Couchbase Named a Leader in the 2026 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Operational Databases
Couchbase was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Operational Databases 2026 Vendor Assessment. IDC cited three strengths: continuous availability and resilience, native vector search and in-database AI accessible through SQL++, and consistent deployment across cloud, on-premises and edge. IDC also found 30% of organizations already run agentic AI in production, and 97% are pursuing some degree of consolidation across data management capabilities. Couchbase positions its AI Data Plane, including an Agent Memory service and MCP Server, as a way to run agents against live operational data without separate vector and memory stores.
