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Operational Data Platform for AI

AI Data Plane™
Model Service
Data Processing Service
Agent Catalog
AI Functions
Agent Memory
MCP Server
Couchbase Capella
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Search
Hyperscale Vector Index
Composite Vector Index
Search Vector Index (vector, text, geospatial, …)
Full-Text Search (FTS) Service
SQL++ and FTS integration
Support for scopes and collections
FTS Index replica
Couchbase Capella
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Data Access Service
Key-value interface (read/write)
High-density storage engine, Magma
Change data capture streamed to Kafka
Distributed ACID transactions
Tunable query consistency
Consistent metadata
Tunable durability
Ephemeral buckets
Netlify
Visual Studio Code integration
Couchbase Capella
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Query Service
Query Service via SQL++ (SQL-based queries)
Support for ACID transactions in SQL++
Time-series array support with import and un-nest functions
Graphical explain plan
Built-in query editor
Built-in schema browser
SQL++ common table expression (CTE)
ANSI joins support in SQL++
Unlimited query concurrency
Cost-based optimizer (CBO)
Window functions
SQL++ request auditing
SQL++ aggregate pushdown
Query monitoring UI
Query monitoring & profiling
Query workload snapshots
Query user-defined functions (UDF) with inline functions
Query user-defined functions (UDF) with JavaScript functions
Couchbase Capella
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Index Service
Hyperscale Vector Index
Composite Vector Index
Index Service – Global Secondary Indexes (GSI)
Index Service failover
Index pushdown
Composite Array indexes
Adaptive indexes
Flex Index using FTS indexing
Index partitioning
Index advisor
Plasma – high-performance storage engine for indexes
Index replicas and swap rebalance
Memory-optimized indexes
Index auto-move
Couchbase Capella
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Analytics
Native columnar storage
Separation of compute and data storage
ZeroETL from Couchbase
Multisource, ZeroETL from other databases
Capella iQ integration
Write-back to Capella + Couchbase Server
Write data back to external stores
BI tool integration
SQL++
Cost-based query optimizer
Data processing
Query external stores in place
Availability
Capella Analytics
Enterprise Analytics
Couchbase Server Analytics Service
Eventing Service
Eventing Service
Serverless compute
Distributed DCP consumer
Data Service integration
Query Service integration
External REST integration
Couchbase Capella
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Backup Service
Automated backup
Cloud-native backups
Couchbase Capella
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Development and Administration Tools
Web-based UI
Robust SDKs for Node.js, .NET, Python, Java, Scala, Go, PHP, C, C++, and Ruby
Aggregate SDK client metrics
Import and export tools
REST API
Command line tools
Web-based Data Import UI
Actionable alerts
Auto update of statistics
Add/remove services on non-KV existing nodes without adding new nodes
Non-root install and upgrade
OpenShift integration
Couchbase Capella
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Intra-cluster replication
Automatic failover
Online rebalancing
High-performance enterprise backup and restore tools
Bucket-level backup and restore
Downloadable buckets
Collection-level backup and restore
Backup to AWS S3
Automatic failover of disk failures, multi-nodes, and server group
Auto-failover for non-responsive disks
Auto-failover for ephemeral buckets w/ no replica
Rack/availability zone awareness
Couchbase Capella
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Cross Data Center Replication
Cross data center replication (XDCR)
XDCR filtering and throttling
XDCR advanced filtering
XDCR timestamp-based conflict resolution
XDCR – prioritization of replication
XDCR – conflict logging
XDCR – interoperability w/ Mobile
Couchbase Capella
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Security
Native encryption
Single sign-on
Authentication
Authorization
Role-based access control (RBAC)
LDAP integration
LDAP group support
LDAP support for client certificates
Encrypted at rest, Data Service
Encrypted network access
Encrypted private keys
Multiple certificate authorities within cluster
x.509 CA certificates for TLS
x.509 CA certificates for data service authentication
Integration to key management systems for TLS private key passphrase
Auditing
Log redactions
Client-side field-level encryption
Node-to-node encryption
Cipher management
Couchbase Capella
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Performance and Scaling
Automated scaling
Homogeneous scaling (by node)
Multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) (by service)
Fast failover
Multi-node, concurrent failover protection
Cluster hibernation
End-to-end compression (client to server and XDCR)
ARM processor support
Couchbase Capella
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition

CUSTOMERS

What customers are saying

“Couchbase is a highly scalable, distributed data store that plays a critical role in LinkedIn’s caching systems.”

Michael Kehoe, Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer, LinkedIn

10+

million queries

per second

<4

ms avg latency for

2.5+ billion items

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Software updates and support
Community contribution and GitHub repository access
Frequent releases with quality improvements
Worldwide 24×7 support
Patches and maintenance updates
Professional services
Proactive security monitoring
SOC 2 Type II, PCI, HIPAA compliance
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Enterprise Edition
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Couchbase product feature comparison FAQ

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Capella is a fully managed DBaaS. Enterprise Edition is self-managed with full features. Community Edition is free and open source but lacks enterprise security, XDCR, eventing, and support.

Yes, Community Edition is free with no license cost, but it ships without SLA-backed support, automated backup, cross data center replication, or advanced security features.

Capella and Enterprise Edition both support vector, hybrid, and full-text search. Community Edition only includes basic full-text search and lacks vector indexing capabilities.

Yes. Couchbase supports migration from the Community Edition to the Enterprise Edition. Upgrading unlocks XDCR, eventing, advanced security, automated backup, and enterprise support SLAs.

Capella includes all core Enterprise capabilities plus AI Data Plane, automated scaling, and cloud-native backups. Some self-managed-specific features, like non-root install, don’t apply.

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