Compare Amazon DocumentDB and Couchbase 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (33.3% of reviews)
Small-Business (39.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.10 GB/month (prices may vary across AWS regions) GB
No pricing available
Amazon DocumentDB
Star Rating
(44)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (33.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.10 GB/month (prices may vary across AWS regions) GB
Learn more about Amazon DocumentDBCouchbase
Star Rating
(150)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (39.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about CouchbaseAmazon DocumentDB vs Couchbase
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Amazon DocumentDB easier to use and set up. Reviewers also felt that Amazon DocumentDB was easier to do business with overall. However, reviewers felt that administration of both products was equally easy.
- Reviewers felt that Amazon DocumentDB meets the needs of their business better than Couchbase.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Amazon DocumentDB is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Couchbase over Amazon DocumentDB.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon DocumentDB
Amazon DocumentDB Pricing
$0.10 GB/month (prices may vary across AWS regions)
GB
Amazon DocumentDB is priced in four dimensions: 1) On-demand instances The amount of compute instances for a cluster (pricing per second with a 10-minute minimum); 2) Database I/O: The amount of I/O used when reading and writing data to your cluster’s storage volume (pricing per million I/Os); 3) Database storage: The amount of data stored in your cluster's storage volume (pricing per GB/month); 4) Backup storage: The amount of backup storage used in excess of your cluster’s database storage usage (pricing per GB/month). Other AWS-wide costs (such as data transfer between applications and DocumentDB across Availability Zones) may also apply.
Couchbase
No pricing availableFree Trial
Amazon DocumentDB
No trial information availableCouchbase
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
38
8.5
127
Ease of Use
8.6
37
8.4
128
Ease of Setup
8.5
11
7.9
77
Ease of Admin
8.2
10
8.2
62
Quality of Support
8.6
37
8.3
112
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
10
8.3
56
Product Direction (% positive)
7.9
33
8.6
120
Features by Category
Platform
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Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
8.4
29
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Verified
Not enough data
8.1
29
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Verified
Availability
Not enough data
8.3
30
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Verified
Not enough data
8.0
29
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Verified
Not enough data
8.3
27
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Verified
Performance
Not enough data
8.0
25
Security
Not enough data
8.0
26
Not enough data
8.3
24
Not enough data
8.1
26
Not enough data
8.1
24
|
Verified
Support
Not enough data
8.4
29
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Verified
Not enough data
8.6
28
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Verified
Data Management
9.4
6
8.8
44
9.0
5
8.6
45
9.7
5
8.7
44
9.3
5
8.2
41
Availability
8.6
6
8.5
40
9.5
7
8.0
40
9.0
5
8.5
37
Performance
8.7
5
8.8
40
Security
9.7
5
8.6
40
9.2
6
8.7
39
10.0
5
8.3
38
10.0
7
8.5
35
Support
8.7
5
8.6
39
8.7
5
8.6
40
8.0
5
7.9
34
Configuration
9.3
16
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
8.6
14
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
9.0
14
Not enough data
Database Administration
9.2
14
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
9.4
13
Not enough data
Availability
9.4
14
Not enough data
9.7
15
Not enough data
9.6
13
Not enough data
9.0
15
Not enough data
Security
9.4
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
Data Management
9.7
10
Not enough data
9.8
10
Not enough data
Database Features
Not enough data
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon DocumentDB and Couchbase are categorized as Database as a Service (DBaaS) and Document Databases
Unique Categories
Amazon DocumentDB has no unique categories
Couchbase is categorized as Key Value Databases and IoT Connectivity Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon DocumentDB
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Couchbase
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
23.8%
Computer Software
19.0%
Internet
4.8%
Banking
4.8%
Food & Beverages
4.8%
Other
42.9%
Computer Software
21.8%
Information Technology and Services
19.0%
Telecommunications
7.0%
Retail
4.9%
Computer Games
4.2%
Other
43.0%
Alternatives
Discussions
Amazon DocumentDB has no discussions with answers
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PB
Yes sir! We need It.. Read more
How do I start a couchbase server?
1 Comment
Official Response from Couchbase
For information on how to get started with Couchbase, check out our free trial of Couchbase Capella here: https://cloud.couchbase.com/sign-up
And check...Read more
What is couchbase server used for?
1 Comment
Official Response from Couchbase
Here is a quick 5 minute video on what Couchbase does: https://youtu.be/7OKSgtDt1lo?feature=shared
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