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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Cosmos DB

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft's Big Data analysis platform. It is a NoSQL database service and is a replacement for the earlier DocumentDB NoSQL database.N/A

    DataStax Enterprise

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ADataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the scale-out, cloud-native NoSQL database built on Apache Cassandra. DSE is Developer Ready providing developers the freedom of choice of REST, GraphQL, CQL and JSON/Document APIs.N/A
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    Azure Cosmos DBDataStax Enterprise
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Microsoft
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    DataStax
    Chose DataStax Enterprise
    I believe DataStax Enterprise is the best in class. There are some things that are different with the schema-less systems but I found DataStax Enterprise easiest to implement while evaluating. The replication is on par or better than others in practice. We are evaluating …
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    Features
    Azure Cosmos DBDataStax Enterprise
    NoSQL Databases
    Comparison of NoSQL Databases features of Azure Cosmos DB and DataStax Enterprise
    Feature
    Azure Cosmos DB
    9.9
    7 Ratings
    11% above category average
    DataStax Enterprise
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Performance10.07 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Availability10.07 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Concurrency10.07 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Security10.07 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Scalability10.07 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Data model flexibility9.07 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Deployment model flexibility10.07 Ratings7.03 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Azure Cosmos DBDataStax Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.6
    (4 ratings)
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (2 ratings)
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure Cosmos DBDataStax Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Like any NoSQL database, whether it's MongoDB or not, it's best suited for unstructured data. It's also well suited for storing raw data before processing it and performing any type of ETL on the data.
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    DataStax
    Real-time transaction processing (both reads and writes) is where DataStax Enterprise shines. It's very fast with linear scalability should more resources be needed. Additional nodes are added very easily. DataStax Enterprise on its own (without Solr or Spark enabled) isn't well suited for long complicated reports. The data model doesn't support joining multiple tables together which is common in BI reporting.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Scalable Instantly and automatically serverless database for any large scale business.
    • Quick access and response to data queries due to high speed in reading and writing data
    • Create a powerful digital experience for your customers with real-time offers and agile access to DB with super-fast analysis and comparison for best recommendation
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    DataStax
    • Datastax Cassandra provides high availability and good performance for a database. It is built on top of open source Apache Cassandra so you can always somewhat understand the internal functioning and why.
    • Datastax Cassandra is fairly simple to start using, you can install/setup your cluster and be productive in 1 day.
    • Datastax Cassandra provides a lot of good detailed documentation, and when starting, the detailed free videos on the Datastax site and documentation are very helpful.
    • Datastax Enterprise Edition of Cassandra provides more tools, good support, and quick response SLA for enterprise business support.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Expensive, so be careful of the use case.
    • We had a thought time migrating from traditional DBs to Cosmos. Azure should provide a seamless platform for the migration of data from on-premises to cloud.
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    DataStax
    • Cassandra is a bit difficult to learn and understand
    • The costs are slightly higher for our company
    • Hardware requirement is moderate to high at the beginning
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    It's efficient, easy to scale, and works. We do have to do a bit of administration, but less now than when we started with this a couple of years ago. Microsoft continues to improve its self-management capability.
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    DataStax
    We will continue to use it because it scales well with commodity hardware and we are satisfied with the documentation and support.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    It has very good compatibility and adaptability with other APIs and developers can safely create new apps because it is compatible with various tools and can be easily managed and run under the cloud, and in terms of security, it is one of the best of its kind, which is very powerful and excellent.
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    DataStax
    There is a bit of a learning curve and tasks that are simple in traditional RDBMS systems can be complicated with DataStax Enterprise but once you get the hang of denormalizing data and getting the data model correct DataStax Enterprise is very usable. Usability from the developer's standpoint is very simple - the complication is on the architecture side with the data model.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Microsoft is the best when it comes to after-sales support. They have a well-structured training and knowledge base portal that anyone can use. They are usually quick to respond to cases and are on point for on-call support. I have no complaints from a support standpoint. Pretty happy with the support.
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    DataStax
    DataStax has the best community. They have instant customer support to solve problems and are knowledgeable of the problems faced by the customer. The documentation is pretty top-notch.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Cosmos DB is unique in the industry as a true multi-model, cloud-native database engine that comes with solutions for geo-redundancy, multi-master writes, (globally!) low latency, and cost-effective hosting built in. I've yet to see anything else that even comes close to the power that Cosmos DB packs into its solution. The simplicity and tooling support are nice bonus features as well.
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    DataStax
    DataStax Enterprise offered best-in-class write performance and scalability. The customer support team was very helpful in the adoption of new technology.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • It's made managing raw data much easier
    • It provides a way to maintain raw data at a low cost
    • It's easy to massage the data
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    DataStax
    • Highly Scalable Database, Highly Available Services, and Platforms.
    • High Performance, Low Latency and Highest throughput across varying workloads.
    • Configured, Tuned and Monitored correctly works to provide the best user experience!
    • Negative: Maintenance and Debugging Corner Cases
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