Types of Databases on Azure
Fully managed, intelligent, and flexible cloud database services
Azure offers a choice of fully managed relational, NoSQL, and in-memory databases, spanning proprietary and open-source engines, to fit the needs of modern app developers. Infrastructure management—including scalability, availability, and security—is automated, saving you time and money. Focus on building applications while Azure managed databases make your job simpler by surfacing performance insights through embedded intelligence, scaling without limits, and managing security threats.
Find the database product you need
| If you want to | Use this |
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| Build apps that scale with managed and intelligent SQL database in the cloud | Azure SQL Database |
| Managed, always up-to-date SQL instance in the cloud | Azure SQL Managed Instance |
| Migrate your SQL workloads to Azure while maintaining complete SQL Server compatibility and operating system-level access | SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines |
| Build scalable, secure, and fully managed enterprise-ready apps on open-source PostgreSQL, scale out single-node PostgreSQL with high performance, or migrate PostgreSQL and Oracle workloads to the cloud | Azure Database for PostgreSQL |
| Deliver high availability and elastic scaling to open-source mobile and web apps with a managed community MySQL database service, or migrate MySQL workloads to the cloud | Azure Database for MySQL |
| Deliver high availability and elastic scaling to open-source mobile and web apps with a managed community MariaDB database service | Azure Database for MariaDB |
| Build applications with guaranteed low latency and high availability anywhere, at any scale, or migrate Cassandra, MongoDB, and other NoSQL workloads to the cloud | Azure Cosmos DB |
| Power fast, scalable applications with an open-source-compatible in-memory data store | Azure Cache for Redis |
| Accelerate your transition to the cloud using a simple, self-guided migration process | Azure Database Migration Service |
| Modernize existing Cassandra data clusters and apps, and enjoy flexibility and freedom with managed instance service | Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra |
| Azure SQL Database | Azure SQL Managed Instance | SQL Server on Virtual Machines | Azure Database for PostgreSQL | Azure Database for MySQL | Azure Database for MariaDB | Azure Cosmos DB | Azure Cache for Redis | |
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| Data Models | Relational | Relational | Relational | Relational | Relational | Relational | Multi-Model: Document Wide-column Key-Value Graph | Key-Value |
| Hybrid |
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| Storage Scale Out |
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| Compute Scale Out |
(Hyperscale - read-only) |
(Hyperscale) |
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Distributed Multi-Master Writes (Write data to different regions) |
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OSS Based Service (Community edition and open extension support) |
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HTAP (Available with Azure Synapse Link) |
(Coming Soon) |
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Customers are doing great things with Azure managed databases
Learn how Mercedes-Benz modernized their connected car software using Azure Cosmos DB to achieve high availability and low latency
"With Azure, our software development process is so much better now. We're able to keep the software inside of the cars updated and release new features in weeks instead of months, while preserving quality and security of vehicle and driver data."
Rodrigo Nunes, principal software engineer
Learn how Paychex migrated to Azure SQL Database to handle their explosive growth
"Azure SQL Database lets us consume public cloud the way that fits for us, so we can deliver a world-class app at scale with performance and availability."
Dave Wilson, Sr. Director of IT Infrastructure and Architecture
Cloud9 esports players gain a competitive edge with Azure Database for PostgreSQL
"By using Azure Database for PostgreSQL, we can focus on the health and delivery of our application, rather than database management, which is taken care of through this service."
Danny Brady, Senior Data Engineer