IBM Cloudant vs MongoDB | TrustRadius

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Score 8.6 out of 10

Based on 101 reviews and ratings

Score 8.3 out of 10

Based on 311 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

IBM Cloudant

MongoDB

Performance

Availability

Concurrency

Security

Scalability

Data model flexibility

Deployment model flexibility

Pros

For us, performance and scalability is the key, and Cloudant DB backed by CouchDB is scalable and performant.
IBM Cloudant dB is very easy to provision for sandbox, development, QA as well as production.
Support for Java for CouchDB app server analytics enables a greater control for over developers.
Schema free oriented very easy to program and build applications on it.
We love it!!

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Naresh Jasotani

Director - Data and Analytics Services (Presales)

Miracle Software Systems, IncComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Easy to learn. When I picked up MongoDB for the first time, I had little background in database management or modeling. If you have a background in javascript (and JSON)... then you can figure out how to use MongoDB pretty fast.
Fast performance.
It's relatively easy to set up in certain environments because there are lots of ready-made solutions out there.
There's a lot of support in the existing ecosystem for it —, especially in the node.js realm.
Query syntax is pretty simple to grasp and utilize.
Aggregate functions are powerful.
Scaling options.
Documentation is quite good and versioned for each release.

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Developer

By the Book, Inc (Software For Churches/NonProfits)Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees

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Cons

It was only after we went with the cloud-based solution that IBM rolled out an on-premise version.
We found that a 3rd-party ODBC driver was required for a few applications that needed to pull data out of Cloudant.
The sales process was difficult because the salesperson we used was not as versed on Cloudant as I had hoped.

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Verified User

Analyst in Marketing

Retail Company, 51-200 employees

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I love the idea of Map-Reduce native support in MongoDB. Admittedly I have not used it as much as I would like -- it always seems to trip me up.
Recent additions to the aggregation queries have helped reduce (no pun intended) my need to better wield the weapon that is Map-Reduce.

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Manager Strategic Products

Intelliquip, LLCComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

IBM Cloudant 7.3

Based on 1 answer

the flexibility of NoSQL allow us to modify and upgrade our apps very fast and in a convenient way. Having the solution hosted by IBM is also giving us the chance to focus on features and the improvement of our apps. It's one thing less to be worried about

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victor pease solano

General Manager

SupermioComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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MongoDB 9.2

Based on 68 answers

This is a very convenient "go to" database for application CRUD operations. So many applications need to create, read, update, and delete records. Here's the trick though - as a product changes, the data does as well. Having a database that makes this process easy and avoids the need to manage a schema and migrations is extremely valuable.MongoDB may not be the tool for every need but it is often always a tool that gets used for some need or another.

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Sr. Platform Developer / UX Designer / Optimization Engineer

FunnelEnvyMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Usability

IBM Cloudant 7.7

Based on 5 answers

It's mostly just a straight forward API to a data store. I knock one off for the full text search thing, but I don't need it much anyways. Also, the dashboard UI they give is pretty nice to use. It provides syntax-highlighting for writing views and queries are easy to test. I wish other DBs had a UI like this.

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Developer

Qubit NetworksTelecommunications, 11-50 employees

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MongoDB 8.0

Based on 3 answers

I'm not a database expert by any means. But MongoDB has helped lower the barrier to entry in the world of full stack development. It has an expressive and easy to understand syntax and API. Additionally, their documentation is really quite detailed and easy to follow. Anyone with javascript experience should be able to work with it.

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Developer

By the Book, Inc (Software For Churches/NonProfits)Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees

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Reliability and Availability

IBM Cloudant 8.2

Based on 1 answer

it is a highly available solution in the IBM cloud portfolio and hence we have never had any issues with the data base being available - we also do continuous replication to be on the safer side just in case some thing goes awry. We also perform twice a year disaster recovery tests.

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Shiv Shivakumar

customer service leader

ifoxComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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MongoDB 9.0

Based on 1 answer

No answer on this topic is available.

