DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Amazon Neptune vs. Couchbase

System Properties Comparison Amazon Neptune vs. Couchbase

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Our visitors often compare Amazon Neptune and Couchbase with MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB and Elasticsearch.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAmazon Neptune  Xexclude from comparisonCouchbase infoOriginally called Membase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFast, reliable graph database built for the cloudA distributed document store with a powerful search engine and in-built operational and analytical capabilities
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store infooriginating from the former Membase product and supporting the Memcached protocol
Spatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.69
Rank#121  Overall
#6  Graph DBMS
#4  RDF stores
Score23.75
Rank#30  Overall
#5  Document stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­neptunewww.couchbase.com
Technical documentationaws.amazon.com/­neptune/­developer-resourcesdocs.couchbase.com
DeveloperAmazonCouchbase, Inc.
Initial release20172011
Current releaseServer: 7.0, July 2021; Mobile: 3, February 2022; Couchbase Capella, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2; Commercial licenses also available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Couchbase Capella: a fully managed database-as-a-service that eliminates database management efforts and reduces cost
Implementation languageC, C++, Go and Erlang
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoString, Boolean, Number
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.no
Secondary indexesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoDeclarative query language (N1QL) that extends ANSI SQL to JSON. First commercial implementation of SQL++.
APIs and other access methodsRDF 1.1 / SPARQL 1.1
TinkerPop Gremlin 3.3
Native language bindings for CRUD, Query, Search and Analytics APIs
Supported programming languagesC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoFunctions and timers in JavaScript
Triggersnoyes infovia the TAP protocol
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-availability zones high availability, asynchronous replication for up to 15 read replicasMulti-source replication infoincluding cross data center replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infoselectable on a per-operation basis
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infowith encyption-at-restyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoEphemeral buckets
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)User and Administrator separation with password-based and LDAP integrated Authentication
More information provided by the system vendor
Amazon NeptuneCouchbase infoOriginally called Membase
Specific characteristicsDeveloped as an alternative to traditionally inflexible relational databases, Couchbase...
» more
Competitive advantagesCouchbase was architected with several differentiated capabilities: Shared-nothing,...
» more
Typical application scenariosCustomer 360 for user profile, session store and data aggregation (Comcast, Equifax,...
» more
Key customersAmadeus, AT&T, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), Carrefour, Cisco, Comcast, Disney,...
» more
Market metricsNamed a leader in the Forrester Wave™: Big Data NoSQL, Q1 2019 Over 10M downloads...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsThe Community Edition (CE) of Couchbase Server and Couchbase Mobile are available...
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services
3rd partiesCData: Connect to Big Data & NoSQL through standard Drivers.
» more

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Amazon NeptuneCouchbase infoOriginally called Membase
DB-Engines blog posts

Couchbase climbs up the DB-Engines Ranking, increasing its popularity by 10% every month
2 June 2014, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Recent citations in the news

AWS Announces Amazon Neptune Serverless
26 October 2022, businesswire.com

AWS debuts Amazon Neptune Serverless to optimize graph database environments
27 October 2022, SiliconANGLE News

AWS Launches Amazon Neptune Serverless
28 October 2022, Datanami

Amazon Neptune Now Supports Serverless Deployment Option
1 November 2022, InfoQ.com

AWS makes Neptune, its graph database service, serverless
27 October 2022, TechCrunch

provided by Google News

Couchbase's chief techie on squaring the schema-less circle
31 March 2023, The Register

Quantic Selects Couchbase Capella to Scale Point of Sale Platform ...
29 March 2023, PR Newswire

Couchbase works with telcos to harness data out to the edge
15 March 2023, SiliconANGLE News

Lotum Selects Couchbase to Unify Gaming Experiences for Millions ...
20 March 2023, PR Newswire

Couchbase Announces New Employee Inducement Grants
3 March 2023, PR Newswire

provided by Google News

Job opportunities

DevOps Engineer II
ALTR Solutions, United States

Senior Data Engineer
DELUXE CORPORATION, Atlanta, GA

Senior Data Engineer - Hybrid
DELUXE CORPORATION, Minneapolis, MN

AWS Site Reliability Engineer
Huntington Bank, Columbus, OH

Application Database Administrator (DBA) – TS/SCI w/ Poly
CACI, Herndon, VA

Customer Success Engineer
Couchbase, United States

Territory Sales Representative - Chicago
Couchbase, United States

Enterprise Sales Representative - East
Couchbase, United States

Enterprise Account Executive
Couchbase, Santa Clara, CA

Sales Development Representative
Couchbase, Austin, TX

jobs by Indeed



Share this page

Featured Products

MariaDB logo

SkySQL, the ultimate
MariaDB cloud, is here.

Get started with SkySQL today!

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Cassandra Forward online event

Want to level up your Cassandra game?
If you missed the event or would like to re-watch a session, replays are available now. Watch now!

Redis logo

The world’s most loved real‑time data platform.
Try free

Present your product here