Amazon DocumentDB vs IBM Cloudant
Amazon DocumentDB
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IBM Cloudant
ibm.comSide by side
| Figure | Amazon DocumentDB | IBM Cloudant |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 11 | 7 |
| Spec score · Document Databases | 9.0 (#1) | 7.7 (#18) |
| Spec score · NoSQL Databases | 9.0 (#4) | 7.5 (#25) |
| Spec score · Database Software | 8.5 (#28) | 7.5 (#67) |
| API and SDKs | The management API is available through HTTP, the AWS CLI, AWS SDKs and CloudFormation, with documented operations, parameters, errors and examples. | Cloudant is accessed through an HTTPS API and provides SDKs for Node.js, Java, Python, and Go. |
| Backups | Point-in-time recovery can restore to any second within a configurable retention period of up to 35 days. | Cloudant data is not automatically backed up, although IBM says supported backup tools are provided. |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Integrations | DocumentDB integrates with CloudWatch metrics and alarms, AWS Lambda change-stream event sources, IAM, KMS, AWS Backup and OpenSearch zero-ETL pipelines. | Cloudant integrates with IBM Identity and Access Management, and IBM Key Protect can provide customer-managed encryption keys for supported Cloudant deployments. |
Plans
Amazon DocumentDB
- Serverless — StandardPrice not published
- Serverless — I/O-OptimizedPrice not published
- Provisioned On-Demand — StandardPrice not published
- Provisioned On-Demand — I/O-OptimizedPrice not published
- Amazon DocumentDB free trialFree
- Free trialFree
- Amazon DocumentDB Serverless (Standard)$0.08 a month
- Amazon DocumentDB Serverless (I/O-Optimized)$0.09 a month
- DocumentDB I/O-OptimizedPrice not published
- DocumentDB ServerlessPrice not published
IBM Cloudant
- LitePriced on request
- StandardPriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
- EnterprisePrice not published
- LiteFree
- Dedicated HardwarePriced on request
- StandardPrice not published
In their own words
Amazon DocumentDB
Amazon DocumentDB has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.