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Couchbase Lite

Data Access Service
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Support for iOS, Android, Java (desktop/server), C, C++, JavaScript, and .NET (UWP and MAUI)
Support for React Native
Asynchronous event notificationst
Query (QueryBuilder and SQL++)
Scopes and collectionst
Full-text search (FTS)
Peer-to-peer synchronization
Predictive queries
Vector search
High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Automatic conflict resolution
Custom conflict resolution
Device-side replicas
Security
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Data transport over TLS
On-device data encryption
Client side field-level encryption
Sync
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Sync via WebSockets
Delta sync


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Sync Gateway

Configuration
Capella App Services
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Centralized persistent configuration
Database configuration groups
Data Access Service
Capella App Services
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Data integration APIs, including REST, stream, batch, and event
Scopes and collections
High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Capella App Services
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Built-in high availability of import processing
High availability of Sync Gateway replications
Security
Capella App Services
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
User authentication in Sync Gateway
Fine-grained access control for client access
Fine-grained RBAC controls for Sync Gateway admin access
User-defined extended attributes (XATTRs) for storing access grants
Data transport over TLS for client access
Data transport over TLS for Server access
Sync Gateway log redactions
Audit logging
Sync
Capella App Services
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Sync via WebSockets
Delta sync
Inter-Sync Gateway replication
Automatic conflict resolution
Advanced conflict resolution support in inter-Sync Gateway replication
Eventing support
Performance and Scaling
Capella App Services
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Advanced Sync Gateway cache configuration
Linear scaling of import processing
Enhanced write scaling
Load balancing of Sync Gateway replications
Performance tuning of Sync Gateway replications
Observability
Capella App Services
Enterprise Edition
Community Edition
Log streaming

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What customers are saying

  • “Couchbase offered an end-to-end cloud-ready solution that enabled us to launch quickly and put the service into production by the deadline.”

    Matthieu Brun-Bellut, Chief Information Officer, Coyote

    5

    million users

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  • “Our digital showroom concept completely reimagines the traditional buying approach and establishes a new fashion industry benchmark for sales.”

    Daniel Grieder, CEO, Tommy Hilfiger

    80%

    cut in sample production

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  • “We penetrate more than 95% of households with our products, so we need to have a robust supply chain as well as a good frontline sales application.”

    Madhav Mekala, Director of Mobile App Development, PepsiCo

    30k

    users

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Couchbase Mobile Editions FAQ

Get quick answers to questions about different editions of Couchbase Mobile.

Couchbase Lite Community Edition is a free, open-source embedded NoSQL database for mobile and edge apps. It includes core data access, SQL++ queries, and full-text search.

Enterprise Edition adds database encryption, peer-to-peer sync, vector search, predictive queries, and access to Couchbase enterprise support.

No. Vector search is only available in Couchbase Lite Enterprise Edition. It enables on-device semantic search and RAG features for AI-powered mobile and edge applications.

Capella App Services is the fully managed, cloud-hosted alternative to self-managed Sync Gateway. It provides the same sync capabilities with no infrastructure to deploy or operate.

Community Edition suits development and open-source projects. Enterprise Edition adds encryption, advanced sync, and AI features. Capella App Services removes infrastructure management entirely.

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