Performance

IBM Cloudant 8.2

Based on 1 answer

very easy to get started and is very developer friendly given that it uses couchDB analytics. It is a cloud based solution and hence there is no hardware investment in a server and staging the server to get started and the associated delays/bureaucracy involved to get started. Good documentation is also available.

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Shiv Shivakumar

customer service leader

ifoxComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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No answers yet

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Support Rating

IBM Cloudant 8.6

Based on 4 answers

Very happy by the commitment given by the team which has been really good over the last 7 years of usage.

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Nicolas Peeters

VP of Engineering

AirFi / MI AirlineInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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MongoDB 8.0

Based on 2 answers

I never had problems with the application. It complies with all the characteristics that the company specifies with this product.

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Fernando Malave

User support technician

IBMComputer Software, 10,001+ employees

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Online Training

IBM Cloudant 7.3

Based on 1 answer

online resources are good enough to understand but there is nothing like testing. In our case, we discovered some not documented behavior that we take in count now. Also, the experience in NodeJs is critical. Also, take in count that most of the "good practices" with cloudant are not in online courses but in blogs and pages from independent developers

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victor pease solano

General Manager

SupermioComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Implementation Rating

IBM Cloudant 8.2

Based on 4 answers

Test the architecture on CouchDB helped us to address initial design flaws.
The migration to Cloudant as such was very painless.
We have migrate our replication system to Cloudant Android Sync for mobile devices.
We have regular informal contact with the Cloudant leadership to discuss our use cases and implementation strategies.

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Nicolas Peeters

VP of Engineering

AirFi / MI AirlineInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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MongoDB 8.4

Based on 2 answers

While the setup and configuration of MongoDB is pretty straight forward, having a vendor that performs automatic backups and scales the cluster automatically is very convenient. If you do not have a system administrator or DBA familiar with MongoDB on hand, it's a very good idea to use a 3rd party vendor that specializes in MongoDB hosting. The value is very well worth it over hosting it yourself since the cost is often reasonable among providers.

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Sr. Platform Developer / UX Designer / Optimization Engineer

FunnelEnvyMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

It's easier to use than Dynamo, more open than Firebase, and has better documentation that CouchDB... it might not be fair to compare Modulus, Modulus obviously suffers from some scalability issues and might not be in the same class... but its a hosted DB service we had some experience with in the past....

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CTO (Chief Technical Officer)

YukonBabyHospital & Health Care, 1-10 employees

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MongoDB was the most full-featured NoSQL database we evaluated - that offered atomic transactions at a document level, built-in HA & DR, open source, robust queries, and enterprise level support.Other platforms had specific parts of what we were looking for - MongoDB had it all.

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Senior Leader

GHXHospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees

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Scalability

IBM Cloudant 8.6

Based on 21 answers

As a DB-as-a-Service, Cloudant has freed us from this kind of problem. Using the IBM Bluemix dashboard you can control how many transaction are executed in milliseconds and this is for now our rating of scalability between 200-24 milliseconds for one http POST (insert document), well under the project rate that was defined by an order of magnitude.

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Owner

NEWLOG Consulting SrlComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Return on Investment

Saving in-terms of cost of procuring and maintaining hardware, which will be realized over the next 5 years.
Positive ROI in terms of the number of FTEs involved in maintaining our databases; our DBAs can now focus on other important and business critical applications.
Best ROI in terms of our organization's vision - they are no longer anxious / nervous to move to the cloud. We are already on the CLOUD.

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Naresh Jasotani

Director - Data and Analytics Services (Presales)

Miracle Software Systems, IncComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Much faster development time.
Price is fantastic compared to MSSQL when you consider OS costs and the entire package.
Only negative to me is the lack of DBA skills for it, due to it being a new player in the field. I feel like that will get better as time moves on however.

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Application Developer

North 40 Outfitters - CSWW, Inc.Retail, 501-1000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

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