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IBM Cloudant vs Redis Enterprise Cloud

IBM Cloudant
104 Ratings
Redis Enterprise Cloud
6 Ratings

IBM Cloudant

104 Ratings
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Score 8.6 out of 100

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Redis Enterprise Cloud

6 Ratings
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Score 8.9 out of 100

Based on 6 reviews and ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloudant

IBM Cloudant is generally a good tool for a NonSQL, document oriented Database as a Service. It is very scalable and reliable, and managed services through IBM seems to be working well. You can consider as almost no lock-in since it is based on CouchDB API structures and you can migrate to any other provider in the future if needed. If you need real Global Availability, like Asia / China you may need to look for alternatives.

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Redis Enterprise Cloud

Redis Cloud is very well suited for scenarios where fast data access is required or somewhat unstructured data needs to be stored. For us, it has worked very well for user session storage. However, if you have large amounts of structured data that is not frequently accessed, Redis is not the solution and a traditional relational database is likely more appropriate.

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Feature Rating Comparison

NoSQL Databases

IBM Cloudant
7.8
Redis Enterprise Cloud
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Performance
IBM Cloudant
8.1
Redis Enterprise Cloud
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Availability
IBM Cloudant
8.2
Redis Enterprise Cloud
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Concurrency
IBM Cloudant
7.8
Redis Enterprise Cloud
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Security
IBM Cloudant
8.0
Redis Enterprise Cloud
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Scalability
IBM Cloudant
7.4
Redis Enterprise Cloud
—
Data model flexibility
IBM Cloudant
7.3
Redis Enterprise Cloud
—
Deployment model flexibility
IBM Cloudant
7.8
Redis Enterprise Cloud
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Database-as-a-Service

IBM Cloudant
—
Redis Enterprise Cloud
8.5
Automatic software patching
IBM Cloudant
—
Redis Enterprise Cloud
9.0
Database scalability
IBM Cloudant
—
Redis Enterprise Cloud
9.0
Automated backups
IBM Cloudant
—
Redis Enterprise Cloud
8.0
Database security provisions
IBM Cloudant
—
Redis Enterprise Cloud
8.0
Monitoring and metrics
IBM Cloudant
—
Redis Enterprise Cloud
8.0
Automatic host deployment
IBM Cloudant
—
Redis Enterprise Cloud
9.0

Pros

IBM Cloudant

  • 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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Redis Enterprise Cloud

  • Ease of setup and deployment via Heroku
  • Reliability and splicity
  • Fair pricing

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Cons

IBM Cloudant

  • 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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Redis Enterprise Cloud

  • The only area of improvement I have found is the documentation is sometimes lacking and could be a little more comprehensive.

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Likelihood to Renew

IBM Cloudant

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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Redis Enterprise Cloud

No score
No answers yet
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Usability

IBM Cloudant

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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Redis Enterprise Cloud

No score
No answers yet
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Reliability and Availability

IBM Cloudant

IBM Cloudant 8.2
Based on 2 answers
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 | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Redis Enterprise Cloud

No score
No answers yet
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Performance

IBM Cloudant

IBM Cloudant 8.2
Based on 2 answers
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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Redis Enterprise Cloud

No score
No answers yet
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Support Rating

IBM Cloudant

IBM Cloudant 8.6
Based on 6 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 | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Redis Enterprise Cloud

No score
No answers yet
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Online Training

IBM Cloudant

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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Redis Enterprise Cloud

No score
No answers yet
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Implementation Rating

IBM Cloudant

IBM Cloudant 8.2
Based on 8 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 | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Redis Enterprise Cloud

No score
No answers yet
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Alternatives Considered

IBM Cloudant

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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Redis Enterprise Cloud

I've used Heroku Redis and RedisToGo. Redis Cloud has the best free/developer plan, and we have never had an issue.

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Scalability

IBM Cloudant

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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Redis Enterprise Cloud

No score
No answers yet
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Return on Investment

IBM Cloudant

  • 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 | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Redis Enterprise Cloud

  • Redis Cloud is very affordable and therefore the cost is negligible when compared to the benefits— immediate ROI with very little startup costs.

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Pricing Details

IBM Cloudant

General

Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Redis Enterprise Cloud

General

Free Trial
—
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Rating Summary

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloudant
7.9
Redis Enterprise Cloud
8.0

Likelihood to Renew

IBM Cloudant
7.3
Redis Enterprise Cloud
—

Usability

IBM Cloudant
7.7
Redis Enterprise Cloud
—

Reliability and Availability

IBM Cloudant
8.2
Redis Enterprise Cloud
—

Performance

IBM Cloudant
8.2
Redis Enterprise Cloud
—

Support Rating

IBM Cloudant
8.6
Redis Enterprise Cloud
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Online Training

IBM Cloudant
7.3
Redis Enterprise Cloud
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Implementation Rating

IBM Cloudant
8.2
Redis Enterprise Cloud
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Scalability

IBM Cloudant
8.6
Redis Enterprise Cloud
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