How to Build Your Own Azure Cosmos DB
Replace Azure Cosmos DB with a custom build. Develop AI-powered apps and agents with a fully managed and serverless NoSQL vector database at any scale
Build Difficulty: 4/5
A few focused days to build a solid replacement
Estimated Timeline
Based on 20 features at Few Days difficulty, expect about 3-5 days with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
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Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 20 features
AI(5 features)
Combines vector search and full-text search (BM25) to deliver context-aware and keyword-relevant results within the same document model
Integrate with Microsoft Foundry and Foundry Tools to store agent conversations and model interactions securely with enterprise control and observability
Generate queries by asking questions using natural language for building and using agents and multi-agent apps
Integrate both NoSQL and vector data into retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workloads and AI agents
Built-in vector search powered by DiskANN for storing and querying vectors and NoSQL data efficiently in a serverless vector database
Performance(2 features)
Build highly responsive apps with less than 10ms latency SLA and up to 99.999% availability across multiple regions
Accelerate queries with Global Secondary Indexes by creating read-only containers with different partition keys, turning cross-partition queries into fast single-partition lookups
Pricing(2 features)
Get started with a free tier option to test and develop applications
Choose from consumption-based serverless options, provisioned throughput, traditional scale-up of nodes, and scale-out architectures for automatic elasticity
Analytics(1 features)
Mirror Azure Cosmos DB data into Microsoft Fabric to enable near-real-time analytics, AI, and reporting without ETL processes
API(1 features)
Enjoy the best end-to-end Azure Cosmos DB experience with the native document API
Cost Management(1 features)
Avoid overprovisioning and reduce expenses by letting Azure Cosmos DB adjust throughput dynamically with autoscale, maintaining performance during spikes
Data Management(1 features)
Build faster with flexible JSON schema and seamless data model evolution with schema-free JSON and automatic indexing
Deployment(1 features)
Build without capacity planning using serverless in Azure Cosmos DB, allowing you to scale and pay only for what you use
Cost Calculator
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