Azure Table Vs MongoDB on Azure

Question

I want to use a NoSQL database on Windows Azure and the data volume will be very large. Whether a Azure Table storage or a MongoDB database running using a Worker role can o

Answer 1

I have used both.

Azure Tables : dead simple, fast, really hard to write even simple queries.

Mongo : runs nicely, lots of querying capabilities, requires several instances to be reliable.

In a nutshell, if your queries are really simple (key->value), you must run a cost comparison (mainly number of transactions against the storage versus cost of hosting Mongo on Azure). I would rather go to table storage for that one. If you need more elaborate queries and don't want to go to SQL Azure, Mongo is likely your best bet.