Item: IBM Cloudant
Rating: 9
Author: Paul Daniels

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IBM Cloudant for the hospital mobile health application. We also use IBM Cloudant as our primary database backup system and I can say everything has been working well. The IBM Cloudant uptime and search features are what make it best as our database backup system. IBM Cloudant delivers high-level service.

Pros and Cons

Perfect query interface
Great uptime
The support team is amazing
Great documentation
Easy setup

Less IBM Cloudant database management features
The analytic reports seems off to me
Downloading data from IBM Cloudant [I feel] can sometimes be a painful process.

Return on Investment

IBM Cloudant is very secure and we never have to worry about losing data/unauthorized access
It is one of the best data backup system and works well
Global availability means it is easy to connect to the nearest data center and this reduces load time which is great.

Alternatives Considered

Amazon Web Services and MongoDB

IBM Cloudant wins in all aspects, from cost, ease of deployment, features, global availability and much more.

Likelihood to Recommend

A good scenario where IBM Cloudant is irresistible is when you are an international company and have web and mobile-based applications - accessing data will be easy thanks to the global availability of IBM Cloudant. It will be easy to connect to the closest data center.
Another scenario is where you have mobile and web-based apps and/or want to have a data backup system - IBM Cloudant works perfectly well.

IBM Cloudant - Great For Mobile and Web Based Applications

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cloudant

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros and Cons

Return on Investment

Alternatives Considered

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloudant Feature Ratings