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Azure Cosmos DB vs Cassandra

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Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed, multi-model database service by Microsoft offering single-digit millisecond latency and 99.999% availability SLA. It supports document, key-value, graph, and column-family data models with multiple API options.

DatabasesFreemium
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Cassandra

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed NoSQL database designed for handling large amounts of data across commodity servers with high availability and no single point of failure. It uses a masterless ring architecture with tunable consistency.

DatabasesFreeOpen Source

Quick Facts

Azure Cosmos DB

CompanyMicrosoft
Year Launched2017
Pricing ModelFreemium
Open SourceNo
CategoryDatabases
PlatformsWeb

Cassandra

CompanyApache Software Foundation
Year Launched2008
Pricing ModelFree
Open SourceYes
CategoryDatabases
Platforms

Pricing

Azure Cosmos DB

Freemium

Free Tier: 0

Serverless: usage-based/monthly

Provisioned Throughput: usage-based/monthly

Cassandra

Free

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