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title: Welcome to Couchbase Capella
description: Capella operational is the easiest way to use Couchbase Server. Get
  access to SQL-like querying, full-text and vector search, powerful eventing,
  and connectivity to mobile and IoT devices at the edge. Capella Analytics is
  an analytical database (RT-OLAP) for real-time apps and operational
  intelligence. Capella Analytics is a standalone, cloud-only offering from
  Couchbase under the Capella family of products. The Couchbase AI Data Plane is
  a fully managed set of tools that help you build, deploy, and scale your
  agentic and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) AI applications.
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# Welcome to Couchbase Capella

# Welcome to Couchbase Capella

Capella operational is the easiest way to use Couchbase Server. Get access to SQL-like querying, full-text and vector search, powerful eventing, and connectivity to mobile and IoT devices at the edge.

Capella Analytics is an analytical database (RT-OLAP) for real-time apps and operational intelligence. Capella Analytics is a standalone, cloud-only offering from Couchbase under the Capella family of products.

The Couchbase AI Data Plane is a fully managed set of tools that help you build, deploy, and scale your agentic and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) AI applications.

## Explore Couchbase Capella

###  Get Started With Capella Operational

Get set up with an account and deploy a free tier Capella operational cluster.

* [Sign Up](https://cloud.couchbase.com/sign-up)
* [Welcome to Couchbase Capella](../cloud/get-started/intro.md)
* [Create an Account and Deploy Your Free Tier Operational Cluster](../cloud/get-started/create-account.md)
* [Explore Sample Data with Data Tools](../cloud/get-started/run-first-queries.md)
* [Explore the Playground](../cloud/get-started/sdk-playground.md)

###  Get Started With Capella App Services

Create your account and start building mobile and edge apps with Capella App Services.

* [Sign Up](https://cloud.couchbase.com/sign-up)
* [Manage App Services for Mobile and Edge](../app-services/index.md)
* [Configure Your Free Tier App Services (Mobile sync)](../app-services/get-started/configuring-app-services.md)
* [Create an App Service](../app-services/app-services/creating-an-app-service.md)
* [Migrate Existing Self-Managed Couchbase Mobile Clusters to App Services](../app-services/migrating/on-prem-to-capella.md)

###  Get Started With Capella Analytics

Create your account and follow our tutorial on how to load data into your Analytics cluster.

* [Sign Up](https://cloud.couchbase.com/sign-up)
* [About Capella Analytics](../analytics/intro/intro.md)
* [Create a Cluster](../analytics/admin/prepare-project.md)
* [Access Data](../analytics/intro/examples.md)
* [Query and Explore with the Workbench](../analytics/query/workbench.md)

###  Get Started With the Couchbase AI Data Plane

Create your account and start working with the AI Data Plane.

* [Sign Up](https://cloud.couchbase.com/sign-up)
* [Couchbase AI Data Plane](../ai/get-started/intro.md)
* [Process Your Data For the Couchbase AI Data Plane](../ai/build/vectorization-service/data-processing.md)
* [Deploy a Large Language Model (LLM)](../ai/build/model-service/deploy-llm-model.md)
* [Deploy an Embedding Model](../ai/build/model-service/deploy-embed-model.md)
* [Integrate an Agent with the Agent Catalog](../ai/build/integrate-agent-with-catalog.md)
* [Use Couchbase AI Data Plane AI Functions](../ai/build/ai-functions.md)