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# Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs ScyllaDB Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Reviews

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB** [

4.4/5(14)

](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-azure-cosmos-db/reviews#reviews)

**ScyllaDB** [

4.5/5(429)

](https://www.g2.com/products/scylladb/reviews#reviews)

Pricing

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB**
No pricing available

**ScyllaDB**
Free Trial

No pricing available

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB**
Not enough reviews yet

**ScyllaDB**
3 months

Based on 33 responses

Return on Investment

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB**
Not enough reviews yet

**ScyllaDB**
14 months

Based on 30 responses

Perceived Cost

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB**
Not enough reviews yet

**ScyllaDB**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB**
Not enough reviews yet

**ScyllaDB**
13%

Pros & Cons

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB**
Not enough data

**ScyllaDB**
[
Performance (57)
](https://www.g2.com/products/scylladb/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1743639&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Speed (49)
](https://www.g2.com/products/scylladb/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1743505&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Learning Curve (21)
](https://www.g2.com/products/scylladb/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1742887&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Limited Features (13)
](https://www.g2.com/products/scylladb/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1742855&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

Integrations

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB**
Not enough data

**ScyllaDB**
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Apache Kafka

](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-kafka/reviews)[

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AWS Lambda

](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-lambda/reviews)[

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Elasticsearch

](https://www.g2.com/products/elastic-elasticsearch/reviews)[

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Kpow for Apache Kafka

](https://www.g2.com/products/kpow-for-apache-kafka/reviews)[
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Ratings

Meets Requirements

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB**

9.5

9.510

**ScyllaDB**

8.8

8.8333

Ease of Use

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB**

8.8

8.810

**ScyllaDB**

8.5

8.5343

Ease of Setup

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB**

8.9

8.96

**ScyllaDB**

8.2

8.2252

Ease of Admin

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB**

8.7

8.75

**ScyllaDB**

8.2

8.2126

Quality of Support

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB**

8.8

8.810

**ScyllaDB**

8.5

8.5313

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB**

8.7

8.75

**ScyllaDB**

8.6

8.6106

Product Direction (% positive)

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB**

10.0

10.09

**ScyllaDB**

9.0

9.0325

Features

Wide Column Database[Hide 50 FeaturesShow 50 Features](javascript:void(0);)

8.6

9

8.5

85

Storage

Data Storage Method

8.5

8

8.6(won by 0.1)

71

Data Storage Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Secure Data Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Scalability

Database Scalability

9.4(won by 0.3)

8

9.1

79

Auto Sharding

8.3

7

8.7(won by 0.4)

71

Document Database

Not enough data

Not enough data

Columnar Database

Not enough data

Not enough data

Built-In Database

Not enough data

Not enough data

Graph Database

Not enough data

Not enough data

Key-Value Store Database

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security

Order Preserving Encryption

8.5(won by 0.3)

8

8.2

64

Support

Data Types Support

8.7(won by 0.1)

9

8.6

74

Multi model Database Support

8.7(won by 0.4)

9

8.3

68

Different Operating Systems

8.1(won by default)

8

Feature Not Available

Object Oriented Database

Not enough data

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Wide Column Database

Decision Making

Not enough data

7.9(won by default)

7

Additional Functionality

Database Conversion

Not enough data

Not enough data

Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Extraction

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting/Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Automatic Backup

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Visualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Ad hoc Reporting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Compliance Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Indexing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Search/Filter

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Verification

Not enough data

Not enough data

Performance Testing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Capture and Transfer

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security Auditing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Role-Based Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Mapping

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Retrieval

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Configuration Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Trail

Not enough data

Not enough data

For NoSQL Databases

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Import/Export

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Migration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Synchronization

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Serverless Accessibility

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multiple Data Sources

Not enough data

Not enough data

Key Value Databases[Hide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.7

186

Data Management

Data Model

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

164

Data Types

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

165

Availability

Auto Sharding

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

159

Auto Recovery

Not enough data

8.6(won by default)

154

Data Replication

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

157

Performance 

Integrated Cache

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

149

Security

Role-Based Authorization

Not enough data

8.4(won by default)

141

Authentication

Not enough data

8.5(won by default)

