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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud Databases

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Databases are open source data stores for enterprise application development. Built on a Kubernetes foundation, they offer a database platform for serverless applications. They are designed to scale storage and compute resources seamlessly without being constrained by the limits of a single server. Natively integrated and available in the IBM Cloud console, these databases are now available through a consistent consumption, pricing, and interaction model. They aim to provide a cohesive…N/A

    RavenDB

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ARavenDB is a NoSQL Document Database that is fully transactional (ACID) across the database and throughout clusters. The database minimizes the need for third party addons, tools, or support to boost developer productivity and get projects into production fast. Users can setup and secure a data cluster deploy in the cloud, on-premise or in a hybrid environment. RavenDB offers a Database as a Service solution, allowing users to pass on all…N/A
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    IBM Cloud DatabasesRavenDB
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    IBM Cloud DatabasesRavenDB
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    IBM Cloud DatabasesRavenDB
    Database-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of IBM Cloud Databases and RavenDB
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Databases
    7.3
    94 Ratings
    14% below category average
    RavenDB
    -
    Ratings
    Automatic software patching8.577 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database scalability10.088 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated backups7.091 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database security provisions9.084 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring and metrics4.088 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic host deployment5.269 Ratings00 Ratings
    NoSQL Databases
    Comparison of NoSQL Databases features of IBM Cloud Databases and RavenDB
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Databases
    -
    Ratings
    RavenDB
    9.1
    24 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Performance00 Ratings9.024 Ratings
    Availability00 Ratings8.923 Ratings
    Concurrency00 Ratings8.023 Ratings
    Security00 Ratings9.223 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings9.623 Ratings
    Data model flexibility00 Ratings9.924 Ratings
    Deployment model flexibility00 Ratings9.423 Ratings
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    IBM Cloud DatabasesRavenDB
    Small Businesses
    MongoDB Atlas
    Score7.8 out of 10
    IBM Cloudant
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Azure Database
    Score8.8 out of 10
    IBM Cloudant
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Cloud SQL
    Score8.7 out of 10
    IBM Cloudant
    Score7.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud DatabasesRavenDB
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (96 ratings)
    8.1
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.5
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.2
    (20 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.1
    (21 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud DatabasesRavenDB
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Less Appropriate Scenario: 1) Small Scale or Low Budget Projects 2) Organizations with limited expertise in cloud technologies may find the learning curve steep, especially if they are not familiar with the IBM Cloud platform 3) If database requirements are highly dynamic and change frequently, the comprehensive features and management provided by IBM Cloud Databases might be overkill. A more flexible, self-managed solution could be preferable for adapting to rapid changes.
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    RavenDB
    If you're a.NET developer searching for a system other than SQL Server for business assessment, then you must try RavenDB. RavenDB is a fantastic document-oriented system that has been specifically developed to work with all.NET or Windows systems. Developers are continually working on such systems to eliminate their flaws while also providing a few benefits. We must refresh ourselves on a regular basis since the free software system is like an open area where anybody may stand up with a brilliant solution to the issue. RavenDB is absolutely worth a look
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    Pros
    IBM
    • The ease of setup was effortless. For anyone with development experience, a few simple questions such as name and login data will get you set up.
    • The web application to manage cluster settings, billing settings and even introspect the data was simple and most importantly worked all the time. This can not always be said for web interfaces of other products.
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    RavenDB
    • Document Database - no Object-Relational Impedance Mismatch
    • ACID support that is optimized for performance
    • Can be easily integrated into automated tests (unit tests)
    • Easily configurable via C# code
    • Comes directly with RavenStudio - no SSMS or SQL Developer required
    • In general low footprint when it comes to memory and disk consumption
    • Useful safety nets for new developers - e.g. by default an exception is thrown when you make too many requests within a session
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Better cost reports, before just increasing to another tier, thus increasing the price. This is critical for early stage startups, where budget is tight.
    • Add more data center options. As a comparison, a similar service, Aiven.io has dozen more options than Compose (basically all big cloud providers). We moved from AWS to Digital Ocean, which made us stop using Compose, since Compose forces us to be either on IBM or AWS.
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    RavenDB
    • The documentation is very good, but it's sometimes hard to find the topic I'm looking for.
    • Updating references is done manually. It would be nice if there was a feature to help with that. I'm not sure that's even possible though.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    IBM is our trusted partner which never failed to meet our expectations. Stability, efficiency, usability and security is a must have for our business which is fully provided by IBM Cloud Databases
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    RavenDB
    We've had an excellent experience using RavenDB. Internally we are testing the newer features in 5.0 such as time series, which will effect the con specified previously dependent on the real world performance. We foresee that BattleCrate will continue to use RavenDB as we grow.
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    Usability
    IBM
    IBM Cloud Databases' pricing structure is easy to understand, and if you choose the right product, you can operate your system at minimal cost. Although there is ample documentation available, there doesn't seem to be a user community running on it, so specific usage know-how and troubleshooting can sometimes take longer than expected.
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    RavenDB
    Really good .NET client that is very easy to use. The management studio is excellent and puts anything that Microsoft or Oracle have to shame. Very quick to develop with once the complexity hurdle has been overcome. Initially using it can be a bit painful until you fully grasp the event sourced nature of the indexing.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    Support is helpful enough, but we haven't always had questions answered in a satisfactory manner. At one time we realized that Compose had stopped taking database snapshots on its two-per-day schedule, and had in fact not taken one for many days. Support recognized the problem and it was fixed, but the lack of proactive checks and the inability to share exactly what happened has caused us to look elsewhere for production work loads
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    RavenDB
    The support is really fast and flexible. Since one single working day, we got a response to our first request, only 4 days later we got a technical demonstration for our complete developer team to get in touch with raven and its performance. Also during our development, we got a quick response to questions.
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
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    RavenDB
    RavenFS changed along the way and made us change the codes.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    The reason why I choose IBM Cloud Databases is that the IBM cloud toolset is already being used in other functions of the company and by using IBM Cloud Databases, the other cloud tools are better embedded and integrated. If the company is set to use amazon tools, I would go for rds.
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    RavenDB
    The given alternatives are also powerful and really good noSQL databases but the highest availability of RavenDB allows me/us to know it a lot better. RavenDB is encrypted by default wherever we use it in production and it has a high level of documents compression.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Prove use cases prior to administering entire platform, obtain ROI faster
    • Able to achieve the technological components of our advanced analytics team without full scale purchase of AI platform
    • Developed several studies to prove out cloud Db value, speed to deploy
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    RavenDB
    • RavenDB has saved my customers a lot of money with their cloud services' tiered model. The database is able to grow with the project/company and can start out small at a low cost.
    • RavenDB is free for three nodes and three CPUs, which makes it great for development scenarios. You're able to start rapidly building applications without having to worry about licensing.
    • Scaling out has allowed us to use three small cloud servers when starting out and get the performance and throughput of a single larger server.
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