Cloudant is a software development company that focuses on providing open-source database service to organizations. Besides providing many of the same services and features that other DBaaS providers, there seems to be a focus on its scalable, NoSQL DBaaS on a global scale (NoSQL uses non-relational databases, in comparison to SQL which uses relational databases). By being scalable, organizations are able to increase and decrease the storage needed with relative ease.
Pricing for the Cloudant DBaaS is based on HTTP requests and data volume usage on a monthly basis. The data volume usage costs $1.00 per GB per month. Heavy HTTP requests start at $0.015 per 100, with light HTTP requests starting at $0.015 per 500. The first month is free, and a company is not charged if the data volume usage is under $5.00. Firms also have the option to add extra support features or cluster options.
Back in May, Cloudant was able to raise $12 million for its DBaaS thanks to several major investments from Devonshire Investors, Rackspace, Toba Capital, Avalon Ventures, In-Q-Tel, and Samsung Venture Investment Corporation. These investments were made in part to continue developing databases for both web and mobile applications With major companies backing Cloudant, it is safe to say the company will continue developing new ways to utilize its DBaaS services in the future.
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