diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d244b9ede..58136fb9d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ The `Unreleased` section name is replaced by the expected version of next releas
 - `CosmosStore`: Switch to natively using `System.Text.Json` for serialization of all `Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos` round-trips [#305](https://github.com/jet/equinox/pull/305) :pray: [@ylibrach](https://github.com/ylibrach)
 - `CosmosStore`: Only log `bytes` when log level is `Debug` [#305](https://github.com/jet/equinox/pull/305)
 - `CosmosStore.AccessStrategy.MultiSnapshot`,`Custom`: Change `list` and `seq` types to `array` [#338](https://github.com/jet/equinox/pull/338)
+- `CosmosStore.CosmosStoreCategory`: Generalize `compressUnfolds` to `shouldCompress` predicate [#436](https://github.com/jet/equinox/pull/436)
 - `CosmosStore.Core.Initialization.initAux`: Replace hard-coded manual 400 RU with `mode` parameter [#328](https://github.com/jet/equinox/pull/328) :pray: [@brihadish](https://github.com/brihadish)
 - `CosmosStore.CosmosClientFactory`: Moved to Core [#430](https://github.com/jet/equinox/pull/430)
 - `EventStore`: Target `EventStore.Client` v `22.0.0-preview`; rename `Connector` -> `EventStoreConnector` [#317](https://github.com/jet/equinox/pull/317)
diff --git a/src/Equinox.CosmosStore/CosmosStore.fs b/src/Equinox.CosmosStore/CosmosStore.fs
index 197998d1c..740bc695f 100644
--- a/src/Equinox.CosmosStore/CosmosStore.fs
+++ b/src/Equinox.CosmosStore/CosmosStore.fs
@@ -505,8 +505,8 @@ module internal Sync =
             correlationId = e.CorrelationId; causationId = e.CausationId }
     let mkBatch (stream: string) (events: IEventData<_>[]) unfolds: Tip =
         {   p = stream; id = Tip.WellKnownDocumentId; n = -1L(*Server-managed*); i = -1L(*Server-managed*); _etag = null
-            e = Array.map mkEvent events; u = Array.ofSeq unfolds }
-    let mkUnfold compressor baseIndex (x: IEventData<_>): Unfold =
+            e = Array.map mkEvent events; u = unfolds }
+    let mkUnfold baseIndex (compressor, x: IEventData<_>): Unfold =
         {   i = baseIndex; t = x.Timestamp
             c = x.EventType; d = compressor x.Data; m = compressor x.Meta }
 
@@ -1064,7 +1064,8 @@ type StoreClient(container: Container, fallback: Container option, query: QueryO
 type internal StoreCategory<'event, 'state, 'req>
     (   store: StoreClient, createStoredProcIfNotExistsExactlyOnce: CancellationToken -> System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask,
         codec: IEventCodec<'event, EventBody, 'req>, fold, initial: 'state, isOrigin: 'event -> bool,
-        checkUnfolds, compressUnfolds, mapUnfolds: Choice<unit, 'event[] -> 'state -> 'event[], 'event[] -> 'state -> 'event[] * 'event[]>) =
+        checkUnfolds, shouldCompress, mapUnfolds: Choice<unit, 'event[] -> 'state -> 'event[], 'event[] -> 'state -> 'event[] * 'event[]>) =
+    let shouldCompress = defaultArg shouldCompress (Func<'event, bool>(fun _ -> true))
     let fold s xs = (fold : Func<'state, 'event[], 'state>).Invoke(s, xs)
     let reload (log, streamName, (Token.Unpack pos as streamToken), state) preloaded ct: Task<struct (StreamToken * 'state)> = task {
         match! store.Reload(log, (streamName, pos), (codec.Decode, isOrigin), ct, ?preview = preloaded) with
@@ -1079,14 +1080,14 @@ type internal StoreCategory<'event, 'state, 'req>
             let state' = fold state events
             let exp, events, eventsEncoded, projectionsEncoded =
                 let encode e = codec.Encode(req, e)
+                let encodeU e = (if shouldCompress.Invoke e then JsonElement.undefinedToNull >> JsonElement.deflate else JsonElement.undefinedToNull), encode e
                 match mapUnfolds with
                 | Choice1Of3 () ->        SyncExp.Version pos.index, events, Array.map encode events, Seq.empty
-                | Choice2Of3 unfold ->    SyncExp.Version pos.index, events, Array.map encode events, Array.map encode (unfold events state')
+                | Choice2Of3 unfold ->    SyncExp.Version pos.index, events, Array.map encode events, Seq.map encodeU (unfold events state')
                 | Choice3Of3 transmute -> let events', unfolds = transmute events state'
-                                          SyncExp.Etag (defaultArg pos.etag null), events', Array.map encode events', Seq.map encode unfolds
+                                          SyncExp.Etag (defaultArg pos.etag null), events', Array.map encode events', Seq.map encodeU unfolds
             let baseIndex = pos.index + int64 (Array.length events)
-            let renderElement = if compressUnfolds then JsonElement.undefinedToNull >> JsonElement.deflate else JsonElement.undefinedToNull
-            let projections = projectionsEncoded |> Seq.map (Sync.mkUnfold renderElement baseIndex)
+            let projections = projectionsEncoded |> Seq.map (Sync.mkUnfold baseIndex) |> Array.ofSeq
             let batch = Sync.mkBatch streamName eventsEncoded projections
             do! createStoredProcIfNotExistsExactlyOnce ct
             match! store.Sync(log, streamName, exp, batch, ct) with
@@ -1315,9 +1316,8 @@ type CosmosStoreCategory<'event, 'state, 'req> =
         // NOTE Unless <c>LoadOption.AnyCachedValue</c> or <c>AllowStale</c> are used, cache hits still incurs an etag-contingent Tip read (at a cost of a roundtrip with a 1RU charge if unmodified).
         // NOTE re SlidingWindowPrefixed: the recommended approach is to track all relevant data in the state, and/or have the `unfold` function ensure _all_ relevant events get held in the `u`nfolds in Tip
         caching,
-        // Compress Unfolds in Tip. Default: <c>true</c>. NOTE reading uncompressed values requires Version >= 2.3.0
-        [<O; D null>] ?compressUnfolds) =
-        let compressUnfolds = defaultArg compressUnfolds true
+        // Compress Unfolds in Tip. Default: Compress all Unfolds. NOTE reading uncompressed values requires Version >= 2.3.0
+        [<O; D null>] ?shouldCompress) =
         let isOrigin, checkUnfolds, mapUnfolds =
             match access with
             | AccessStrategy.Unoptimized ->                      (fun _ -> false), false, Choice1Of3 ()
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ type CosmosStoreCategory<'event, 'state, 'req> =
             | AccessStrategy.RollingState toSnapshot ->          (fun _ -> true),  true,  Choice3Of3 (fun _ state  -> Array.empty, toSnapshot state |> Array.singleton)
             | AccessStrategy.Custom (isOrigin, transmute) ->     isOrigin,         true,  Choice3Of3 transmute
         { inherit Equinox.Category<'event, 'state, 'req>(name,
-            StoreCategory<'event, 'state, 'req>(context.StoreClient, context.EnsureStoredProcedureInitialized, codec, fold, initial, isOrigin, checkUnfolds, compressUnfolds, mapUnfolds)
+            StoreCategory<'event, 'state, 'req>(context.StoreClient, context.EnsureStoredProcedureInitialized, codec, fold, initial, isOrigin, checkUnfolds, shouldCompress, mapUnfolds)
             |> Caching.apply Token.isStale caching) }
 
 module Exceptions =