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Cloudinary vs RavenDB

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Cloudinary

Software

Image and video API for developers

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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RavenDB

Software

The fully transactional NoSQL document database

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Cloudinary paid plans jump from a free tier straight to $224 per month, with usage priced on transformations, storage, and bandwidth credits that consume quickly at scale; RavenDB the free Developer licence bars commercial use and expires every 6 months, requiring renewal

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Cloudinary and RavenDB actually diverge.

Attributes where Cloudinary and RavenDB differ
AttributeCloudinaryRavenDB
PlatformsWebLinux, Windows, Mac, Docker, Web
FoundedUnknown2010

Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (freemium), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Cloudinary

Nothing recorded that RavenDB does not also cover.

Only in RavenDB

  • ACID Transactions
  • Auto-indexing
  • Full-text Search
  • Graph Queries
  • Distributed Counters
  • Time Series
  • Document Compression
  • .NET

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Cloudinary

No use cases recorded yet. See the Cloudinary review.

RavenDB

  • Running a distributed document database with ACID transactionsnot Cloudinary
  • Self hosting a multi node database cluster on your own hardwarenot Cloudinary
  • Replicating operational data out to analytics systems through ETLnot Cloudinary

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Cloudinary

  • Paid plans jump from a free tier straight to $224 per month, with usage priced on transformations, storage, and bandwidth credits that consume quickly at scale

RavenDB

  • The free Developer licence bars commercial use and expires every 6 months, requiring renewal
  • The free Community licence caps a customer at 60 cores and forces you to stay on the latest major version
  • The Professional licence is limited to a single database, a 5 node cluster, 40 cores and 240 GB RAM
  • Sharding across nodes, ETL to OLAP, Elasticsearch and Kafka, and data archival are Enterprise only
  • Enterprise and AI licence pricing is contact us only with no published rate

Pricing, plan by plan

Cloudinary

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Cloudinary review.

RavenDB

Free
  • CommunityFree
    • 3 cores
    • 6GB RAM
    • Community support
  • Professional$499/year
    • Production use
    • Professional support
    • Advanced features

Which should you pick?

Choose Cloudinary if

  • You want to start without paying.
Cloudinary review

Choose RavenDB if

  • You need acid transactions.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Linux, Windows, Mac, Docker, Web.
  • You also want auto-indexing.
RavenDB review

Questions people ask

Is Cloudinary or RavenDB better?
Neither clearly leads. Cloudinary starts at Free and RavenDB at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Cloudinary or RavenDB?
Cloudinary starts at Free and RavenDB at Free.
Does Cloudinary or RavenDB run on more platforms?
Cloudinary runs on Web. RavenDB runs on Linux, Windows, Mac, Docker, Web.
Can I use Cloudinary for free?
Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What can Cloudinary do that RavenDB cannot?
RavenDB covers ACID Transactions, Auto-indexing, Full-text Search, Graph Queries.
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