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Aerospike Database 7 vs Couchbase Enterprise comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 31, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Aerospike Database 7
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Couchbase Enterprise
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Aerospike Database 7 is 3.1%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Couchbase Enterprise is 8.5%, down from 12.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
NoSQL Databases Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Couchbase Enterprise8.5%
Aerospike Database 73.1%
Other88.4%
NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Manikandan Gunasekaran - PeerSpot reviewer
Boost authentication and session management with reliable and fast data handling
There is a lot of technical debt in our company, and we need to update to the latest versions. The lack of automation in upgrading clusters from development to production is a concern. A tool for automatically handling such upgrades would reduce operational huddle. Additionally, it would be beneficial if Aerospike had a community version to encourage broader adoption and experimentation.
Ravi_Singh  - PeerSpot reviewer
Supports multiple data models and offers AI capabilities
With some of the operations, we used to face some challenges with scalability. Although it worked pretty well, in some scenarios, we noticed issues where the replications and the sharding were not happening correctly. In recent versions, we also faced some issues in terms of enabling advanced operations like FTS and vectors. Although it works pretty well, in some places, we do face challenges, especially on a heavy scale. I think all issues are being addressed in the latest version of Couchbase. The resources are not that good for Couchbase. The tool's documentation is pretty extensive, but if you go for any kind of courses or tutorials, there are very limited resources available. It also becomes a little bit challenging for new people to get onboard into it. MongoDB and other such open-source database tools perform really well as they're really widely adopted, and they have resources available to get you onboarded pretty quickly. I think that we do face some challenges with Couchbase, but luckily, we have the tool's enterprise version solution, so we get all the support from the product team.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It shows better compression and compaction, which is valuable."
"Investing in Couchbase has significantly lowered our operational costs and increased throughput, reducing costs by half and supporting around five times the non-peak user volume during peak hours."
"The principal advantage of Couchbase is that we can have multiple database paradigms in the same product, without deploying multiple databases. We also like that it has lower latency, when compared to its competitor: Cassandra."
"The best thing about Couchbase is its versatility in handling data."
"I rate Couchbase a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of Couchbase is document indexing. It is better than MongoDB. Additionally, the solution is easy to use."
"Couchbase was a stable solution for us."
"It is highly available for support and does not impact our operations significantly during failures."
"It can scale horizontally, and we are looking to expand our capacity."
 

Cons

"The lack of automation in upgrading clusters from development to production is a concern."
"I would like Couchbase to provide more functionality via the UI, as some operations, such as time-based scaling, currently require using the API."
"It's easy to deploy. Where the challenge comes in is when you start putting data in, doing the indexes, and doing the integration with systems. Integration is one of their weakest points. Natively, there should be a wide range of integration options to be able to get data in."
"Needs some capacity planning to deal with too much memory, CPUs and displays."
"Couchbase could improve the design of the UI because it should be optimized for viewing statistics or a similar feature."
"We would like to have a better management of Kubernetes with the free, open source version of Couchbase. We don't have any major complaints other than that."
"The platform's grouping features need improvement."
"The performance could be quicker and better, especially in the querying process."
"One thing that could improved upon is the level of concurrency. The documentation for this solution could also be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We use around half a TB of data and spend approximately $36,000 to $40,000 USD per year on Aerospike."
"I wouldn't say Couchbase offers good value for money."
"It seems very reasonable. It's a lot cheaper than Redis, but we've got an enterprise license. So, it's about normal. It's not outrageous in price as far as we've seen. From Couchbase, there's no additional fee as far as I'm aware, but when you're integrating, there's an additional fee because a lot of times, they don't have an integration stack."
"I would rate this solution a nine out of ten for pricing as it is affordable."
"The price of this solution is better than some of the other competitors."
"We estimate that it's not very expensive, however, the pricing that you can get from the account managers, e.g. the public pricing, could be a bit expensive."
"It can range between 25,000 to 40,000 Euros per year depending on company requirements."
"The licensing cost of Couchbase is quite expensive compared to other databases."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
8%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Aerospike Database 7?
We use around half a TB of data and spend approximately $36,000 to $40,000 USD per year on Aerospike.
What needs improvement with Aerospike Database 7?
There is a lot of technical debt in our company, and we need to update to the latest versions. The lack of automation in upgrading clusters from development to production is a concern. A tool for a...
What is your primary use case for Aerospike Database 7?
Aerospike is mainly used as the first step for authentication, authorization, and session persistence in our organization. It is a critical part of our workflow, as without it, we wouldn't be able ...
What needs improvement with Couchbase?
The main issue we keep facing from the past couple of years, observing other teams using Couchbase, is that whenever there is an upgrade, we see many issues with compatibility or nodes not intercon...
What is your primary use case for Couchbase?
Basically we have clusters, Couchbase clusters, databases, and that is how we use Couchbase with XDCR. All the clusters are set up and then we use Couchbase. It is a complex application setup we us...
What advice do you have for others considering Couchbase?
It is a good solution, but as every product needs improvement, this also needs some enhancement. It is a good product. I rate Couchbase seven out of ten.
 

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