Couchbase hikes Capella AI Data Plane rate to $5.36/hr, adds NVIDIA support
What happened
Between the Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026 captures of Couchbase's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Capella AI Data Plane Enterprise rate rose from $0.86/hr per node to $5.36/hr per node; AI Data Plane Enterprise now includes NVIDIA's enterprise-grade support. In detail: AI Data Plane Enterprise support now includes NVIDIA's enterprise-grade support, replacing the 99.99% uptime SLA bullet. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price increase, feature added) with an upward direction. The current page lists Capella Developer Pro at $0.35 per node per hour, Couchbase Enterprise at $0.66 per node per hour, Operational Insights Enterprise at $0.67 per node per hour, Capella Basic at $0.15 per node per hour and Capella Enterprise at $0.49 per node per hour.
It lands 6 days after Couchbase's previous change, "Couchbase renames Capella Analytics to Operational Insights, pricing unchanged" (Oct 26, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Couchbase: Capella AI Data Plane Enterprise price cut ($5.36→$0.86/hr per node)" (Aug 11, 2026). Couchbase has been tracked since 2023-12-06.
In the same window MongoDB, Elastic, Redis and DataStax also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Plane Enterprise · Price+523%$0.86/hr per node$5.36/hr per node
- — · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterNVIDIA's enterprise-grade support
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plane Enterprise | Price | $0.86/hr per node | $5.36/hr per node | +523% |
| — | Feature | Not listed | NVIDIA's enterprise-grade support | Added |
Values as written on Couchbase's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Couchbase's pricing page (couchbase.com) from Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where plane enterprise price reads $0.86/hr per node and then $5.36/hr per node.
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Couchbase, the last 90 days
Full history- Nov 2, 2026increaseCouchbase hikes Capella AI Data Plane rate to $5.36/hr, adds NVIDIA support · this change
- Oct 26, 2026packagingCouchbase renames Capella Analytics to Operational Insights, pricing unchanged
- Aug 11, 2026decreaseCouchbase: Capella AI Data Plane Enterprise price cut ($5.36→$0.86/hr per node)
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- MongoDBOct 5MongoDB launches Atlas Infinite preview: 128TB shards at $0.09/hour
- ElasticSep 14Elastic splits out new Elasticsearch Vector Database product tile
- RedisSep 7Redis: Pro plan swaps auto-tiering for Data Integration (RDI)
- DataStaxAug 10watsonx.data: ML/GenAI workflow swapped from Milvus to OpenRAG (agentic RAG)
Questions about this change
Did Couchbase raise prices in November 2026?
Yes. Pulse captured Couchbase's pricing page on Oct 26, 2026 and again on Nov 2, 2026 and recorded 1 price increase: Plane Enterprise: $0.86/hr per node → $5.36/hr per node (+523%).
What changed on Couchbase's pricing page between Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026?
Plane Enterprise price: $0.86/hr per node → $5.36/hr per node (+523%); feature: Not listed → NVIDIA's enterprise-grade support, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Couchbase change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 2 other pricing-page changes for Couchbase in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Couchbase renames Capella Analytics to Operational Insights, pricing unchanged" on Oct 26, 2026; Couchbase has been tracked since 2023-12-06.