DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Google Cloud Datastore vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Datastore vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB infoformer name was Azure DocumentDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformGlobally distributed, horizontally scalable, multi-model database serviceA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasets
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.43
Rank#78  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score35.45
Rank#27  Overall
#4  Document stores
#2  Graph DBMS
#3  Key-value stores
#3  Wide column stores
Score5.94
Rank#71  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Websitecloud.google.com/­datastoreazure.microsoft.com/­services/­cosmos-dbazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tables
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docslearn.microsoft.com/­azure/­cosmos-db
DeveloperGoogleMicrosoftMicrosoft
Initial release200820142012
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Server operating systemshostedhostedhosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, details hereyes infoJSON typesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoAll properties auto-indexed by defaultno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (GQL)SQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
DocumentDB API
Graph API (Gremlin)
MongoDB API
RESTful HTTP API
Table API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
MongoDB client drivers written for various programming languages
Python
.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresusing Google App EngineJavaScriptno
TriggersCallbacks using the Google Apps EngineJavaScriptno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using Paxosyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowwith Hadoop integration infoIntegration with Hadoop/HDInsight on Azure*no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Bounded Staleness
Consistent Prefix
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable on request level
Session Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsMulti-item ACID transactions with snapshot isolation within a partitionoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signatures

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services
3rd partiesCData: Connect to Big Data & NoSQL through standard Drivers.
» more

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Google Cloud DatastoreMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB infoformer name was Azure DocumentDBMicrosoft Azure Table Storage
Recent citations in the news

Tabular, the vendor-neutral data store based on Apache Iceberg ...
19 September 2023, SiliconANGLE News

Hazelcast: The 'true' value of streaming real-time data
27 September 2023, ComputerWeekly.com

Why Palo Alto Is Eyeing Data Defense Firm Dig at $300M-$400M
27 September 2023, BankInfoSecurity.com

Data Protection Best Practices
31 August 2023, Mandiant

Apache Pinot 1.0 Released
26 September 2023, iProgrammer

provided by Google News

Intra-Account Collection Copy in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB in ...
5 September 2023, InfoQ.com

Azure Cosmos DB joins the AI toolchain
23 May 2023, InfoWorld

New Azure Cosmos DB Features to Boost Performance and ...
26 June 2023, InfoQ.com

NoSQL Software Market Growth 2023 Market Size, Share, Trends, and Forecasts 2030 | MongoDB, Amazon, Arang
28 September 2023, Benzinga

Distributed PostgreSQL Benchmarks: Azure Cosmos DB ...
8 July 2023, InfoQ.com

provided by Google News

What to know about building microservices with ASP.NET Core
22 September 2023, TechTarget

Quick Guide to Azure Storage Pricing
16 May 2023, DevOps.com

PostgreSQL brings more performance, security to open-source ...
14 September 2023, VentureBeat

How to use Azure Table storage in .Net
14 January 2019, InfoWorld

Azure Synapse vs. Snowflake: Data Warehouse and Data ...
20 February 2023, eWeek

provided by Google News

Job opportunities

Senior Google Cloud Engineer/SME
Maestro Technologies Inc, Dallas, TX

Sr. Data Analyst (Remote)
CrowdStrike, Remote

Google Workspace Developer (Remote/Anywhere)
DAWSON, United States

Software Developer
Transia LLC, Remote

Senior Backend Engineer
Citizen, New York, NY

Azure Cosmos DB SME
Apolis, Remote

AZURE COSMOS DB DEVELOPER
Sonitalent Corp, Remote

Azure / Cosmos DB developer
Snappyhires, Remote

Principal Software Engineer, Azure Cosmos DB
Microsoft, United States

Azure/Cosmos DB Developer
Elegant Enterprise Wide Solutions, Inc., Remote

Office 365, Azure Consultant
Canviz, Kirkland, WA

Senior Backend Software Developer
GE Healthcare, Remote

Developer
Wipro Limited, Minneapolis, MN

.Net Developer
Wipro Limited, Minneapolis, MN

IT Application Development - Senior/Specialist (Application Supervisor)
State of Washington Office of the Secretary of State, Olympia, WA

jobs by Indeed



Share this page

Featured Products

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Redis logo

The world’s most loved real‑time data platform.
Try free

SingleStore logo

Build AI apps with Vectors on SQL and JSON with milliseconds response times.
Try it today.

MariaDB logo

SkySQL, the ultimate
MariaDB cloud, is here.

Get started with SkySQL today!

Present your product here