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Couchbase Server vs Apache CouchDB: catalog facts
Couchbase Server	Apache CouchDB
Freemium A community edition is available; enterprise and hosted options are sold by Couchbase.	Free Free and open source Apache project.
macOS, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
JSON documents queried with SQL++ In-memory architecture with built-in search and vector services	Multi-primary replication between many nodes and devices Plain HTTP/JSON API
Aimed mainly at business deployments More complex to operate than a single-node database	Document model is not a fit for relational workloads Running a cluster takes server administration
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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