Solve your toughest mobile app development challenges

How do you build an offline-first app?

Challenge

Apps that rely solely on a cloud database to operate are dependent on the internet. That means internet latency or outages can ruin the user experience.

Solution

Couchbase Capella provides a cloud database, an embeddable database for mobile and IoT devices (Couchbase Lite), and built-in bidirectional data synchronization. Capella makes mobile apps faster and more reliable because local data processing removes dependencies on the internet and distant cloud data centers.

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Developing your own data sync is hard

Challenge

Data synchronization is complex. It must be bidirectional, handle conflicts, detect network availability, and retry requests when interrupted.

Solution

There’s no need to develop sync yourself – we’ve done everything for you. Capella App Services provides data sync, authentication, and authorization as an easy-to-use managed backend service for mobile and IoT apps. It includes customizable conflict resolution and precise data routing via filters and channels.

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Reusing REST APIs makes apps inefficient

Challenge

When you reuse REST APIs, you send unnecessary data to devices, which wastes bandwidth. Filtering that data on-device erodes performance and battery life.

Solution

Capella App Services includes Couchbase Lite, an embeddable database for mobile, IoT, and custom embedded apps. It lets you store and process data on-device and use SQL to get just the data you need. You eliminate network latency issues and avoid over or under fetching data with inefficient REST calls.

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Managing the backend slows development

Challenge

Installing and managing backend servers to handle data processing, security, and synchronization for your app takes time away from development.

Solution

Mobile developers use Capella App Services as an off-the-shelf backend database and sync service for their apps. You don’t have to set up or manage servers. And because it’s fully hosted and managed, Capella eliminates maintenance hassles and allows your development team to concentrate on code.

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Couchbase value differentiators

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Customer testimonials/Case studies

Doddle’s package pickup and return services use mobile apps that enable customers and employees to quickly manage transactions anytime, with or without a network connection. Couchbase Lite keeps Doddle’s apps working even when entirely offline.

First app developed in under 3 months

PepsiCo uses Couchbase to power the apps that field personnel rely on to service customers anywhere at any time, regardless of internet speed or connectivity. Pepsi’s apps operate even offline and sync in real time when connected.

Apps serve 30,000 users worldwide

BackpackEMR provides critical technology for mobile clinics in remote communities where regular access to healthcare is scarce or unavailable. The tablet-based app allows clinicians to capture and share patient data across all devices, even in areas with no internet connectivity.

25%

reduction in manual processes

30%

increase in number of patients seen

United’s scheduling application was cumbersome to use and difficult to change, so they modernized their technology stack using Couchbase for greater scale and faster development. Inspired by their initial success, United chose Couchbase to power their customer-facing online and mobile booking apps.

Schedules crews for 1.5M flights a year

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