Non-relational, scalable, fully managed NoSQL Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS).
IBM Cloudant is a backend/database software product by IBM delivered as a cloud-based service.It is designed and best used for progressive mobile and web applications that handle a variety of structured and unstructured data as it ensures smooth and continuous data flow between the application and the database without downtime. This allows users to focus more on the application development and not exhaust resources on database administration.
With the growing demand for data access, apps are expected to manage big data analytics. IBM Cloudant is the first to maximize the availability, flexibility and reach of the cloud to create a DDN.
How IBM Cloudant works
IBM Cloudant is designed to ensure the flow of data between the database and web application remains uninterrupted and high-performing while being accessible and remaining fault-tolerant.
With Cloudant, data is hosted and globally managed by experts 24/7. The ongoing database monitoring and infrastructure maintenance are handled by engineers so owners can focus more on developing your website and application.
Cloudant can handle billions of transactions per day. As it is efficient in handling volumes of data, it boosts the persistence layer of the app and can save owners loss of revenue and income. Its sync technology makes the Cloudant cluster reliable and highly accessible for users. It is flexible and adapts to the changes of your app architecture.
Benefits of IBM Cloudant?
Secure, high-performing DBaaS platform
Cloudant is hosted on SSAE-16 cloud platforms: Rackspace, IBM SoftLayer, Amazon Web Services and Windows Azure. It also has in-flight and at-rest data encryption and database, document and field-level security permissions.
Flexible data storage
Cloudant stores data as JSON documents. It is excellent for a variety of data and is recommended for fast-changing data models. It also allows you to modify fields without having to redesign the database and allows any file type attachment to JSON documents
Management and monitoring
Cloudant staff is on call 24/7. They operate, scale, monitor and layer the data. Cloudant has 34 data centers hosted by five cloud providers in five continents and nine countries.
Scalable and durable database transactions
Cloudant has automatic data partitioning, is built for mixed read and write operational workloads, can save multiple and replicated copies of data which is saved and backed up on nodes, data centers and even cloud providers so your web and mobile apps can function properly in case a fault occurs.
Available, always on DDN
Cloudant can replicate and sync data across data centers; public or private cloud platforms on whatever device. When the device is offline, users can still access the data and syncs it when an internet connection is available.
API and integration
Cloudant can define indexes and complex analytics via MapReduce. It has libraries available for various languages which can be accessed directly from the browser or an app server.
Advanced data indexing services
Adding advanced data processing to your apps can be very easy with Cloudant. There is no need to use multiple databases or write complex integration codes with Cloudant’s advanced data indexing services.
How much does it cost?
IBM Cloudant’s pricing is measured based on provisioned throughout capacity and data storage used. There are two plans available:
Lite
The Lite plan is free and ideal if you want to test out Cloudant before buying. The plan comes with 1GB storage with a threshold for lookups, writes and queries.
Base Price: FREE
- Provisioned Throughout Capacity (per second)
- Lookups: 20
- Writes: 10
- Queries: 5
- Disk Space: 1GB
Standard
The Standard plan comes with a base cost and has 20GB storage. The throughput capacity can be configurable depending as your application requirements change.
Base Price: $0.11/hour ($80/month)
- Lookups: 100
- Writes: 50
- Queries: 5
- Disk Space: 20GB
- Overage:
- $.0014/GB-hour
- $1/GB-month
Base Price: $1.05/hour ( $760/month)
- Lookups: 1000
- Writes: 500
- Queries: 50
- Disk Space: 20GB
- Overage:
- $.0014/GB-hour
- $1/GB-month
Base Price: $1.05/hour ($760/month)
- Lookups: 5,000
- Writes: 2,500
- Queries: 250
- Disk Space: 20GB
- Overage:
- $.0014/GB-hour
- $1/GB-month
Base Price: $21.00/hour ($15,300/month)
- Lookups: 20,000
- Writes: 10,000
- Queries: 1,000
- Disk Space: 20GB
- Overage:
- $.0014/GB-hour
- $1/GB-month
Is IBM Cloudant right for my web/mobile app?
If you are a big enterprise generating volumes of data, IBM Cloudant is an ideal cloud-based service for you.
With the Lite plan, you are able to gauge and evaluate the service and its pros and its cons so you can determine if it is ideal for your web or mobile app.
Cloudant aims to give owners a smooth and hassle-free data management experience. It is efficient, smart and one of the best ways to do data management.