Couchbase Executive Compensation (FY25)
BASE · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
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Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 3, 2025
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What changed from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Matthew Cain: $1,819,000 → $8,685,250
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Couchbase's chief executive and what were they paid?
Matthew Cain, Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer, received $8,685,250 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $1,819,000 reported for fiscal 2023, Cain's total was up.
What was Couchbase's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 86.1% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 29, 2025.
Which companies are in Couchbase's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Alkami Technology, AvePoint, BigCommerce Holdings, CS Disco and Domo, among others.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Huw Owen Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Greg Henry Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Matthew Cain Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matthew Cain Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Greg Henry Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Huw Owen Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Margaret Chow Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Henry | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Huw Owen | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Margaret Chow | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Matthew M. Cain | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Matthew M. Cain | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huw Owen | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
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| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | |
| Greg Henry | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Margaret Chow | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | |
| Matthew Cain | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Severance and change in control
The terms as written in the agreements.
Greg Henry
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
| Severance base | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
Huw Owen
Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
| Severance base | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
Margaret Chow
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Severance base | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
Matthew Cain
Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Severance base | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard A. Simonson Lead independent director | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jeff Epstein | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
David C. Scott | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Edward T. Anderson | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Aleksander J. Migon | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Carol W. Carpenter | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Alvina Y. Antar | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Kevin J. Efrusy | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Lynn M. Christensen | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Matthew M. Cain served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
| Board equity retainer | ◇ |
| Total board retainer | ◇ |
| Board chair premium | ◇ |
| Lead independent director premium | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Alkami Technology ALKT
- AvePoint AVPT
- BigCommerce Holdings symbol not shown
- CS Disco LAW
- Domo DOMO
- Enfusion ENFN
- Expensify EXFY
- Fastly FSLY
- JFrog FROG
- Matterport MTTR
- MeridianLink MLNK
- Model N MODN
- ON24 ONTF
- OneSpan OSPN
- PagerDuty PD
- Weave Communications WEAV
- Yext YEXT
- Zuora ZUO
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 29, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
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Peer benchmarking
Where Couchbase sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
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Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
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160 figures on this page: 159 cited to the filing that reported them, 1 calculated from figures it prints.
159 cited to the filing
1 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001845022-25-000060Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001845022-25-000036Compensation Discussion and Analysis · FERRED FREQUENCY FOR FUTURE ADVISORY, NON-BINDING VOTES TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR DIRECTOR BACKGROUND · and 2 more sections
- 0001845022-23-000057Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal 2023
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}