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RavenDBCouchbase Server
Freemium

Free to start, with paid on-premises, cloud and support plans.

 Freemium

A community edition is available; enterprise and hosted options are sold by Couchbase.

Windows, Web, Self-hosted macOS, Self-hosted
  • Self-hosted, edge or managed cloud deployment
  • Automatic index optimization reduces manual tuning
  • JSON documents queried with SQL++
  • In-memory architecture with built-in search and vector services
  • Larger deployments and support require paid plans
  • Smaller ecosystem than MongoDB
  • Aimed mainly at business deployments
  • More complex to operate than a single-node database
Self-hosted, Hosted service Self-hosted
Closed source Closed source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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