Question 1

What is IBM Cloudant?

Accepted Answer

Cloudant is an open source non-relational, distributed database service that requires zero-configuration. It's based on the Apache-backed CouchDB project and the creator of the open source BigCouch project.
Cloudant's service provides integrated data management, search, and analytics engine designed for web applications. Cloudant scales your database on the CouchDB framework and provides hosting, administrative tools, analytics and commercial support for CouchDB and BigCouch.

Cloudant is often considered part of a new generation of 'NoSQL' databases that don't require fixed table schemas and is challenging the dominance of traditional relational databases (including the popular MySQL).

Question 2

What are IBM Cloudant's top competitors?

Accepted Answer

Amazon DynamoDB, MongoDB, and Couchbase Server are common alternatives for IBM Cloudant.

Question 3

What is IBM Cloudant's best feature?

Accepted Answer

Reviewers rate Concurrency and Data model flexibility highest, with a score of 9.8.

Question 4

Who uses IBM Cloudant?

Accepted Answer

The most common users of IBM Cloudant are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).