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RavenDB vs Cloudinary

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RavenDB

Database & Data Management

The fully transactional NoSQL document database

From
Free
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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Cloudinary

Database & Data Management

Image and video API for developers

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: RavenDB the free Developer licence bars commercial use and expires every 6 months, requiring renewal; 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

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which RavenDB and Cloudinary actually diverge.

Attributes where RavenDB and Cloudinary differ
AttributeRavenDBCloudinary
PlatformsLinux, Windows, Mac, Docker, WebWeb
Founded2010Unknown

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

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 RavenDB

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

Only in Cloudinary

Nothing recorded that RavenDB does not also cover.

What people use each for

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

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

Cloudinary

No use cases recorded yet. See the Cloudinary review.

Where each one falls short

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

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

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

Pricing, plan by plan

RavenDB

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

Cloudinary

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Cloudinary review.

Which should you pick?

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

Choose Cloudinary if

  • You want to start without paying.
Cloudinary review

Questions people ask

Is RavenDB or Cloudinary better?
Neither clearly leads. RavenDB starts at Free and Cloudinary at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, RavenDB or Cloudinary?
RavenDB starts at Free and Cloudinary at Free.
Does RavenDB or Cloudinary run on more platforms?
RavenDB runs on Linux, Windows, Mac, Docker, Web. Cloudinary runs on Web.
Can I use RavenDB for free?
Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What is RavenDB best used for?
RavenDB is most often used for running a distributed document database with acid transactions, self hosting a multi node database cluster on your own hardware, replicating operational data out to analytics systems through etl. Of those, running a distributed document database with acid transactions and self hosting a multi node database cluster on your own hardware are not what Cloudinary is typically brought in for.
What can RavenDB do that Cloudinary cannot?
RavenDB covers ACID Transactions, Auto-indexing, Full-text Search, Graph Queries.
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