Couchbase Enterprise vs. Community Edition vs.
Couchbase Capella: Which Is Right for Me?
Compare the latest generally available features across the Couchbase product line
Couchbase Server
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Data Access Service |
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| Key-value interface (read/write) |
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| High-density storage, Couchbase Magma |
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| Change data capture streamed to Kafka |
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| Scopes and collections |
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| Distributed ACID transactions |
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Tunable query consistency  Couchbase Server provides full consistency for basic data operations, but queries can tune consistency from eventual to strict. Both Enterprise and Community Editions come with the built-in ability to tune consistency at query time. |
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| Consistent metadata |
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Tunable durability Couchbase Server provides tunable durability for mutations coming into the system. Couchbase Server core data operations can ask for disk-based or replication-based durability of data during writes. Both Enterprise and Community Editions come with full support for tuning durability. |
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Ephemeral buckets Ephemeral buckets provide a highly consistent in-memory performance without disk-based fluctuations. They eliminate the disk component of your buckets and thus reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO). Ephemeral buckets are designed to be used as an alternative to Couchbase buckets whenever persistence is not required, for example, when repeated disk access involves too much overhead. You also get faster node warmups, rebalances, and restarts, as well as cheaper geo-replication. |
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| Netlify and Visual Studio Code integration |
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Query Service |
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Query Service via SQL++ (SQL-based queries) SQL++ (SQL for JSON) for Couchbase Server provides full support for SQL-like queries. Couchbase is a reference implementation of SQL++. Both Enterprise and Community Editions come with full support for SQL++ for applications. Couchbase’s implementation includes ACID transactions in SQL++, simplifying their implementation. |
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| Support for scopes and collections |
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| Support for ACID transactions in SQL++ |