{"id":17123,"date":"2025-05-14T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/?p=17123"},"modified":"2025-06-09T18:43:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T01:43:24","slug":"migrate-capella-free-tier-to-paid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/migrate-capella-free-tier-to-paid\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrate from Capella Free Tier to a Paid Account in 4 Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is the Capella free tier?<\/h2>\n<p>Couchbase Capella offers a free tier product with a perpetual, no-cost environment for users to explore and experience the capabilities of Couchbase&#8217;s NoSQL database platform. This free tier is not constrained by time limits, allowing users to engage with Capella at their own pace without the concern of trial expirations or unexpected charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Advantages of Capella&#8217;s free tier:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Perpetual Access:<\/b> Unlike traditional time-bound trials, Capella&#8217;s free tier remains available indefinitely, provided the cluster remains active. This ensures users can thoroughly evaluate and experiment with Capella&#8217;s features without the pressure of impending deadlines.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Comprehensive feature exploration:<\/b> Users gain access to a suite of functionalities, including <strong>SQL<\/strong>-based querying, <strong>Full-Text Search<\/strong>, and robust Vector Search. Additionally, Capella facilitates seamless synchronization with mobile and IoT devices at the edge, enabling the development of versatile applications.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Managed backend services:<\/b> Capella <strong>App Services<\/strong> provides a fully managed application backend tailored for mobile and edge applications. This service supports data synchronization between Capella operational buckets and devices running <strong>Couchbase Lite<\/strong>, as well as user authentication and management, streamlining the development process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By leveraging Capella&#8217;s free tier, users can immerse themselves in a robust, flexible, and scalable NoSQL database environment, making it an ideal choice for both learning and developing innovative applications.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.couchbase.com\/cloud\/get-started\/create-account.html#getting-started\">Create your Capella free tier account<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why do customers want to upgrade to a paid tier?<\/h2>\n<p>While Couchbase Capella&#8217;s free tier offers a valuable opportunity to explore its features without immediate financial commitment, organizations may find that upgrading to a <em>paid tier<\/em> aligns better with their evolving needs and objectives.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the paid tier features include scalability, enhanced support and service level agreements (SLAs), additional capabilities and features like eventing, analytics, backup &amp; restore, security, enhanced auditing, multi cluster deployment, and cross data center replication (XDCR).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Warning: <\/b>When upgrading from a free tier plan to a paid plan, Couchbase deletes your existing free tier operational cluster.\u00a0Therefore, before adding an activation id, be sure to complete steps 1 and 2, below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Prerequisites<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">A free tier account: Steps to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.couchbase.com\/cloud\/get-started\/create-account.html\">create a free tier account are here<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">An <b>activation id<\/b> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.couchbase.com\/cloud\/get-started\/create-account.html#upgrade-to-paid-account\">upgrade to paid plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Couchbase Command line tools: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.couchbase.com\/cloud\/reference\/command-line-tools.html\">Download here<\/a>\u00a0and follow the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.couchbase.com\/server\/current\/cli\/cli-intro.html#server-developer-tools-package\">CLI intro<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Unzip the folder and we will run commands from that folder\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Create <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.couchbase.com\/cloud\/clusters\/manage-database-users.html\">Cluster Access<\/a> for Free and paid tier cluster: \u00a0\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">Create User with Username <em>FreeUser<\/em> for free cluster with read-write access to all buckets and scopes<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">Create User with Username <em>PaidUser<\/em> for paid cluster with read-write access to all buckets and scopes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.couchbase.com\/cloud\/clusters\/allow-ip-address.html\">Configure Allowed IP addresses<\/a> for both free tier and paid tier clusters<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Download <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.couchbase.com\/cloud\/security\/security-certificates.html\">Capella Root Certificates<\/a>:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">Save <em>free tier<\/em> cluster certificate as <em>FreeCert.pem<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">Save <em>paid plan<\/em> cluster certificate as <em>PaidCert.pem<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Capella <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.couchbase.com\/cloud\/get-started\/connect.html\">Connection strings<\/a> for free tier and paid plan<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Step 1: Create an archive repository<\/h3>\n<p>Use the following command to create an archive repository where the backup of the cluster will be taken:<\/p>\n<p>Syntax: <\/p>\n<pre class=\"nums:false lang:default decode:true\">cbbackupmgr config -a BackupDirectoryPath -r capella_free --capella<\/pre>\n<p>Command:\u00a0<\/p>\n<pre class=\"nums:false wrap:true lang:default decode:true\">cbbackupmgr config -a C:\\Users\\dkski\\Downloads\\Backup -r capella_free \u2013capella<\/pre>\n<p>Output:\u00a0<\/p>\n<pre class=\"nums:false wrap:true lang:default decode:true\">Backup repository `capella_free` created successfully in archive `BackupDirectoryPath`<\/pre>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17124 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image2-e1747178173586-1024x101.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image2-e1747178173586-1024x101.