ArangoDB vs. Couchbase Server

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ArangoDB
Score 8.0 out of 10
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ArangoDB is a distributed free and open-source database with a flexible data model for graphs, documents, and key-values. Its supporters state that developers can build high performance applications on top of ArangoDB using a convenient SQL-like query language or JavaScript extensions.N/A
Couchbase Server
Score 8.7 out of 10
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Couchbase Server is a cloud-native, distributed database that fuses the strengths of relational databases such as SQL and ACID transactions with JSON flexibility and scale that defines NoSQL. It is available as a service in commercial clouds and supports hybrid and private cloud deployments.N/A
Pricing
ArangoDBCouchbase Server
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ArangoDBCouchbase Server
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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ArangoDBCouchbase Server
Features
ArangoDBCouchbase Server
NoSQL Databases
Comparison of NoSQL Databases features of Product A and Product B
ArangoDB
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Ratings
Couchbase Server
8.9
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1% above category average
Performance00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Availability00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Concurrency00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Security00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Scalability00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Data model flexibility00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Deployment model flexibility00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
ArangoDBCouchbase Server
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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2.1
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Usability
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Availability
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Performance
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9.3
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Product Scalability
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User Testimonials
ArangoDBCouchbase Server
Likelihood to Recommend
Use cases provided by default are good and can be improve better using Machine Learning and AI. AQL query language is very simple and efficient in use if anyone using SQL can quickly learn AQL Language.
Developers can easily map the database and can access various patterns like search, ranking.
JSON and semantic search is the latest and next-generation technology to implement to access and extract large datasets.
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Best suited when edge devices have interrupted internet connection. And Couchbase provides reliable data transfer. If used for attachment Couchbase has a very poor offering. A hard limit of 20 MB is not okay. They have the best conflict resolution but not so great query language on Couchbase lite.
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Pros
  • AQL query language is big plus for ArangoDB
  • It can be implemented cloud as well as on-prem
  • Search Engine is a very good option for ArangoDB
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  • Easy to store unstructured data and has great performance
  • Managing security is super easy which can be managed across different levels
  • UI is pretty simple to use and manage the cluster
  • Backup of the data is very easy and the restoration/recovery is fairly easy as well with the in-built tools.
  • Easy integration with elasticsearch for replication
  • It is fairly easy to scale up or scale down the cluster
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Cons
  • By providing the free services for few months will be help understand for beginners
  • Enhancing features in dashboard and can make UI more user-friendly
  • Should conduct more surveys and adv to improve scalability
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  • Cluster sizing during the design phase can be improved, especially if the client lacks prior experience. Vendor consultants are very meticulous in order to provide best of class performance and response time, although some more real-world pragmatic approach is often needed.
  • Couchbase Lite 2 went thru a major revamp, which broke the compatibility of the applications with some features removed and other changed. That needed development teams working to refactor the applications.
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Likelihood to Renew
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I rarely actually use Couchbase Server, I just stay up-to-date with the features that it provides. However, when the need arises for a NoSQL datastore, then I will strongly consider it as an option
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Usability
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Couchbase has been quite a usable for our implementation. We had similar experience with our previous "trial" implementation, however it was short lived.
Couchbase has so far exceeded expectation. Our implementation team is more confident than ever before.
When we are Live for more than 6 months, I'm hoping to enhance this rating.
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Performance
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One of Couchbase’s greatest assets is its performance with large datasets. Properly set up with well-sized clusters, it is also highly reliable and scalable. User management could be better though, and security often feels like an afterthought. Couchbase has improved tremendously since we started using it, so I am sure that these issues will be ironed out.
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Support Rating
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I haven't had many opportunities to request support, I will look forward to better the rating. We have technical development and integration team who reach out directly to TAM at Couchbase.
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Alternatives Considered
It uses AQL query Language, which is different from other Databases. It has flexibility to integrate in cloud, on-prem anywhere
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Couchbase could outperform it's competition considerably for database reads and writes. Full text searches were still faster in Elasticsearch but this is more of a feature than a base platform requirement for us.
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Scalability
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So far, the way that we mange and upgrade our clusters has be very smooth. It works like a dream when we use it in concert with AWS and their EC2 machines. Having access to powerful instances along side the Couchbase interface is amazing and allows us to do rebalances or maintenance without a worry
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Return on Investment
  • It is very powerful tool and should adv more to improve sales
  • Should conduct more free trails and trainings
  • Open source and runs everywhere
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  • There have been several areas of our application [that] really needed an ACID compliant database (e.g. strong transactional guarantees) that we thought we could work around while using Couchbase. [In my opinion] that turned out to be a poor bet. You need to be certain that the specific characteristics of a NoSQL database fit your problem.
  • Couchbase does eliminate the need for schema upgrades completely. I.e no downtime or conversion windows as you migrate your data model, adding attributes, etc. This helped with the deployment timeframe associated with DB changes.
  • The database is (apparently) a bit more of a space/memory consumer than originally anticipated. During deployments, we received constant pressure from Couchbase consulting teams to eliminate/reduce the number of indexes, and this was because any mutations to docs in a bucket must check for impact against all indexes. More recent years have started to address this with their "collections" features, which helps isolate indexes to specific sub-groupings of documents.
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