Couchbase Enterprise Edition Server on Amazon Linux 2 - Graviton

For Couchbase Enterprise , I am performing CRUD operations on vendor data, with the primary uses being filtering data, executing CRUD operations, and migrating data from another database.

I had a use case where I searched for important data across all 10,000 vendors to identify which vendor was missing which data. I performed this task twice, once with Couchbase Enterprise  and once with MongoDB. When I used Couchbase Enterprise, the utility that I built worked very efficiently with no failures or lags. Conversely, when I did the same with MongoDB, I often faced connection timeouts and unresponsiveness. I am uncertain whether this was an architectural issue or a database-level issue, but we were using the same configurations. I did not face issues in Couchbase Enterprise, but I experienced them in MongoDB. Later, after increasing the timeout limit, things improved in MongoDB.

I have had several positive experiences with Couchbase Enterprise, such as being able to join two buckets or collections effectively. The N1QL language that Couchbase Enterprise supports is significantly better than what MongoDB offers regarding aggregations. While I can perform cross-collection joining in MongoDB, those lookups become quite messy with large amounts of vendor data, but with Couchbase Enterprise, it is much easier. When I perform migrations or search for missing data across approximately 10,000 vendors, the process feels very straightforward because I am using Couchbase Enterprise. The queries are much more readable and helpful, and when I switched to MongoDB, aggregations became more difficult because operations became messy and complex. Using Couchbase Enterprise feels much easier, and in terms of read performance, I find Couchbase Enterprise faster. Comparatively, I did not have to implement caching when using Couchbase Enterprise because results were faster with simple use cases that did not require much calculation, which was a beneficial feature. I also feel Couchbase Enterprise has many configurations available that I did not explore in MongoDB.

In the ecosystem, MongoDB has many communities available for finding solutions, where I think Couchbase Enterprise lacks.

When I faced issues with Couchbase Enterprise, the community support was not strong. I had to invest considerable time and effort to resolve issues. In contrast, when I faced issues with MongoDB, debugging was faster, and the community support was better. Additionally, I worked on some user interface development for a web application with Couchbase Enterprise, but MongoDB provides an intuitive interface with Compass, making it easier to run queries and understand the application's current state. I also heard from a peer about a complex multi-document transaction requiring strict consistency, which Couchbase Enterprise did not support effectively, whereas MongoDB was mature and predictable for such transactions.

I have been using Couchbase Enterprise for a year.

I have worked with Couchbase Enterprise for a year, and then I shifted to MongoDB due to licensing reasons.

I would rate Couchbase Enterprise an eight out of ten.

Regarding this rating, based on my experiences and the use cases I worked on while using Couchbase Enterprise, I felt it was very good. I was able to understand and comfortably perform use cases, whether data migration or standard CRUD operations. In those cases, I found Couchbase Enterprise truly useful compared to the complex aggregations in MongoDB, although both have solid support. I still felt more satisfied with Couchbase Enterprise for the use cases I worked on, though this is not a generalized view.

Pricing, setup cost, and licensing are outside my area of expertise, but I am aware that we moved from Couchbase Enterprise to MongoDB due to licensing issues.

My main use case for Couchbase Enterprise  is to utilize it for cache, as we have a database as SQL, but we use Couchbase Enterprise  for cache.

A specific example of how I use Couchbase Enterprise for caching in my workflow is with two components, ARI and Booking. If ARI is calling the database multiple times, that increases the response time. However, in Couchbase Enterprise, we have a document system that stores a particular response in the form of documents and the key, allowing us to find that document using that key. We just search with that key, and once the key is found, it is readily available for any number of times the request hits, resulting in very good response time once we use the cache.

Couchbase Enterprise also helps us to find and negotiate the time that we use between our calls, and it is very helpful as we can get a visual representation on the UI. We can use a query system to search our documents when needed for searching purposes, and it is a very maintainable thing; it is very light and easy to use.

In my opinion, the best features Couchbase Enterprise offers are the keys and the queries. While all cache providers can provide cache facilities, the key and the document key that gets made, along with the ability to search with a query for the documents that you have, is a very good thing.

The querying capabilities help me in my day-to-day work by being very easy. I can write SQL-like queries. For example, if a document key is ABC, I can search directly as SELECT * FROM ABC.Z.Z, and it will print the whole document or the whole list of data from that. It is very easy to use, user-friendly, and I can customize my queries as I like, making them very specific to my company and my team.

Regarding performance and integration, Couchbase Enterprise performs very well. It is very easy to integrate into components, especially if you are using Java. You just have to integrate a few APIs and dependencies, and the rest depends on the custom integration that you want to do. The extent of customization needed is up to you.

