> What advantages did you see comparing Cloudant to CouchDB? > If you wanted to work with really big data sets Cloudant would be a pretty good option because y

> What advantages did you see comparing Cloudant to CouchDB? > If you wanted to work with really big data sets Cloudant would be a pretty good option because you can skip all the DB setup work and have instant access a highly scalable platform that lets you get to right to work. I think one need to state it more clearly with cloudant you get a hosted solution SaaS, they will scale better then you, have better backups, and will be able to rebuild a view quickly, while you are deleting logs to rebuild it and struggling to get performance out of your vps.