Partitioned Collections with < 10k RU/s

Question

I really would like to use partitioned collection but according and the pricing model $6/month for each 100 RU seems fair. But in the portal the minimum RU/s for partitioned collections are > 10.000 RU/s which is $600 a month. Is there no way to opt in on partitioned collections with fewer RU reserved?

EDIT

Addes this to DocumentDB Uservoice. Please vote. https://feedback.azure.com/forums/263030-documentdb/suggestions/13414590-partitioned-collections-with-10k-ru-s

Answer 1

If you'd like to test the programming model e.g. partition key as the transaction boundary, and setting headers like enable cross-partition query, you can do that with single-partition collections (under 10,000 RU/s) and setting a partition key during collection creation. These collections will not scale-out since the throughput can be served from a single partition.