DB
Star Rating
(68)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Azure Cosmos DBAmazon DocumentDB vs Azure Cosmos DB
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Amazon DocumentDB easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Amazon DocumentDB overall.
- Reviewers felt that Amazon DocumentDB meets the needs of their business better than Azure Cosmos DB.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Amazon DocumentDB is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Azure Cosmos DB over Amazon DocumentDB.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon DocumentDB
Amazon DocumentDB Pricing
$0.10 GB/month (prices may vary across AWS regions)
GB
Amazon DocumentDB is priced in four dimensions: 1) On-demand instances The amount of compute instances for a cluster (pricing per second with a 10-minute minimum); 2) Database I/O: The amount of I/O used when reading and writing data to your cluster’s storage volume (pricing per million I/Os); 3) Database storage: The amount of data stored in your cluster's storage volume (pricing per GB/month); 4) Backup storage: The amount of backup storage used in excess of your cluster’s database storage usage (pricing per GB/month). Other AWS-wide costs (such as data transfer between applications and DocumentDB across Availability Zones) may also apply.
Azure Cosmos DB
No pricing availableFree Trial
Amazon DocumentDB
No trial information availableAzure Cosmos DB
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.6
38
8.5
48
Ease of Use
8.6
37
8.2
48
Ease of Setup
8.5
11
8.0
22
Ease of Admin
8.2
10
7.7
23
Quality of Support
8.6
37
8.2
46
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
10
8.3
22
Product Direction (% positive)
7.9
33
9.0
47
Features by Category
Data Management
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Availability
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Performance
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Security
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Feature Not Available
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Support
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Data Management
9.4
6
8.3
6
9.0
5
7.8
6
9.7
5
7.0
5
9.3
5
7.7
5
Availability
8.6
6
7.3
5
9.5
7
7.3
5
9.0
5
8.7
5
Performance
8.7
5
6.7
6
Security
9.7
5
8.1
6
9.2
6
7.7
5
10.0
5
7.3
5
10.0
7
8.0
5
Support
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Data Management
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Performance
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Security
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Support
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Storage
Not enough data
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Availability
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Performance
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Security
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Support
Not enough data
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Configuration
9.3
16
8.6
16
8.7
15
7.8
15
8.6
14
8.3
15
8.7
13
7.2
9
9.0
14
8.7
15
Database Administration
9.2
14
8.4
15
8.8
13
7.6
9
9.4
13
7.1
8
Availability
9.4
14
8.9
16
9.7
15
8.3
16
9.6
13
8.4
15
9.0
15
8.6
16
Security
9.4
9
7.2
6
9.4
9
7.2
6
9.3
9
5.6
6
Data Management
9.7
10
8.1
7
9.8
10
7.4
7
Database Features
Not enough data
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon DocumentDB and Azure Cosmos DB are categorized as Database as a Service (DBaaS) and Document Databases
Unique Categories
Amazon DocumentDB has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon DocumentDB
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Azure Cosmos DB
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
23.8%
Computer Software
19.0%
Internet
4.8%
Banking
4.8%
Food & Beverages
4.8%
Other
42.9%
Information Technology and Services
23.7%
Computer Software
20.3%
Internet
8.5%
Retail
5.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.4%
Other
39.0%
Alternatives
Discussions
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Azure Cosmos DB has no discussions with answers
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