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What makes our enterprise database server different?

Built as an original multipurpose distributed NoSQL database, Couchbase Server delivers unparalleled performance at any scale, run on-premises or in the cloud. It fuses the strengths of relational databases such as SQL and ACID transactions with JSON’s versatility, with a foundation that is extremely fast and scalable. Developers get the benefits of flexible JSON documents and object models, with SQL and key-value access, and hybrid vector and text search all built in – to build features faster. Our AI-powered coding assistant will help you get started. For architects and application owners, our sophisticated in-memory, active-active architecture delivers low latency around the globe – for high speed, no downtime, and happy users.

Enterprises choose Couchbase's database server for its speed, NoSQL versatility, and the ease of SQL++

Fast

The first reason customers choose Couchbase is performance. Our high-speed database server has memory-first design and caching architecture.

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Affordable

Couchbase does more work for your money due to its scalable, tunable workload design that optimizes resources as your application grows.

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Versatile

Couchbase powers feature-rich and GenAI apps because it handles many data access patterns at once without creating architectural complexity.

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Easy as SQL

Use Capella iQ, our AI-powered co-pilot, to write powerful SQL queries including joins and distributed ACID transactions.

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Database server key capabilities

Couchbase is a distributed, transactional, multipurpose database for AI-powered applications. It does the work of multiple purpose-built databases, including vector and time-series. It caches data for speed, supports SQL for JSON, and scales linearly. It replicates and synchronizes to mobile apps, and helps simplify data architectures without sacrificing application features.

Queries

Build powerful SQL for querying, transacting, and manipulating JSON data with iQ, our AI-powered co-pilot.

Vector and text search

Build better user experiences with smarter, GenAI applications. Add powerful similarity search and natural language conversations to your apps.

Distributed, multi-document ACID transactions

When transactional guarantees are required, Couchbase holds the patent for distributed ACID transactions for JSON.

Eventing

Couchbase eventing enables user-defined functions in JavaScript or Python to fire in real time when data changes happen.

Analytics

It's no longer impossible to perform analytics on active application data. You just need a SQL++ analytics engine with workload isolation.

Active-active global replication

Ensure database availability everywhere with global cross data center replication (XDCR) that scales across clouds and on-premise locations.

Multi-dimensional scaling (MDS)

Every application scales differently, and so does Couchbase. It is the only database platform that can isolate and scale database services within a cluster independently.

Enterprise-grade security

Compliance and security are fundamental requirements. Protect your data on the wire and in the cloud. Secure your organization with built-in auditing, role-based access control, and encrypted communications.

Fast: Unparalleled performance at scale

Deliver consistent, fast experiences at scale, powered by caching and our memory-first, active-active architecture. High-performance indexes underpin exceptional data access performance even with complex joins, predicates, and aggregations. And, with efficient, high-density key-value storage that holds terabytes per node, Couchbase significantly reduces the complexity of your clusters and the costs of your deployment.

Versatility of JSON: Unmatched agility and flexibility

Support rapidly changing application requirements with the flexibility of JSON. It can support multiple data access patterns at once, including programmatic key-value, SQL++ query, time-series arrays, vector arrays, graph relationships, metadata, analytics, and text or geographic search. This enables robust functionality within the application without creating unnecessary complexity in the data architecture.

Easy as SQL: Start with Capella iQ

SQL++ is SQL for JSON that supports joins, ACID transactions, user-defined functions, and more. Our iQ co-pilot helps you write SQL on Day 1. Couchbase also supports dynamic schema constructs that map to RDBMS, including buckets, scopes, collections, and documents.

Future-proof: Manage Couchbase your way

Deploy Couchbase Server in any cloud, at any scale. To reduce operational overhead, you can self-manage your deployment, use Kubernetes automation, or choose the fully managed Couchbase Capella™ DBaaS.

What customers are saying

“We said, 'Wouldn't it be nice to have a data store where we could go from the Java object to the database and back without lots of overhead?' Well, this is it.”
Thomas Vidnovic, Solutions Architect, Marriott
30 million documents
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“Couchbase is a highly scalable, distributed data store that plays a critical role in LinkedIn’s caching systems.”
Michael Kehoe, Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer, LinkedIn
10+ million queries per second
<4ms avg latency for 2.5+ billion items
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“What we value a lot is that Couchbase was able to embrace with us our vision to the cloud, and the fact that we wanted to operate data stores directly on PaaS.”
Vincent Bersin, Unit Manager, NoSQL Solutions, Amadeus
20 million operations per second
<2.5 ms response times
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“The most important thing is the multi-dimensional scaling. Having a few nodes for a specific use case is very powerful.”
Jay Duraisamy, SVP, USIS Engineering Leader, Equifax
300+ million documents in 40 mins
1.5 billion constantly changing records
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