Azure Cosmos DB vs Snowflake

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

Snowflake

Snowflake Cloud data warehouse with separated storage and compute for analytics, data sharing, and ML workloads.

DatabasesPaid

Quick Facts

MicrosoftCompanySnowflake

2017Year Launched2014

FreemiumPricing ModelPaid

NoOpen SourceNo

DatabasesCategoryDatabases

WebPlatformsmacOS, Windows, Web

Azure Cosmos DB

CompanyMicrosoft

Year Launched2017

Pricing ModelFreemium

Open SourceNo

CategoryDatabases

PlatformsWeb

Snowflake

CompanySnowflake

Year Launched2014

Pricing ModelPaid

Open SourceNo

CategoryDatabases

PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Web

Pricing

Azure Cosmos DB

Freemium

Free Tier: 0

Serverless: usage-based/monthly

Provisioned Throughput: usage-based/monthly

Snowflake

Paid

Standard: Custom/monthly per seat

Enterprise: Custom/annual per seat

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