Couchbase Introduces Free Plan with 10GB Storage and Key Features Amid Significant Price Drop for Basic Plan

Capella Columnar introduced as new product offering with Developer Pro and Enterprise tiers

Developer Pro XDCR and availability zones now have '(3 nodes)' requirement

Free plan introduced with 1-node, 10GB storage, SQL++ (Capella iQ), Vector Search, FTS, GEO search, and Mobile App Services

Developer Pro support changed from '24x7' to 'weekdays' only (8-hour response)

Developer Pro SLA clarified with '(3 nodes)' condition - 99.99% uptime now only applies to 3-node deployments

Basic plan SLA clarified with '(3 nodes)' condition - 99.5% uptime SLA now only applies to 3-node deployments

Enterprise plan feature 'Database Auditing' renamed to 'Audit Logging'

Basic plan decreased from $0.28/hr per node to $0.15/hr per node (46% decrease)

Basic plan cluster minimum decreased from 3 nodes to 1 node