{"id":2356,"date":"2021-01-25T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2021-01-26T17:52:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T01:52:31","slug":"four-ways-to-try-azure-cosmos-db-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/four-ways-to-try-azure-cosmos-db-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Ways to Try Azure Cosmos DB FREE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When considering a new product, it\u2019s great to \u201ckick the tires\u201d at no cost. There are four FREE ways to try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.AzureCosmosDB.com\">Azure Cosmos DB<\/a>, Microsoft\u2019s cloud NoSQL database service. The one to choose depends on your goals.<\/p>\n<h3>Try Azure Cosmos DB in a production environment:<\/h3>\n<h4>Azure free account<\/h4>\n<p>If you\u2019re new to Azure, sign up for an <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/free\/cosmos-db\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azure free account<\/a> and get 400 RU\/s provisioned throughput and 25 GB storage each month for a year on Azure Cosmos DB. You\u2019ll also get a one-time credit of $200 to use on Azure services over your first 30 days.<\/p>\n<h4>Azure Cosmos DB free tier<\/h4>\n<p>If you already use Azure, simply <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/create-cosmosdb-resources-portal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">create a new Azure Cosmos DB account<\/a> in the Azure portal and apply the free tier discount during set-up. Once activated, Azure Cosmos DB free tier offers 400 RU\/s provisioned throughput and 5 GB storage each month for the life of your account.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Try in a non-production environment:<\/h3>\n<h4>30 days free<\/h4>\n<p>This cloud option enables you to build a shared throughput database with up to 25 containers. You\u2019ll get <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/try\/cosmosdb\/\">free access for 30 days<\/a>, which can be renewed, but you won\u2019t be able to move your database to a production environment. We recommend this option if you want to test out the features and performance of Azure Cosmos DB but don\u2019t need to use what you build in a production app.<\/p>\n<h4>Local emulator<\/h4>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/cosmos-db\/local-emulator?tabs=cli%2Cssl-netstd21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azure Cosmos DB emulator<\/a> locally and write or test code as much as you want at no cost. The emulator uses Azure Cosmos DB APIs and makes it easy to deploy your application to the cloud with a simple update to the connection string.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2366\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_2366\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2021\/01\/Azure-Cosmos-DB-free-options.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2366\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2021\/01\/Azure-Cosmos-DB-free-options.jpg\" alt=\"Image shows each of the four free options: Azure Cosmos DB free tier, Azure free account, 30 days free, and Azure Cosmos DB local emulator\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2021\/01\/Azure-Cosmos-DB-free-options.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2021\/01\/Azure-Cosmos-DB-free-options-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2021\/01\/Azure-Cosmos-DB-free-options-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2021\/01\/Azure-Cosmos-DB-free-options-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_2366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Choose the free option that best fits your needs.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Get Started<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>View the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLmamF3YkHLoLLGUtSoxmUkORcWaTyHlXp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get Started playlist<\/a> on YouTube<\/li>\n<li>Download the free <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/resources\/azure-cosmos-db-onboarding-best-practices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">best practices and optimization guide\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get inspiration in the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/architecture\/browse\/?terms=cosmos%20db\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azure Architecture<\/a> site<\/li>\n<li>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/browse\/?terms=cosmos%20db\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MS Learn<\/a> to build your Azure Cosmos DB skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a variety of ways to try Azure Cosmos DB for free, in both production and non-production environments.  Explore the options and find the one that best suits your needs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18741,"featured_media":2366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-and-tricks"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>There are a variety of ways to try Azure Cosmos DB for free, in both production and non-production environments.  Explore the options and find the one that best suits your needs. <\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18741"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}