Unified data platform has powered real-time sessions and microsecond insights across clouds
What is our primary use case?
Couchbase Server serves as the primary use case for our real-time web and mobile application backend with caching. We utilize Couchbase Server for microservice session isolation in our Java Spring Boot backend, leveraging Couchbase CrudRepository to instantly save and retrieve complex JSON user profiles. Couchbase Server's memory-first architecture handles our high-volume read-write workloads incredibly fast.
We use Couchbase Server to manage user sessions, a dynamic product catalog, and real-time telecom-style insights where microsecond data persistence and sub-millisecond query response are strictly required.
What is most valuable?
One of the best features that Couchbase Server offers is scalability due to Multi-Dimensional Scaling. Unlike other NoSQL databases where every node has to run every service, this MDS allows us to scale services independently.
Multi-Dimensional Scaling has helped our team by making scaling easier in a noticeable way. If our data volume grows, we scale the data service. If we are running heavy lookups, we horizontally scale just the index or query services.
Couchbase Server has positively impacted our organization by successfully eliminating our data layer silo issues. Instead of stitching together a separate database, a separate caching tier, and a text search platform, Couchbase Server handles operational data, indexing, and vector searching inside one unified data platform. This saved our infrastructure team immense maintenance overhead.
What needs improvement?
The administrative dashboard web UI of Couchbase Server could benefit from more interactive visual mapping tools for complex, multi-document transactional tracking, which would help in simplifying the debugging option for newer database administrators.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Couchbase Server for about three years to manage high throughput, low latency NoSQL data layers for our production systems.
What other advice do I have?
Couchbase Server is an absolute powerhouse for high-velocity modern enterprise applications and bridges the gap between flexible schema advantages of NoSQL and the rigid, trusted query capabilities of relational databases beautifully.
I would recommend taking full advantage of Multi-Dimensional Scaling during the initial infrastructure sizing. Isolate the query, index, and the data workload into a separate node. This ensures your heavy operational reads and writes never choke your search indexes, maximizing your cluster performance from day one.
We run Couchbase Server in a hybrid multi-cloud architecture. We use Couchbase Server on our private, on-premises servers for sensitive data compliance, but we also run it inside our public cloud environments on Amazon EC2 instances. This allows us to sync data effortlessly from our localized database up to the public cloud using Couchbase Autonomous Operator for Kubernetes.
I purchased Couchbase Server through the AWS Marketplace. I would rate this product a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Innovative
What do you like best about the product?
Couchbase Allows me cover large volumes of data making is well suitable for data managing when optimzing.
What do you dislike about the product?
Perhapes not Easy for newcomers when using this style of data management
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Orginization
G2 is recommendable
What do you like best about the product?
Its in-memory architecture ensures lightning-fast data access.
Scalability – Easily handles growing workloads with horizontal scaling.
What do you dislike about the product?
Initial configuration and cluster management can be challenging
High memory and CPU usage, especially at scale.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
C Supports seamless horizontal scaling to handle growing workloads
A robust solution for enterprises that are are AI adopters
What do you like best about the product?
I believe AI-driven features such as Capella iQ - it is a time-saving and helpfull tool that is making decisons taking more eficient and easy to use.
Also, the integration with others platforme like Google Cloud - are really beneficial for a Company that is having a multicloud strategy.
What do you dislike about the product?
Regarding the customer support - i'm not really enjoying that Couchbase is having a smaller developer community Than other platforms.
Setting up Coucbase clusters - requores specializa expertise, if you are not a having a background experience in areas like this, it is not a really ease of implementation for you.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Couchbase is helping us handle spike durig Peak seasons (like Black friday and Easteren).
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My experience of using Couchbase
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use database out of the box, but not without the downsides
What do you dislike about the product?
Steep learning curve, not so obvious AI-features
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The best part for me is how easy it's to integrate it with other services + how quickly it can be scaled
high price
What do you like best about the product?
not many buggs, quite fast in terms of support
What do you dislike about the product?
princy, other similar products out there
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
helps us manage data in fast and efficient way
Very useful for company details
What do you like best about the product?
Helps me find data of companies, stakeholders
What do you dislike about the product?
A free plan includes very few functionalities
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Finding data for stakeholders
I feel like its pretty straightforward and easy to use
What do you like best about the product?
it is easy to use and user friendly, gives a very clear overview and it runs smoothly on my browser and on an average performance pc. i do use it on a daily basis
What do you dislike about the product?
you do need a bit of time to learn how to get around it and having previous experience with similar platforms helped me, but overall it is easy to use, but it does take some time to get used to it
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
we used it to keep track of all the ins and outs of the product documentation, since my job required me to keep track of multiple streams of documentation at the same time
Powerful NoSQLDatabse. Overall good expeirience.
What do you like best about the product?
It is ideal for applications that require real-time data access. Really easy to use and the implementation process was simple aswell.
Overall I was really impressed by the support and actual use of the tool.
What do you dislike about the product?
The initial setup was quite complex and we did not use if enough. A lot of the advanced settings were only available with the enterprise version.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Eliminates the limitations of most databases. Its a smooth tool with real-time data. It has significantly reduced downtime.
great NoSqul Solution you need to try
What do you like best about the product?
This has such an ease of that it makes it a go to and handy tool to use daily use the ability to handle a wide range of data. it has great performance and the NoSql feature definitely make it a powerful tool
What do you dislike about the product?
Documents can lack clarity in some areas that make it difficult to troubleshoot. There can be some learning curves
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
lowering operational costs and during peak hours adding support
