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name: Cloudant-cloudant.com
title: cloudant.com
description: like JSON and full-text.
last-updated: 2023-01-24
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> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?format=markdown
> The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# cloudant.com
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IBM® Cloudant® for IBM Cloud® is a hosted and fully managed database-as-a-service (DBaaS). 
It was built to scale globally, run non-stop, and handle a wide variety of data types 
like [JSON](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-ibm-cloudant-basics&format=markdown#json-overview-basics) and [full-text](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-query&format=markdown#creating-an-index).
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IBM Cloudant Shared Plan is being retired on 31 March 2018. 
Starting 24 July 2017, no new Shared Plan accounts can be created from the [IBM Cloudant product page](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/cloudant){: external}. 
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IBM Cloudant is an operational data store optimized to handle concurrent 
reads and writes, and enable high availability and data durability.

It provides an [HTTP API](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-ibm-cloudant-basics&format=markdown#http-api-basics) for working with your 
[JSON](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/Cloudant?topic=Cloudant-ibm-cloudant-basics&format=markdown#json-overview-basics) data, and 24-hour operational support and maintenance. 
IBM Cloudant is based on 
[Apache CouchDB](https://couchdb.apache.org/){: external}, and is delivered as various multi-tenant, dedicated, and installed services.

All currency values in this document are in US dollars ($).
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IBM Cloudant is offered as either a [Shared Plan](#shared-plan) or an 
[Enterprise (Dedicated) Plan](#enterprise-plan), and as an [IBM Cloud® service](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/){: external}.

The IBM Cloudant Shared Plan and Enterprise (Dedicated) Plan 
offerings aren't available on the IBM Cloud service.
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## Enterprise plan
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With the IBM Cloudant DBaaS Enterprise Plan, you have access to all the 
IBM Cloudant DBaaS capabilities, provided through a dedicated, 
single-tenant cluster.

This plan gives you assured database performance and up-time, by using dedicated DBaaS clusters or 
hardware available at various hosting locations.

For users of the Enterprise plan who require a new or extra IBM Cloudant 
account on one of their dedicated clusters, sign up on the [IBM Cloudant Enterprise account sign-up page](https://cloudant.com/enterprise-sign-up){: external}.  
Create an account by using the form, and open a support ticket to request that support move your account to one of your 
IBM Cloudant Enterprise dedicated clusters. 

## Shared plan
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The IBM Cloudant Shared Plan is being retired on 31 March 2018. 
Starting 24 July 2017, no new Shared Plan accounts can be created on the [IBM Cloudant website](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/cloudant){: external}. 
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With the IBM Cloudant Shared Plan, you have access to all the 
IBM Cloudant DBaaS capabilities, provided through a shared or 'multi-tenant' cluster.

Pricing is metered, based on your monthly usage. No charge applies if your monthly usage is 
under $50.00 (starting August 2016). For more information, see the [IBM Cloudant Shared Plan Terms of Service](https://cloudant.com/assets/terms.pdf){: external}.