IBM Cloudant vs Azure SQL Database | TrustRadius

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Score 8.6 out of 10

Based on 104 reviews and ratings

Score 8.4 out of 10

Based on 152 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

IBM Cloudant

Azure SQL Database

Performance

Availability

Concurrency

Security

Scalability

Data model flexibility

Deployment model flexibility

IBM Cloudant

Azure SQL Database

Automatic software patching

Database scalability

Automated backups

Database security provisions

Monitoring and metrics

Automatic host deployment

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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Scalability is #1: if it used to be an almost no-win endeavour to try to modernize your server or migrate to other hardware, with Azure SQL Database it becomes a press of a button.
All the tools simply work after you are on Azure SQL Database.
The applications do not need changes in order to start using Azure SQL Database.
Hybrid Cloud scenarios will work.
Clustering and failover - already there.
You can start monitoring the use and extract performance insights in a new way in Azure.

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Senior Data Platform Consultant

Generali Global Health ServicesInsurance, 5001-10,000 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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A little slow on processing complex or large Views. We use a lot of Views to feed our BI system, and the processing time could see some improvement, IMHO.
Additional monitoring components would be nice too, automating some built in performance measurement tools would be a nice feature.
Price can always be improved as well. It’s not bad, but room for improvement.

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Manager in Finance and Accounting

Consumer Goods Company, 10,001+ 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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Azure SQL Database 8.0

Based on 1 answer

This is best solution as a DBA one could expect from a service provider and as a cloud service, it removes all your hassles.

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Software Project Manager

Forman Christian CollegeInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 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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Reliability and Availability

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

customer service leader

ifoxComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Performance

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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Shiv Shivakumar

customer service leader

ifoxComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

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

VP of Engineering

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

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Azure SQL Database 9.0

Based on 5 answers

We give the support a high rating simply because every time we've had issues or questions, representatives were in contact with us quickly. Without fail, our issues/questions were handled in a timely matter. That kind of response is integral when client data integrity and availability is in question. There is also a wealth of documentation for resolving issues on your own.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Other

Computer Software Company, 11-50 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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Implementation Rating

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

VP of Engineering

AirFi / MI AirlineInformation Technology and Services, 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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Comparing with Amazon Aurora: Azure SQL DB is 100% compatible with SQL Server and Aurora is compatible with MySQL and PostGreSQL. Because of if, SQL DB suits large enterprises with hundreds of databases better. Comparing with Oracle: the main issue is that Oracle will try to push all other services available in their product offering.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Mining & Metals Company, 10,001+ 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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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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Azure SQL Databases are a great solution and with the Azure pricing model, you can reduce costs in most scenarios. They also have added intrinsic value by the products nature of being scale-able to the current task (i.e.- a short term need for more processing power).

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Michael Jipping

Digital Imaging Architect

OhioHealthHospital & Health Care, 51-200 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

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Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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