Databases on Azure
Build AI-ready apps with intelligent cloud databases.
Overview
Databases to power a new era of apps
Databases for new AI-ready apps
Build modern, AI-ready applications on cloud-scale databases and realize the potential of your data.
Databases for modernizing apps
Modernize your workloads for the next stage of growth and extend your investments and experience to the cloud.
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Explore database services
Relational databases
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale
Build highly scalable, AI-ready applications at commercial open-source database prices.
Relational databases
Azure SQL Database
Modernize apps on a fully managed and intelligent SQL database built for the cloud.
Relational databases
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Modernize SQL Server applications with a managed, always-up-to-date instance in the cloud.
Relational databases
SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Migrate your SQL Server workloads with ease and maintain operating system-level access.
Relational databases
Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Migrate to a fully managed PostgreSQL database service with support for the latest versions.
Relational databases
Azure Database for MySQL
Modernize on a fully managed MySQL database service with elastic scaling.
Relational databases
Oracle Database@Azure
Migrate your Oracle Database workloads and combine the best of Oracle with the best of Azure.
NoSQL databases
Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
Enjoy the best end-to-end Azure Cosmos DB experience with the native document API.
NoSQL databases
Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra
Modernize Cassandra data clusters with a scalable managed instance in the cloud.
NoSQL databases
vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
Use your MongoDB skills and tools on a fully managed MongoDB-compatible database service.
NoSQL databases
MongoDB Atlas on Azure
Modernize with a managed service that runs MongoDB Enterprise with full feature support.
Caching
Azure Cache for Redis
Accelerate your app’s data layer with an in-memory data store for increased speed and scale.
Relational databases
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale
Build highly scalable, AI-ready applications at commercial open-source database prices.
Relational databases
Azure SQL Database
Modernize apps on a fully managed and intelligent SQL database built for the cloud.
Relational databases
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Modernize SQL Server applications with a managed, always-up-to-date instance in the cloud.
Relational databases
SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Migrate your SQL Server workloads with ease and maintain operating system-level access.
Relational databases
Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Migrate to a fully managed PostgreSQL database service with support for the latest versions.
Relational databases
Azure Database for MySQL
Modernize on a fully managed MySQL database service with elastic scaling.
Relational databases
Oracle Database@Azure
Migrate your Oracle Database workloads and combine the best of Oracle with the best of Azure.
NoSQL databases
Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
Enjoy the best end-to-end Azure Cosmos DB experience with the native document API.
NoSQL databases
Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra
Modernize Cassandra data clusters with a scalable managed instance in the cloud.
NoSQL databases
vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
Use your MongoDB skills and tools on a fully managed MongoDB-compatible database service.
NoSQL databases
MongoDB Atlas on Azure
Modernize with a managed service that runs MongoDB Enterprise with full feature support.
Caching
Azure Cache for Redis
Accelerate your app’s data layer with an in-memory data store for increased speed and scale.
Compare products
Find the right database product for your needs
Products | Azure SQL Database Hyperscale | Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL | Azure Database for PostgreSQL |
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Features | | | |
Data model | Relational | NoSQL | Relational |
Storage (max) | 100 TB | Unlimited | 64 TB |
Partitioning | Customer-managed | Automatic | Customer-managed |
Language | T-SQL | NoSQL | PL/pgSQL |
Availability SLA | 99.995% | 99.999% | 99.99% |
Products | Azure SQL Managed Instance | SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines | Azure Database for MySQL | Oracle Database@Azure |
---|---|---|---|---|
Features | | | | |
Data model | Relational | Relational | Relational | Relational |
Storage (max) | 32 TB | 64 TB per disk | 16 TB | 64 TB per disk |
Partitioning | Customer-managed | Customer-managed | Customer-managed | Customer-managed |
Language | T-SQL | T-SQL | MySQL | PL/SQL |
Availability SLA | 99.99% | 99.95% | 99.99% | 99.95% |
Products | vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB | Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra |
---|---|---|
Features | | |
Data model | NoSQL (Document) | NoSQL (Column) |
Storage (max) | 4 TB | 1 TB per disk |
Partitioning | Automatic | Automatic |
Language | MQL | CQL |
Availability SLA | 99.995% | 99.999% |
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Choosing a database
Learn how to select the right database service for your needs.