Azure Cosmos DB Throughput & Scaling

Best practices for provisioning and managing throughput in Azure Cosmos DB.

When to Apply

Reference these guidelines when:

• Choosing between autoscale and provisioned throughput
• Right-sizing RU/s for workloads
• Evaluating serverless vs provisioned
• Setting up container vs database level throughput

Rules

• throughput-autoscale - Use autoscale for variable workloads
• throughput-right-size - Right-size provisioned throughput
• throughput-serverless - Consider serverless for dev/test
• throughput-burst - Understand burst capacity
• throughput-container-vs-database - Choose allocation level wisely