Compare Amazon DynamoDB and Azure Cosmos DB

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At a Glance
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB
Star Rating
(529)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (34.2% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB
Star Rating
(68)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.4% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Azure Cosmos DB

Amazon DynamoDB vs Azure Cosmos DB

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Amazon DynamoDB easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Amazon DynamoDB overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Amazon DynamoDB meets the needs of their business better than Azure Cosmos DB.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Amazon DynamoDB is the preferred option.
  • When assessing product direction, Amazon DynamoDB and Azure Cosmos DB received similar ratings from our reviewers.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon DynamoDB
No pricing available
Azure Cosmos DB
No pricing available
Free Trial
Amazon DynamoDB
No trial information available
Azure Cosmos DB
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
379
8.5
48
Ease of Use
8.7
382
8.2
48
Ease of Setup
8.9
176
8.0
22
Ease of Admin
8.8
164
7.7
23
Quality of Support
8.6
359
8.2
46
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
155
8.3
22
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
355
9.0
47
Features by Category
8.7
147
Not enough data
Data Management
8.4
130
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Verified
Not enough data
8.4
132
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Verified
Not enough data
Availability
8.7
103
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Verified
Not enough data
8.9
112
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Verified
Not enough data
9.1
114
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Verified
Not enough data
Performance
8.5
101
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Verified
Not enough data
Security
8.9
119
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Verified
Not enough data
9.0
118
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Verified
Not enough data
8.5
112
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Verified
Feature Not Available
8.8
108
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Verified
Not enough data
Support
8.3
100
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Verified
Not enough data
8.6
101
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Verified
Not enough data
8.7
111
7.7
7
Data Management
8.8
90
8.3
6
8.8
90
7.8
6
8.5
84
7.0
5
8.5
74
7.7
5
Availability
8.7
77
7.3
5
8.9
80
7.3
5
8.9
83
8.7
5
Performance
8.4
87
6.7
6
Security
8.9
82
8.1
6
9.1
81
7.7
5
8.5
75
7.3
5
8.7
78
8.0
5
Support
8.5
70
Not enough data
8.4
73
Not enough data
8.3
57
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Availability
Not enough data
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Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Support
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Storage
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Availability
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
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Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Database as a Service (DBaaS)Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features
8.8
188
7.8
21
Configuration
9.0
167
8.6
16
8.7
153
7.8
15
8.9
162
8.3
15
8.4
131
7.2
9
9.0
142
8.7
15
Database Administration
8.8
141
8.4
15
8.9
130
7.6
9
8.6
125
7.1
8
Availability
9.3
165
8.9
16
9.0
158
8.3
16
8.7
145
8.4
15
8.9
154
8.6
16
Security
8.8
89
7.2
6
9.0
102
7.2
6
8.8
91
5.6
6
Data Management
8.9
109
8.1
7
8.7
91
7.4
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Database Features
Not enough data
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB
Amazon DynamoDB and Azure Cosmos DB are categorized as Document Databases, Database as a Service (DBaaS), and Key Value Databases
Unique Categories
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB has no unique categories
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB is categorized as Graph Databases and Columnar Databases
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
32.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
33.4%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
34.2%
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
30.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
27.1%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
42.4%
Reviewers' Industry
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB
Computer Software
27.2%
Information Technology and Services
16.7%
Financial Services
7.0%
Hospital & Health Care
3.2%
Banking
3.0%
Other
42.9%
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB
Information Technology and Services
23.7%
Computer Software
20.3%
Internet
8.5%
Retail
5.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.4%
Other
39.0%
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Amazon DynamoDB
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Azure Cosmos DB
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Discussions
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB Discussions
Which of the following is a feature of DynamoDB?
3 Comments
Somnath C.
SC
It is document database and it has capacity to scale horizontally more than 10 trillion request per day with peaks greater than 20 million requests per second.Read more
What is Amazon DynamoDB describe an application that can benefit from Amazon Dynamodb?
3 Comments
Prasanjit S.
PS
how do i create a amazon dynamodb table locally?
2 Comments
HS
There is no way that you can setup a DynamoDB locally. In fact, there is no AWS service that you can setup locally. However, there are some other tools...Read more
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB Discussions
Monty the Mongoose crying
Azure Cosmos DB has no discussions with answers