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Try Azure Cosmos DB free
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Try Azure Cosmos DB free. No credit card required. Test your apps, deploy, and run small workloads free for 30 days. Upgrade your account at any time.
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11/07/2022 |
[!INCLUDENoSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Gremlin, Table, PostgreSQL]
Try Azure Cosmos DB makes it easy to try out Azure Cosmos DB for free before you commit. There's no credit card required to get started. Your account is free for 30 days. After expiration, a new sandbox account can be created. You can extend beyond 30 days for 24 hours. You can upgrade your active Try Azure Cosmos DB account at any time during the 30 day trial period.
If you're using the API for NoSQL or PostgreSQL, you can also migrate your Try Azure Cosmos DB data to your upgraded account before the trial ends.
This article walks you through how to create your account, limits, and upgrading your account. This article also walks through how to migrate your data from your Try Azure Cosmos DB sandbox to your own account using the API for NoSQL.
If you decide that Azure Cosmos DB is right for you, you can receive up to 63% discount on Azure Cosmos DB prices through Reserved Capacity.
The following table lists the limits for the Try Azure Cosmos DB for Free trial.
| Resource | Limit |
|---|---|
| Duration of the trial | 30 days¹² |
| Maximum containers per subscription | 1 |
| Maximum throughput per container | 5,000 |
| Maximum throughput per shared-throughput database | 20,000 |
| Maximum total storage per account | 10 GB |
¹ A new trial can be requested after expiration. ² After expiration, the information stored in your account is deleted. You can upgrade your account prior to expiration and migrate the information stored.
Note
Try Azure Cosmos DB supports global distribution in only the East US, North Europe, Southeast Asia, and North Central US regions. Azure support tickets can't be created for Try Azure Cosmos DB accounts. However, support is provided for subscribers with existing support plans. If the account exceeds the maximum resource limits, it's automatically deleted.
The following table lists the limits for the Try Azure Cosmos DB for Free trial.
| Resource | Limit |
|---|---|
| Duration of the trial | 30 days¹² |
| Maximum containers per subscription | 3 |
| Maximum throughput per container | 5,000 |
| Maximum throughput per shared-throughput database | 20,000 |
| Maximum total storage per account | 10 GB |
¹ A new trial can be requested after expiration. ² After expiration, the information stored in your account is deleted. You can upgrade your account prior to expiration and migrate the information stored.
Note
Try Azure Cosmos DB supports global distribution in only the East US, North Europe, Southeast Asia, and North Central US regions. Azure support tickets can't be created for Try Azure Cosmos DB accounts. However, support is provided for subscribers with existing support plans. If the account exceeds the maximum resource limits, it's automatically deleted.
The following table lists the limits for the Try Azure Cosmos DB for Free trial.
| Resource | Limit |
|---|---|
| Duration of the trial | 30 days¹² |
| Type of account | Single node |
| vCores | 2 |
| Memory (GiB) | 8 |
| Maximum storage size (GiB) | 128 |
¹ A new trial can be requested after expiration. ² After expiration, the information stored in your account is deleted. You can upgrade your account prior to expiration and migrate the information stored. If the account exceeds the maximum resource limits, it's automatically deleted.
From the Try Azure Cosmos DB home page, select an API. Azure Cosmos DB provides five APIs: NoSQL and MongoDB for document data, Gremlin for graph data, Azure Table, and Cassandra.
Note
Not sure which API will best meet your needs? To learn more about the APIs for Azure Cosmos DB, see Choose an API in Azure Cosmos DB.
:::image type="content" source="media/try-free/try-cosmos-db-page.png" lightbox="media/try-free/try-cosmos-db-page.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the API options including NoSQL, MongoDB, and Cassandra on the Try Azure Cosmos DB page.":::
Launch the Quickstart in Data Explorer in Azure portal to start using Azure Cosmos DB or get started with our documentation.
