Couchbase emphasizes the utility of its Community Edition (CE) for teams beginning to explore Couchbase for simpler applications, with the caveat that it is not intended to support the scalability and performance needs of enterprise-level applications. The Community Edition is free and allows up to five nodes, making it appealing for cost-conscious projects, but it lacks access to Couchbase's support team and enterprise features, leading to potential challenges as applications scale. To address these limitations, Couchbase offers Capella, a fully managed database-as-a-service that includes enhanced enterprise features, live support, and significant reductions in management efforts. Capella is designed to facilitate the transition from CE to a more scalable and robust infrastructure, providing features such as automated replication, real-time analytics, and server-side eventing, all while offering affordable entry options. Despite these offerings, there is some dissatisfaction within the community regarding Couchbase's communication and perceived neglect of community feedback.