Partner Discounts And Commissions

Payments and incentives

New opportunities are rewarded through competitive payments and incentives. A new opportunity can be a net new customer or a new project with an existing customer. To compensate those referral partners who cannot accept cash payments, we offer “Business development credits.” These can be used to offset marketing or training expenses.

Reseller partners will be eligible for commission on customer renewals if they stay actively engaged in the account over the course of the business year. These commissions will be considered on a case-by-case basis and require approval from Couchbase Sales. Referral partners are not eligible for commission on renewals.

Couchbase PartnerEngage resale discounts

Discount category Couchbase Server and Sync Gateway Couchbase Capella On-Demand Credit Couchbase Capella Basic Credit Couchbase Capella Dev Pro & Enterprise Service Plan
Fulfillment 10% N/A 0% 10%
Registered opportunity 20% N/A 0% 20%
Renewals Eligible N/A 0% Eligible

Additonal partner tier discounts

Discount category Couchbase Server and Sync Gateway Couchbase Capella On-Demand Credit Couchbase Capella Basic Credit Couchbase Capella Dev Pro & Enterprise Service Plan
New logo for Couchbase 10% N/A 0% 10%
Advanced tier partners 10% N/A 0% 10%

Service & training discounts

Discount category Couchbase Server and Sync Gateway Couchbase Capella On-Demand Credit Couchbase Capella Basic Credit Couchbase Capella Dev Pro & Enterprise Service Plan
Professional Services Up to 15% Up to 15% Up to 15% Up to 15%
Training (resale or internal use) Up to 15% Up to 15% Up to 15% Up to 15%

Couchbase Capella employs a usage-based credit model so customers only pay for what they use. To provide customers with flexibility, Couchbase Capella clusters are created using 1 of 3 available plans: Basic, Developer Pro or Enterprise. Please refer to the Couchbase Capella website pricing page for details on the different plans or the Couchbase Capella user console.

Credits are purchased for a specific plan and can only be used for clusters of the same plan. Pricing for each plan is outlined in the below table. Since cloud infrastructure costs are covered through the Couchbase Capella Credit SKU, resale discounts are only available for the Developer Pro & Enterprise Service plan SKUs.

Product SKU List unit price
Couchbase Capella Basic Credit

  • Couchbase Capella Credit
$1.0.0
 
  • $1.0.0
Couchbase Capella Developer Pro Credit

  • Couchbase Capella Credit
  • Couchbase Capella Developer Pro Enterprise Service Plan
$1.25

  • $1.0.0
  • $0.25
Couchbase Capella Enterprise Credit

  • Couchbase Capella Credit
  • Couchbase Capella Enterprise Service Plan
$2.00

  • $1.0.0
  • $1.0.0

Referral commission calculation

Referral commission All products except Couchbase Capella on demand On-demand version of Couchbase Capella ONLY
Registered opportunities 5-15% (Standard from ACV) 5% of ACV
Professional services or training 5% 5%

Notes:

  • The commission range includes the initial transaction plus any additional transactions in the following six months. Range of commission varies based on the following criteria:
    • 5%: Partner-sourced opportunity – Partner introduces Couchbase to new opportunity previously unknown to Couchbase and the Regional Business Development Manager, and Couchbase Sales approves the registration as sourced by the partner.
    • 10%: Partner-sourced and new to Couchbase customers – Net new Couchbase customer with no prior Couchbase software license subscriptions.
    • 15%: Teaming and partner value-add assistance – Partner provides a positive recommendation of Couchbase and performs value-added activities while teaming with Couchbase’s field sales team to close the transaction.
  • In the first 6 months of transactions and paid at the end of 6 months. See Partner Program guide for details.