- API for NoSQL
- API for PostgreSQL
- API for MongoDB
- API for Apache Cassandra
- API for Apache Gremlin
- API for Table
You can also get started with one of the learning resources in the Data Explorer.
:::image type="content" source="media/try-free/data-explorer.png" lightbox="media/try-free/data-explorer.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Azure Cosmos DB Data Explorer landing page.":::
Your account is free for 30 days. After expiration, a new sandbox account can be created. You can upgrade your active Try Azure Cosmos DB account at any time during the 30 day trial period. Here are the steps to start an upgrade.
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From either the Azure portal or the Try Azure Cosmos DB free page, select the option to Upgrade your account.
:::image type="content" source="media/try-free/upgrade-account.png" lightbox="media/try-free/upgrade-account.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the confirmation page for the account upgrade experience.":::
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Choose to either Sign up for an Azure account or Sign in and create a new Azure Cosmos DB account following the instructions in the next section.
Note
While this example uses API for NoSQL, the steps are similar for the APIs for MongoDB, Cassandra, Gremlin, or Table.
[!INCLUDECreate NoSQL account]
[!INCLUDECreate PostgreSQL account]
If you desire, you can migrate your existing data from the free account to the newly created account.
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Navigate back to the Upgrade page from the Start upgrade section of this guide. Select Next to move on to the third step and move your data.
:::image type="content" source="media/try-free/account-creation-options.png" lightbox="media/try-free/account-creation-options.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the sign-in/sign-up experience to upgrade your current account.":::
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Locate your Primary Connection string for the Azure Cosmos DB account you created for your data. This information can be found within the Keys page of your new account.
:::image type="content" source="media/try-free/account-keys.png" lightbox="media/try-free/account-keys.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Keys page for an Azure Cosmos DB account.":::
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Back in the Upgrade page from the Start upgrade section of this guide, insert the connection string of the new Azure Cosmos DB account in the Connection string field.
:::image type="content" source="media/try-free/migrate-data.png" lightbox="media/try-free/migrate-data.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the migrate data options in the portal.":::
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Select Next to move the data to your account. Provide your email address to be notified by email once the migration has been completed.
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Navigate back to the Upgrade page from the Start upgrade section of this guide. Select Next to move on to the third step and move your data.
:::image type="content" source="media/try-free/account-creation-options.png" lightbox="media/try-free/account-creation-options.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the sign-in/sign-up experience to upgrade your current account.":::
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Locate your PostgreSQL connection URL of the Azure Cosmos DB account you created for your data. This information can be found within the Connection String page of your new account.
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Back in the Upgrade page from the Start upgrade section of this guide, insert the connection string of the new Azure Cosmos DB account in the Connection string field.
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Select the region where you account was created.
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Select Finish to move the data to your account.
Important
Data migration is not available for the APIs for MongoDB, Cassandra, Gremlin, or Table.
There can only be one free Try Azure Cosmos DB account per Microsoft account. You may want to delete your account or to try different APIs, you'll have to create a new account. Here’s how to delete your account.
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Go to the Try Azure Cosmos DB page.
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Select Delete my account.
:::image type="content" source="media/try-free/delete-account.png" lightbox="media/try-free/delete-account.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the confirmation page for the account deletion experience.":::
After you create a Try Azure Cosmos DB sandbox account, you can start building apps with Azure Cosmos DB with the following articles:
- Use API for NoSQL to build a console app using .NET to manage data in Azure Cosmos DB.
- Use API for MongoDB to build a sample app using Python to manage data in Azure Cosmos DB.
- Create a Jupyter notebook and analyze your data.
- Learn more about understanding your Azure Cosmos DB bill
- Get started with Azure Cosmos DB with one of our quickstarts:
- Trying to do capacity planning for a migration to Azure Cosmos DB? You can use information about your existing database cluster for capacity planning.
- If all you know is the number of vCores and servers in your existing database cluster, see estimating request units using vCores or vCPUs.
- If you know typical request rates for your current database workload, see estimating request units using Azure Cosmos DB capacity planner.