CloudEstimate

Size Couchbase Server Enterprise on Google Cloud

Extra Small — up to 50 GB active data on a compact multi-service cluster

Monthly cost

$531.90

Annual cost

$6,383/year

Line-item breakdown

Compute $276.90
Storage $255.00
Other $0.00

Components provisioned

Role Instance vCPU GB RAM Storage
Cluster Node 3 × n2-standard-4 4 16 500 GB

Why this sizing

This Extra Small tier supports up to 50 GB of active data on a compact multi-service Couchbase cluster, utilizing three n2-standard-4 instances. The primary cost driver is compute, accounting for the entire $0.08 monthly cost. This configuration prioritizes minimal cost and resource footprint over high availability, as indicated by the disabled HA setting.

Export

Share the current URL or copy the launch Terraform baseline.

Google Cloud Terraform baseline
terraform {
  required_version = ">= 1.6.0"

  required_providers {
    google = {
      source  = "hashicorp/google"
      version = "~> 6.0"
    }
  }
}

variable "project_id" {
  description = "Google Cloud project ID for this deployment."
  type        = string
  default     = "replace-with-project-id"
}

provider "google" {
  project = var.project_id
  region  = "us-central1"
  zone    = "us-central1-a"
}

# Generated for Google Cloud from the current estimate state.

resource "google_compute_disk" "cluster_node_1_data" {
  count = 3
  name  = "couchbase-server-enterprise-cluster-node-1-data-${count.index + 1}"
  type  = "pd-ssd"
  zone  = "us-central1-a"
  size  = 500
}

resource "google_compute_instance" "cluster_node_1" {
  count        = 3
  name         = "couchbase-server-enterprise-cluster-node-1-${count.index + 1}"
  machine_type = "n2-standard-4"
  zone         = "us-central1-a"

  boot_disk {
    initialize_params {
      image = "projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-12"
      size  = 50
      type  = "pd-balanced"
    }
  }

  network_interface {
    network = "default"
    access_config {}
  }
  attached_disk {
    source = google_compute_disk.cluster_node_1_data[count.index].id
    mode   = "READ_WRITE"
  }

  labels = {
    app  = "couchbase-server-enterprise"
    role = "cluster-node"
  }
}

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Sources

Reference architecture: Couchbase Server Enterprise for combined-services-small, version Couchbase Server current sizing guidance, retrieved April 13, 2026.

https://docs.couchbase.com/server/current/install/sizing-general.html

Pricing: Google Cloud pricing snapshot, retrieved May 6, 2026.

Commercial pricing only. GovCloud, sovereign cloud, and discounts beyond those shown are not modelled.

Not included in this estimate

  • Vendor licensing and support
  • Professional services
  • Network egress
  • Compliance controls
  • Backup storage
  • Monitoring

Based on Couchbase Server sizing guidance and translated into VM-oriented planning tiers for multi-cloud comparison.

Estimate excludes XDCR, backup service overhead, Analytics or Eventing nodes, and storage growth from replicas or compaction beyond the local disks shown.

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