Amazon DocumentDB vs Apache CouchDB
Amazon DocumentDB
aws.amazon.comApache CouchDB
couchdb.apache.orgSide by side
| Figure | Amazon DocumentDB | Apache CouchDB |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 11 | 1 |
| Spec score · Document Databases | 9.0 (#1) | 8.5 (#6) |
| Spec score · Transaction Data Store Software | 8.9 (#3) | 8.3 (#14) |
| Spec score · NoSQL Databases | 9.0 (#4) | 8.3 (#12) |
| Spec score · Database Software | 8.5 (#28) | 8.0 (#49) |
| Founded | 2006 | 2008 |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Integrations | DocumentDB integrates with CloudWatch metrics and alarms, AWS Lambda change-stream event sources, IAM, KMS, AWS Backup and OpenSearch zero-ETL pipelines. | PouchDB is built for mobile devices and web browsers and can replicate data with CouchDB. |
| Security | AWS documents VPC isolation, KMS encryption at rest, TLS in transit, IAM/RBAC controls, Secrets Manager and FedRAMP High authorization in GovCloud. | CouchDB provides administrator accounts, basic and cookie authentication, reader access controls, and JavaScript document-update validation that can enforce custom security rules. |
| What it does | Amazon DocumentDB is a fully managed cloud document database designed to run MongoDB-compatible applications, drivers and tools. | Apache CouchDB is a document database that stores named documents and provides a RESTful HTTP API for reading and updating them. |
Plans
Amazon DocumentDB
- Serverless — StandardPrice not published
- Serverless — I/O-OptimizedPrice not published
- Provisioned On-Demand — StandardPrice not published
- Provisioned On-Demand — I/O-OptimizedPrice not published
- Amazon DocumentDB free trialFree
- Free trialFree
- Amazon DocumentDB Serverless (Standard)$0.08 a month
- Amazon DocumentDB Serverless (I/O-Optimized)$0.09 a month
- DocumentDB I/O-OptimizedPrice not published
- DocumentDB ServerlessPrice not published
In their own words
Amazon DocumentDB
Amazon DocumentDB has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Apache CouchDB
Apache CouchDB is a free document database that stores named documents and lets applications read and update them through a RESTful HTTP API. Documents can contain fields and binary attachments without following a fixed schema. Its query engine supports views made with JavaScript map functions and optional reduce functions. Incremental replication synchronizes databases in both directions between peers, including after disconnections; the project describes this as useful for offline-first applications across servers, phones, and browsers. PouchDB can replicate with CouchDB from mobile devices and web browsers. A cluster can present one logical database across multiple servers or virtual machines for added capacity and high availability. CouchDB uses an append-only file design, and its documentation describes document updates as ACID and all-or-nothing. Security features include administrator accounts, basic and cookie authentication, reader access controls, and JavaScript validation of document updates. Replicas may retain conflicting revisions for manual or automated resolution. CouchDB is self-hosted on servers or virtual machines, as a single node or cluster, and is licensed under Apache License 2.0.