- Cosmos DB is Microsoft's globally distributed database service that can scale worldwide to manage large amounts of data. It supports multiple APIs and data models including document, graph, table, and MongoDB APIs. - Key advantages include global distribution of data across regions, automatic scaling of storage and throughput, low latency and high availability, flexible schemas, and low cost of ownership. - Cosmos DB supports document, table, graph and MongoDB APIs. MongoDB and DocumentDB are both document oriented and store data as JSON, while table API uses a key-value model and graph API models relationships. - The document compares Cosmos DB to other database options like MySQL and MongoDB, covering their data models, usage, and how to set