Case Study: Cabify achieves scalable global growth with IBM Cloudant

Supporting a fast-growth start-up with a flexible DBaaS platform

Cabify, a fast-growing ride-hailing startup, was challenged by the rapid data growth from its global expansion. Its in-house Apache CouchDB databases required too much administration, which diverted valuable technical resources from its core app development. To ensure scalability without this overhead, Cabify turned to vendor IBM and its IBM Cloudant database-as-a-service (DBaaS) platform.

The solution IBM implemented was Cloudant, a fully managed NoSQL DBaaS. This provided Cabify with a flexible, highly scalable data layer that required no maintenance from their internal team. The results included significant time and cost savings, seamless global scalability, and 24/7 data availability and security, allowing Cabify’s team to focus entirely on product innovation and geographic expansion.

Cabify

Sam Lown

Chief Technology Officer