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Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs PuppyGraph comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
116
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (4th), Managed NoSQL Databases (1st), Vector Databases (1st)
PuppyGraph
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
23rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB is 5.4%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PuppyGraph is 0.1%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
NoSQL Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB5.4%
PuppyGraph0.1%
Other94.5%
NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Aman-Narang - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at Infosys
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The primary benefits of Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB include horizontal scalability. The main advantage is that it handles data growth without requiring database redesign when traffic increases. Low latency access is another key benefit, as read and write operations are very fast, which is extremely helpful for real-time applications. Flexibility is also valuable because Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB uses JSON schema format, which contrasts with traditional table schemas that require time-consuming changes. In modernization scenarios where client requirements change rapidly, Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB offers more flexible schema design. High availability is another important feature, as it is well-suited for business-critical systems. My overall experience using Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB with other Azure services shows that it is more flexible compared to SQL Database and more readable because of its JSON format, making it easy to understand. It is more interactive because viewing the Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB schema clearly shows what is happening in the application and what will be achieved. In contrast, SQL requires writing many queries to obtain details, making Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB more suitable and flexible. My team's experience developing with Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB SDKs and APIs has been very comfortable and easy to implement. We are currently migrating .NET applications to Python-based AI solutions using Copilot, where we performed reverse engineering and are moving to forward engineering. We use APIs to connect with Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB and manage database containers and items, performing CRUD operations such as create, delete, and read operations, and querying JSON. We are using REST APIs with Python-based solutions, with a service layer and Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB integration.
Gurmeet K. - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Product Manager at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Unified graph querying has driven deep multi-hop reasoning and transformed data governance
There are multiple features of PuppyGraph that I personally love. One of them is zero-ETL graph querying, which helps us connect with our data warehouses easily and link via dynamic JSON graph schemas. This enables us to explore relational tables, nodes, and edges in under seven minutes, which previously took three and a half hours, so it is a great reduction. I also love the massive distributed graph scalability. The distributed vectorized compute engine helps us auto-shard queries across nodes and consistently execute 10-hop traversals across multi-billion edge data sets in under two seconds. Additionally, I appreciate the unified single source of truth. It helps us commit to the underlying tables, and those commits are immediately queryable in the graph layer within zero seconds of ETL replication lag. This ensures that our AI agents never reason over stale data and always access the latest data without any lag or changes left. The governance and security of PuppyGraph are very good, and I would rate it 10 out of 10 in that aspect. PuppyGraph's governance and security features have helped our organization, as it queries lakehouse tables directly where they originate. This delivers an exceptional governance posture for our enterprise applications with the help of inherent source-level governance and ABAC, which has supported the existing row-level security while helping us implement RBAC and column masking policies. It stabilizes operations inside Snowflake in our data warehouses and has achieved 100% policy consistency with zero security drift. The accuracy and reliability of PuppyGraph's output are really great.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I definitely recommend Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB."
"Overall, I would rate Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB a nine out of ten."
"Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB offers exceptional stability, boasting a reliability rating of 99.95 percent."
"Cosmos is a PaaS, so you don't need to worry about infrastructure and hosting. It has various APIs that allow it to integrate with other solutions. For example, we are using a MongoDB-compatible API for customers, which makes it easier for developers on the team who previously used MongoDB or are accustomed to the old document storage paradigm."
"The fact that scalability can be achieved by simply configuring availability zones is very attractive."
"Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB helped improve our organization's search result quality significantly when we started using it about eight years ago."
"Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB's most valuable feature is latency."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB were the general infrastructure, ease to use, and interface."
"PuppyGraph has positively impacted our organization by driving transformative capital efficiency across our pipeline infrastructure, our storage footprint, and our product delivery."
"PuppyGraph is the best answer."
 

Cons

"There are some disadvantages as it is costly compared to other NoSQL databases. It has a complex pricing model and has a strict partitioning strategy."
"There are no particular factors that need improvement. There is a little bit of a learning curve with scaling workloads, but it works smoothly."
"It would be nice to have more options to ingest the data, for example, more file options or more search options. Currently, you can use JSON, but if there were other file types you can use for data ingestion, that would be nice."
"It would be beneficial if Cosmos supported batch and real-time use cases to make the system more seamless."
"It is easy to use, but optimization has been a mixed experience. It has been more of trying to figure out how to do so. We have not found much support there, so we have to come up with our own way of optimizing it in different ways. That is one area of improvement."
"The query is a little complex. SQL server should have more options. But the query should be better."
"The pricing of the solution is an area with certain shortcomings."
"There's a little bit of a learning curve because I was new to Azure. But once you learn the tool, it's pretty straightforward."
"PuppyGraph is not a long-term solution as it is a virtual graph. Eventually, after we get the model right, we needed to move to Memgraph, another graph database."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its cost is transparent. Pricing depends on the transaction and data size, but overall, it is cheaper compared to hosting it on your corporate network due to other factors like power consumption."
"There is a licensing fee."
"For the cloud, we don't pay for the license, but for the on-prem versions, we do pay."
"You need to understand exactly the details of how the pricing works technically to stay within reasonable pricing."
"With heavy use, like a large-scale IoT implementation, you could easily hit a quarter of a million dollars a month in Azure charges if Cosmos DB is a big part of it."
"Because of the lack of understanding about RUs, the costs become unpredictable. It sometimes goes over the budget."
"The Cosmos DB pricing model, initially quite complicated, became clear after consulting with Azure Advisor, allowing us to proceed with confidence."
"It is expensive. The moment you have high availability options and they are mixed with the type of multitenant architecture you use, the pricing is on the higher end."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Legal Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
26%
Insurance Company
24%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Computer Software Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise60
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB?
Regarding pricing, Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB's dynamic auto-scale and serverless models have helped reduce costs and operational efforts. The dynamic auto-scale feature automatically adjusts th...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB?
Regarding improvements for Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB, partition key design is critical. Choosing the appropriate partition key based on read and write patterns is essential, and sometimes uneven wo...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB?
Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB is suitable for several basic use cases. For real-time applications such as order status and shipment tracking, Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB is an excellent choice because it...
What needs improvement with PuppyGraph?
PuppyGraph is a virtual graph and not a real graph data model. However, at some point in time, once we freeze this as the graph and the graph data model, we would like to extend to a proper graph, ...
What is your primary use case for PuppyGraph?
The main use case for PuppyGraph is establishing a graph data model layer on top of our existing systems. We do not want to bring in a new product which is completely graph-oriented, mainly because...
What advice do you have for others considering PuppyGraph?
There are no concrete recommendations. The important thing is that if they have to choose PuppyGraph, they need to have the clarity that PuppyGraph is not a long-term solution. Only if they have a ...
 

Also Known As

Microsoft Azure DocumentDB, MS Azure Cosmos DB
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Sample Customers

TomTom, KPMG Australia, Bosch, ASOS, Mercedes Benz, NBA, Zero Friction, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Kinectify
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