We (Cloudant) recently changed the pricing model to help with this. You can now take a fixed-cost plan that charges based on reserved throughput capacity instea

We (Cloudant) recently changed the pricing model to help with this. You can now take a fixed-cost plan that charges based on reserved throughput capacity instead of metered use. This should help with the replication scenario. See https://www.ibm.com/blogs/bluemix/2016/09/new-cloudant-lite-standard-plans-are-live-in-bluemix-public/ https://www.ibm.com/blogs/bluemix/2016/09/new-cloudant-lite-... Stefan Kruger, IBM Cloudant Offering Manager