Couchbase Enterprise has positively impacted my organization by significantly reducing the response time; it was nearly cut to half or below that after we introduced Couchbase Enterprise. When we fetch queries from the database, it is very easy. We also introduced a thirty-minute refresh of the documents, keeping them up to date as the data changes every half hour or every ten minutes, making it very helpful with less response time.

I can provide specific metrics on the reduction in response time. When we were using database queries, the user API took around one point five to one point eight seconds to fetch all the data. After using Couchbase Enterprise, it takes nearly zero point five seconds.

Couchbase Enterprise can improve by being a little lighter for use cases as it requires heavy customization. It should be more structured so one can tweak configurations easily. In Couchbase Enterprise, most modifications are necessary, and the boilerplate code is insufficient.

There is room for improvement in documentation regarding integration. Couchbase Enterprise's documentation is good, but for integration purposes, having better boilerplate code would be very helpful for customization and for new users of Couchbase Enterprise.

I have been using Couchbase Enterprise for around two years.

Couchbase Enterprise is very stable in my experience.

Couchbase Enterprise does scale very well. You just have to customize it, and there are many options to pick from. The documents they have are very useful, and you can use the customized variables to manage scalability.

I have interacted with Couchbase Enterprise's customer support team, which was very helpful during a Cloudflare  attack that affected our servers. They provided a point of contact for our India team and did everything to resolve our issue, helping us recover lost data effectively.

We did not previously use a different solution; we were looking for caching solutions and comparing Couchbase Enterprise with Redis  and others, eventually settling on Couchbase Enterprise.

We purchased Couchbase Enterprise through the Azure Marketplace .

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was good because we had an agent from our company to assist us with Azure Marketplace , and the process was very smooth.

Before choosing Couchbase Enterprise, we specifically evaluated Couchbase Enterprise and Redis . We chose Couchbase Enterprise because it was price convenient and allowed for more customization in document keys and various adjustments. Redis was more constrained, lacking a UI for visualization, which did not fit our requirements.

We have seen a return on investment because there was significant money saved. We faced many troubles with response times, which means money lost. After starting to use Couchbase Enterprise, we cut the response time to below half, and we observed a twenty to thirty-five percent improvement in pricing, representing overall value for money.

We purchased Couchbase Enterprise through the Azure Marketplace.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was good because we had an agent from our company to assist us with Azure Marketplace, and the process was very smooth.

Before choosing Couchbase Enterprise, we specifically evaluated Couchbase Enterprise and Redis. We chose Couchbase Enterprise because it was price convenient and allowed for more customization in document keys and various adjustments. Redis was more constrained, lacking a UI for visualization, which did not fit our requirements.

My advice for others looking into using Couchbase Enterprise is to use it; it is very good and offers a lot of customization options and a better UI than other caches. Once you start using this product, you will see it help decrease response time and increase API capabilities.

For those considering Couchbase Enterprise, I encourage you to try it out for study or evaluation purposes. You will find a proper UI, a solid setup, and comprehensive documentation available online, making it very helpful to get started. Using Couchbase Enterprise will lead to improvements in your applications. I would rate this product an eight out of ten. Thank you.

My main use case for Couchbase Enterprise  is to store sessions. Specifically, I utilize the product's session management function to store user experience sessions in Couchbase, and for the profiles so that I can discover the peer node. For long timers, I use Couchbase Enterprise .

A specific example of how Couchbase Enterprise fits into my session management and profile discovery processes is that the session management of the discovery profile functions in distributed systems, where the peer node can change, meaning it's not systematic data that can be stored. Therefore, Couchbase Enterprise is a perfect solution for me to store that session in the database.

The best features Couchbase Enterprise offers for my use cases are user profile and session management.

For user profiles and session management, the features of Couchbase Enterprise that make it stand out for me are its scalability, performance, and flexibility. I would add that Couchbase Enterprise is reliable; being a key-value store makes it especially useful for me. Additionally, it can be set up on Azure , AWS , or on-premise, which is a great feature.

Couchbase Enterprise has positively impacted my organization by being easy to set up and use, making the GUI perfect for everyone, which enhances user experience. This ease of use translates into actual outcomes, such as saving my team time for analytics. The GUI saves me a lot of time since I can directly check the document in the key-value store in JSON format, which allows anyone to access it. Consequently, that reduces team time and errors, with measurable benefits.

There is room for improvement from a perspective of needing enhancements. Couchbase Enterprise is fine and working well, so I do not see much improvement needed from the organizational perspective of where I am working or on the product I am using. The reason I chose nine out of ten is that there should be a dedicated feature that allows it to come up with a single click for the ease of everyone, which is why I leave that one point off.

I have been using Couchbase Enterprise for almost ten years.

Couchbase Enterprise is stable.

The scalability of Couchbase Enterprise is good.

The customer support for Couchbase Enterprise is great.

Couchbase Enterprise has positively impacted my organization by being easy to set up and use, making the GUI perfect for everyone, which enhances user experience.