Item: IBM Cloud Databases
Rating: 10
Author: Kevin Newman

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My client uses IBM Compose to power their startup presentation software. Their application is built on meteor.js which uses Mongo DB as it's primary data store. They needed something reliable, fast and scalable, so we went with IBM Compose. Compose was incredibly easy to set up, and billing is straightforward, easy to understand.

Pros and Cons

Easy to set up.
Scaling is easy to configure.
Solid reliability.

It'd be nice if there was an easier way to set up a low cost or free testing or staging environment to match with the production environment. A "clone to staging" feature would be amazing.

Return on Investment

We're still working on that. ;-)

Alternatives Considered

mlab

We had used mlab at one point but found it less reliable than compose.io. Really, we wanted a strong foundation to start from day one and figured a produced backed by IBM would be the way to go. We are still a small startup and don't have a ton of resource to mess around with infrastructure just yet, or to deal with flaky services.

Other Software Used

Google Analytics, Google Drive, Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service), MongoDB

Likelihood to Recommend

If you need something fast, stable and reliable, and don't want to fiddle around too much with settings and docker images, compose is a great solution. It's easy to set up, and the control panel interface is well organized and full-featured. Billing statements match the ease of use of the control panel and are just as easy to understand.

Compose.io is pretty good!

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Compose