
Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB 20,000 RU/s Subscription
This 3-year subscription for Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB provides 20,000 Request Units per second, ensuring high-performance database capabilities for your business applications.
- Capacity Assurance: Guarantees 20,000 RU/s for consistent application performance over three years.
- Cost Predictability: Locks in pricing for 36 months, simplifying budget management for critical database services.
- Platform Access: Provides access to a globally distributed, multi-model database service for modern application development.
- Compliance Ready: Supports regulatory requirements through Azure's secure and compliant cloud infrastructure.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering is a 3-year subscription for Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB, providing a guaranteed throughput of 20,000 Request Units per second (RU/s). It enables businesses to deploy highly available, globally distributed, and low-latency NoSQL databases essential for modern, mission-critical applications.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies utilize Azure Cosmos DB to power dynamic web applications, mobile backends, IoT data processing, and real-time analytics. This subscription ensures their applications have the necessary database performance and availability without the overhead of managing physical infrastructure.
- Guaranteed Throughput: Provides 20,000 RU/s for predictable application performance.
- Global Distribution: Enables data to be distributed across any number of Azure regions for high availability and low latency.
- Multi-Model Support: Supports document, key-value, graph, and column-family data models within a single service.
- Scalability: Allows for elastic scaling of throughput and storage to meet fluctuating demand.
- Managed Service: Reduces operational burden by handling patching, updates, and infrastructure management.
This 3-year Azure Cosmos DB subscription is ideal for SMB and mid-market organizations needing a scalable, high-performance database solution without enterprise-level infrastructure costs.
What This Enables
Enable High-Performance Application Backends
Enable teams to build and deploy responsive web and mobile applications that require fast data access. Streamline the development process by providing a scalable, globally distributed database foundation.
cloud-native applications, microservices architectures, modern web development, mobile app backends
Support Real-Time Data Processing
Streamline the ingestion and processing of high-volume, real-time data streams from IoT devices or user activity. Automate the analysis of time-sensitive information to drive immediate business insights and actions.
IoT platforms, telemetry data, real-time analytics, event-driven architectures
Ensure Global Application Availability
Enable teams to deploy applications with data replicated across multiple Azure regions for maximum uptime and disaster recovery. Provide low-latency data access to users worldwide, improving their experience.
global user bases, distributed teams, high availability requirements, disaster recovery planning
Key Features
Provisioned Throughput (RU/s)
Guarantees a specific level of database performance, ensuring applications remain responsive under load.
Global Distribution
Allows data to be distributed across any number of Azure regions, providing high availability and low latency for users anywhere.
Multi-Model Data Support
Enables the use of document, key-value, graph, and column-family data models within one service, offering flexibility for diverse application needs.
Elastic Scalability
Allows for on-demand scaling of throughput and storage, ensuring the database can adapt to changing business demands without downtime.
Managed Service
Reduces operational overhead by abstracting away infrastructure management, patching, and updates, freeing up IT resources.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial services require highly available, low-latency databases for transaction processing, risk management, and customer data management, often with strict regulatory compliance needs.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure, compliant, and scalable databases to manage patient records, clinical data, and research information, adhering to regulations like HIPAA.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses rely on databases for inventory management, customer order processing, and personalized experiences, demanding high availability and scalability during peak times.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations use databases for IoT data collection, supply chain management, and real-time monitoring, requiring robust performance and global reach for distributed facilities.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Azure Cosmos DB RU/s?
RU/s stands for Request Units per second. It is a normalized measure of database throughput, representing the cost of various database operations. 20,000 RU/s provides a defined level of performance for your applications.
What does a 3-year subscription mean?
A 3-year subscription locks in your pricing for Azure Cosmos DB for the duration of the term. This provides cost predictability and ensures continuous access to the service for three years.
Can I scale beyond 20,000 RU/s with this subscription?
This subscription provides a baseline of 20,000 RU/s. Azure Cosmos DB is designed for elastic scalability, allowing you to scale throughput up or down as needed, potentially incurring additional costs beyond the subscribed amount.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.