144

Audit Logs

Not enough data

8.5(won by default)

142

Encryption

Not enough data

8.6(won by default)

143

Support

Multi-Model

Not enough data

8.5(won by default)

139

Operating Systems

Not enough data

Feature Not Available

Database as a Service (DBaaS)[Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.8

162

Configuration

Application Performance

Not enough data

9.2(won by default)

150

Orchestration

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

140

Database Monitoring

Not enough data

8.9(won by default)

149

Anomaly Detection

Not enough data

8.4(won by default)

134

Network Security

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

137

Database Administration

Provisioning

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

135

Governance

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

131

Auditing

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

131

Availability

Scalability

Not enough data

9.5(won by default)

151

Backup

Not enough data

8.9(won by default)

145

Archiving

Not enough data

8.9(won by default)

134

Indexing

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

143

Security

Data Masking

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

121

Authentication And Single Sign-On

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

124

Data Anonymization

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

124

Data Management

Data Replication

Not enough data

8.9(won by default)

135

Advanced Data Analytics

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

127

Show 1 feature category with incomplete data

NoSQL Databases[Hide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Database Features

Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Availability

Not enough data

Not enough data

Stability

Not enough data

Not enough data

Scalability

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Manipulation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Query Language

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Insights

Reviewers' Company Size

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Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

21.4%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

21.4%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

57.1%

[![ScyllaDB](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_25a77281cf6759eb3923a50b7b0110b2/scylladb.png "ScyllaDB")](https://www.g2.com/products/scylladb/reviews)

ScyllaDB

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

41.6%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

29.4%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

28.9%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

21.4%

41.6%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

21.4%

29.4%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

57.1%

28.9%

Reviewers' Industry

[![Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_8a93d11566bebf1eb3a5e6e46c0f36d8/3fc22c55-aaea-42d8-9e46-1a9665456364.jpg "Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB")](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-azure-cosmos-db/reviews)
Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB

Information Technology and Services

28.6%

Computer Software

21.4%

Health, Wellness and Fitness

14.3%

Insurance

7.1%

Hospital & Health Care

7.1%

Other

21.4%

[![ScyllaDB](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_25a77281cf6759eb3923a50b7b0110b2/scylladb.png "ScyllaDB")](https://www.g2.com/products/scylladb/reviews)
ScyllaDB

Computer Software

29.6%

Information Technology and Services

13.2%

Financial Services

6.1%

Education Management

3.7%

Banking

3.4%

Other

44.1%

Alternatives

**Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Alternatives**

 ![Hbase](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_dc649c5799d0853a46290d1043ce182e/hbase.png "Hbase")

[
Hbase
](/products/hbase/reviews)

 ![YugabyteDB](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1bf0e1256304de61237bbb087f661791/yugabytedb.svg "YugabyteDB")

[
YugabyteDB
](/products/yugabytedb/reviews)

 ![Cassandra](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_131c279a0a8faf5615b1f91696037b66/cassandra.jpeg "Cassandra")

[
Cassandra
](/products/cassandra/reviews)

 ![Google Cloud BigTable](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_aeae116c52945fdecd7ed16d621cb315/google-cloud-bigtable.png "Google Cloud BigTable")

[
Bigtable
](/products/google-cloud-bigtable/reviews)

**ScyllaDB Alternatives**

 ![Couchbase](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/dd79f62d3c4f2a10c48a39526a14d4e7/couchbase.svg "Couchbase")

[
Couchbase
](/products/couchbase/reviews)

 ![Cassandra](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_131c279a0a8faf5615b1f91696037b66/cassandra.jpeg "Cassandra")

[
Cassandra
](/products/cassandra/reviews)

 ![Amazon DynamoDB](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/5383be31b099738701f86724a8b5cf9a/amazon-web-services-aws-amazon-dynamodb.svg "Amazon DynamoDB")

[
Amazon DynamoDB
](/products/amazon-web-services-aws-amazon-dynamodb/reviews)

 ![Redis Software](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/bc33baea6f8c2aa6f6b84dfec0a91f54/redis-software.svg "Redis Software")

[
Redis Software
](/products/redis-software/reviews)