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Couchbase Server vs. Google Cloud Spanner

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Couchbase Server

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ACouchbase 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

    Google Cloud Spanner

    Score5.6 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Cloud Spanner is a cloud database-as-a-service product offered as a service on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).N/A
    Pricing
    Couchbase ServerGoogle Cloud Spanner
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Couchbase ServerGoogle Cloud Spanner
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Couchbase ServerGoogle Cloud Spanner
    Considered Both Products
    Couchbase
    Chose Couchbase Server
    Google Cloud Spanner meant "vendor lock-in". Yugabyte was pre-mature for us at the time. MySQL was not meant for the size of our data.
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Couchbase ServerGoogle Cloud Spanner
    NoSQL Databases
    Comparison of NoSQL Databases features of Couchbase Server and Google Cloud Spanner
    Feature
    Couchbase Server
    8.9
    97 Ratings
    Google Cloud Spanner
    -
    Ratings
    Performance8.997 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability9.496 Ratings00 Ratings
    Concurrency8.994 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security9.094 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability9.495 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data model flexibility9.095 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deployment model flexibility8.094 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Couchbase Server and Google Cloud Spanner
    Feature
    Couchbase Server
    -
    Ratings
    Google Cloud Spanner
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    Automatic software patching00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Database scalability00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Automated backups00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Database security provisions00 Ratings5.82 Ratings
    Monitoring and metrics00 Ratings5.82 Ratings
    Automatic host deployment00 Ratings7.62 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Couchbase ServerGoogle Cloud Spanner
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (100 ratings)
    7.4
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    2.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.3
    (95 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (52 ratings)
    -
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