What are the differences between CosmoDB and DocumentDB

Question

As far as I can work out, CosmoDB has the ability to make Graph queries using the Gremlin query language. Apart from that the pricing, marketing etc. all seem the same. It s

Answer 1

CosmosDB is the new DocumentDB for NoSQL solution.

As Cosmosdb architect Rimma mentioned

The Azure Cosmos DB DocumentDB API or SQL (DocumentDB) API is now known as Azure Cosmos DB SQL API. You don't need to change anything to continue running your apps built with DocumentDB/DocumentDB API. The functionality remains the same. Thanks.

DocumentDB is one of the APIs for CosmosDB.As of now, if you go to Azure portal and try to create an Azure Cosmos DB, you have to select one of the 4 APIs available there:

• Gremlin (Graph)
• MongoDB
• SQL (DocumentDB)
• Table (key-value)