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image2-e1747178173586-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image2-e1747178173586-768x76.png 768w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image2-e1747178173586-1536x151.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image2-e1747178173586-1320x130.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image2-e1747178173586.png 1999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.couchbase.com\/server\/current\/backup-restore\/cbbackupmgr.html\">More information on <em>cbbackupmgr<\/em> command<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Step 2: Backup data into the archive repository<\/h3>\n<p>Use the below command to take cluster backup in the created repository:<\/p>\n<p>Syntax:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"nums:false wrap:true lang:default decode:true\">cbbackupmgr backup --archive BackupDirectoryPath --repo repositoryname -c CouchbaseConnectionString -u Username -p \u2018Password' --cacert CertificatePath --full-backup --threads 2<\/pre>\n<p>Command:\u00a0<\/p>\n<pre class=\"nums:false wrap:true lang:default decode:true\">cbbackupmgr backup --archive C:\\Users\\dkski\\Downloads\\Backup --repo capella_free -c couchbases:\/\/cb.gq4ceqpayy1yp2pe.cloud.couchbase.com -u FreeUser -p ******** --cacert C:\\Users\\dkski\\Downloads\\Certificates\/FreeCert.pem --full-backup --threads 2<\/pre>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image4-1024x76.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image4-1024x76.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image4-300x22.png 300w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image4-768x57.png 768w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image4-1536x114.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image4-1320x98.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image4.png 1999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Output:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image3-1024x347.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image3-1024x347.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image3-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image3-768x260.png 768w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image3-1536x520.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image3-1320x447.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image3.png 1999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step 3: Restore backup into paid plan cluster<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Create a cluster using the prepaid credits as part of the activation ID after Step 1 and Step 2 from migration steps are complete<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Create the buckets with the same name as the Free tier cluster<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Use below command to restore cluster backup from repository in paid plan cluster<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Syntax:\u00a0<\/p>\n<pre class=\"nums:false wrap:true lang:default decode:true \">cbbackupmgr restore -a BackupDirectoryPath -r capella_free -c CouchbaseConnectionString -u Username -p \u2018Password\u2019 --cacert CertificatePath<\/pre>\n<p>Command:\u00a0<\/p>\n<pre class=\"nums:false wrap:true lang:default decode:true \">cbbackupmgr restore -a C:\\Users\\dkski\\Downloads\\Backup -r\u00a0 capella_free -c couchbases:\/\/cb.xxxxpaidplanclusterconnectionstring.cloud.couchbase.com -u PaidUser -p Paid@123 --cacert C:\\Users\\dkski\\Downloads\\Certificates\/PaidCert.pem<\/pre>\n<p>Example<i>:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image6-1024x85.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image6-1024x85.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image6-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image6-768x63.png 768w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image6-1536x127.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image6-1320x109.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image6.png 1999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Output:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image5-1024x350.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image5-1024x350.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image5-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image5-768x263.png 768w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image5-1536x526.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image5-1320x452.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image5.png 1999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step 4: Build the indexes<\/h3>\n<p>Index definitions are restored but not built.\u00a0To build the indexes in your cluster:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Open your cluster in the Capella management UI<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Go to\u00a0<b>Data Tools &gt; <\/b><b>Indexes<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Build the indexes that are in a <em>Created<\/em> state<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Example:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17129\" style=\"border: 1px solid Gainsboro;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image1-2-1024x466.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image1-2-1024x466.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image1-2-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image1-2-768x349.png 768w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image1-2-1536x698.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image1-2-1320x600.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.couchbase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2025\/05\/image1-2.png 1999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.couchbase.com\/cloud\/clusters\/cli-backup-restore.html#build-indexes-2\">More information on building indexes<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>In this post, we have gone through basic steps to migrate from Capella free tier to a paid plan.<\/p>\n<p>The migration is super easy and can be done in just 4 steps. The important consideration is after creating a paid plan cluster, the free tier cluster is deleted automatically, therefore, we have to backup the free tier cluster before using activation id.<\/p>\n<h2>Start for free<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.couchbase.com\/sign-up\">Sign up for your free tier cluster<\/a> to run your experiment today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Capella free tier? Couchbase Capella offers a free tier product with a perpetual, no-cost environment for users to explore and experience the capabilities of Couchbase&#8217;s NoSQL database platform. 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