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CouchDB vs Couchbase comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Couchbase
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
CouchDB
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
17th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Couchbase is 10.1%, down from 11.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CouchDB is 1.9%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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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.
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Retailer
7%
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Couchbase?
Couchbase needs to improve the consistent reliability of the replication feature. Sometimes, the replications would be delayed. This delay meant that data on another database, Elasticsearch, was no...
What is your primary use case for Couchbase?
We used Couchbase ( /products/couchbase-reviews ) as the primary data storage. Since our company was in the gaming industry, Couchbase ( /products/couchbase-reviews ) stored data on players and rel...
What advice do you have for others considering Couchbase?
I would rate Couchbase nine out of ten, given some small hiccups. For example, the replication feature needs to operate in a more timely and consistent manner. Overall, I would rate the solution ni...
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