IBM Cloudant
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VisitIBM Cloudant vs RethinkDB
What both publish
| Fact | IBM Cloudant | RethinkDB |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | Cloudant integrates with IBM Identity and Access Management, and IBM Key Protect can provide customer-managed encryption keys for supported Cloudant deployments. | Official documentation covers Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, Rails, publish-subscribe systems, Node.js libraries and multiple ORMs. |
| Product | IBM Cloudant is a managed JSON document database service based on Apache CouchDB. | RethinkDB is a distributed document database that stores JSON and pushes query results to applications in real time. |
IBM Cloudant plans
- EnterprisePriced on request
- Enterprise—
- LiteFree
- Dedicated HardwarePriced on request
- Standard—
RethinkDB plans
- RethinkDBFree
Pick IBM Cloudant if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.
Pick RethinkDB if…
RethinkDB suits developers building applications that need query-result updates as data changes, including collaborative apps, multiplayer games, and real-time marketplaces. It is less suited to workloads that require full ACID support or strong schema enforcement.