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What you can do
Take your app to enterprise scale Start for free with IBM® Cloudant®, a fully managed, distributed database based on open-source Apache CouchDB. Cloudant is optimized for heavy workloads and fast-growing web and mobile apps.
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Web & mobile

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Internet of Things

Store and analyze real-time data coming in simultaneously from thousands of internet-enabled devices all over the world.
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Leave security patches, version upgrades and scalability to us. Concentrate on serving your users and growing your business.
How it works
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1 GB Free NoSQL DBaas

Provision IBM Cloudant's Lite plan with no configuration required. Includes 1 GB of storage per month.

 40+ Forever free services

Access 40+ always-free services with no expiration date. Get started with a USD 200 credit to use toward any IBM Cloud services.

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"IBM Cloudant is the best implementation of CouchDB, or any NoSQL database..."

Ramindu Deshapriva
Lead Consultant at Virtusa
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