Cloudant alternatives
TL;DR: 12 companies doing similar work to Cloudant in B2B, ranked by how closely they match what Cloudant actually does — not just by category.
How this list was built: every company here is Y Combinator-backed and shares at least one category with Cloudant. They are scored on how closely their own description overlaps with Cloudant's, and all facts shown come from the YC company records — nothing is estimated.
What are the best alternatives to Cloudant?
| Alternative | What it does | Batch | Team | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fithub | — | Winter 2010 | — | Inactive |
| Insoshi | — | Winter 2008 | — | Inactive |
| GoScale | Dynamical Scaling Virtual Machines as a Service | Summer 2012 | 2 | Inactive |
| Firebase | Build and grow iOS, Android, and Web apps. | Summer 2011 | 500 | Acquired |
| Sherpa Labs | Frontier Data | Winter 2025 | 5 | Active |
| Ardent | Database sandboxes for Agents | Spring 2026 | 3 | Active |
| Magma | Monetize your agent's traces. | Summer 2026 | 1 | Active |
| FathomDB | — | Winter 2008 | — | Inactive |
| Convox | Open-source tools for deploying, managing, and monitoring cloud… | Summer 2015 | 3 | Acquired |
| primitive | communication for agents | Spring 2026 | 4 | Active |
| Dialogus | voice AI agents that learn how your company actually works | Summer 2026 | 3 | Active |
| Proxino | Javascript proxy. | Summer 2011 | — | Inactive |
Is Cloudant still active?
Cloudant has been acquired, which often means pricing, roadmap or support changes. That is the usual reason people start looking at this list.
How was this list put together?
Every company here is Y Combinator-backed and shares at least one category with Cloudant. They are then ranked on how closely their own description overlaps with Cloudant's, so the closest matches come first rather than whoever happens to share a tag.