COMPARE
Couchbase Lite
- Data Access Service
- Support for iOS, Android, Java (desktop/server), C, C++, JavaScript, and .NET (UWP and MAUI)
- Support for React Native
- Asynchronous event notifications
- Query (QueryBuilder and SQL++)
- Scopes and collections
- Full-text search (FTS)
- Peer-to-peer synchronization
- Predictive queries
- Vector search
- Enterprise Edition
- Community Edition
- Yes
(community supported)
- High Availability and Disaster Recovery
- Automatic conflict resolution
- Custom conflict resolution
- Device-side replicas
- Enterprise Edition
- Community Edition
- Security
- Data transport over TLS
- On-device data encryption
- Client side field-level encryption
- Enterprise Edition
- Community Edition
- Sync
- Sync via WebSockets
- Delta sync
- Enterprise Edition
- Community Edition
COMPARE
Sync Gateway
- Configuration
- Centralized persistent configuration
- Database configuration groups
- Capella App Services
- Not Applicable
- Enterprise Edition
- Community Edition
- Data Access Service
- Data integration APIs, including REST, stream, batch, and event
- Scopes and collections
- Capella App Services
- Enterprise Edition
- Community Edition
- High Availability and Disaster Recovery
- Built-in high availability of import processing
- High availability of Sync Gateway replications
- Capella App Services
- Enterprise Edition
- Community Edition
- Security
- 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
- Capella App Services
- Enterprise Edition
- Community Edition
- Sync
- Sync via WebSockets
- Delta sync
- Inter-Sync Gateway replication
- Automatic conflict resolution
- Advanced conflict resolution support in inter-Sync Gateway replication
- Eventing support
- Capella App Services
- Enterprise Edition
- Community Edition
- Performance and Scaling
- 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
- Capella App Services
- Not Applicable
- Not Applicable
- Not Applicable
- Enterprise Edition
- Community Edition
- Observability
- Log streaming
- Capella App Services
- Enterprise Edition
- Community Edition
CUSTOMERS
What customers are saying
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“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, Coyote5 million users500 million documents -
“Our digital showroom concept completely reimagines the traditional buying approach and establishes a new fashion industry benchmark for sales.”
Daniel Grieder, CEO, Tommy Hilfiger80% cut in sample production25+ digital showroom deployments -
“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, PepsiCo30k users
Couchbase Mobile Editions FAQ
Get quick answers to questions about different editions of Couchbase Mobile.
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What is Couchbase Lite Community Edition?
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.
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What does Enterprise Edition add over Community?
Enterprise Edition adds database encryption, peer-to-peer sync, vector search, predictive queries, and access to Couchbase enterprise support.
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Does Community Edition support vector search?
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.
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What is Capella App Services?
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.
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Which edition is right for my app?
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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