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Amazon Aurora vs MongoDB Atlas comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.0
Users switching to Amazon Aurora reduced costs by 30%, improved performance, and saved $60,000 yearly, enhancing efficiency.
Sentiment score
7.2
MongoDB Atlas boosts ROI by decreasing maintenance costs, enhancing efficiency, reducing infrastructure reliance, and minimizing operational expenses.
Using Amazon Aurora has saved us significantly in terms of manpower costs, with nearly fifty percent savings compared to an on-premises solution.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
I find it easy to use.
IT Manager at a government with 11-50 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.6
Amazon Aurora customer service varies, with effective support for high-tier plans but limited help for non-business users.
Sentiment score
6.6
MongoDB Atlas support is mixed; valued for expertise and options, but criticized for cost and varying responsiveness.
Technical support from Amazon is rated very highly.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
The initial support could improve by having engineers familiarize themselves with the issue content to provide more specialized assistance from the start.
Associate Vice President - Database Management (Principal Solutions Architect) at Northbay
The features of MongoDB Atlas fall short, resulting in an average rating due to higher-expectation features still lacking in its offerings.
DB Architect / Consultant at Virtusa Global
I have used them sometimes, even recently, and found the feedback to be spot on our needs.
Partner at Red software systems
For premium support, I would rate the support of MongoDB Atlas a nine.
General Manager at Kaleyra
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Amazon Aurora's exceptional scalability effortlessly handles large data volumes, ensuring high performance and growth with minimal operational disruptions.
Sentiment score
7.4
MongoDB Atlas is commended for effective scalability features like horizontal scaling and sharding, suitable for diverse workloads.
This scalability is critical as it allows for runtime expansion, which is essential for businesses moving from on-premises to the cloud.
Associate Vice President - Database Management (Principal Solutions Architect) at Northbay
Regarding scalability and the ability to scale, I would give it a 9.5 out of ten.
Principal Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It's very much scalable, and I would rate scalability a nine.
General Manager at Kaleyra
MongoDB Atlas offers sharding as a scalability feature, although it does not perform as well as Oracle.
DB Architect / Consultant at Virtusa Global
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Amazon Aurora is stable and reliable, with high user ratings and effective management of MySQL and PostgreSQL availability.
Sentiment score
7.9
MongoDB Atlas is praised for reliability and performance, with users rating its stability highly despite occasional UI concerns.
I would rate the stability of Amazon Aurora as a nine out of ten.
Principal Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It offers a stable environment, ensuring consistent performance.
Associate Vice President - Database Management (Principal Solutions Architect) at Northbay
When it comes to OLTP transactions, its performance declines.
DB Architect / Consultant at Virtusa Global
The stability of the product is very high.
General Manager at Kaleyra
 

Room For Improvement

Amazon Aurora needs improved pricing, performance, scalability, developer features, documentation, compatibility, integration, and regular updates for user satisfaction.
MongoDB Atlas faces challenges in cost management, configuration, UI stability, performance, integration, support, security, and containerization.
There are technical challenges, such as the inability to provision the database using a PostgreSQL snapshot directly.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
A cost reduction would support multiple teams to adopt this solution since the cost is currently higher.
Principal Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Keeping extensions up-to-date with PostgreSQL releases would enhance Aurora's functionality.
Associate Vice President - Database Management (Principal Solutions Architect) at Northbay
The UI is good, although I have checked one aspect in MongoDB Atlas: when we make transactions, they do not process in real-time and require a refresh.
Software Developer
MongoDB Atlas should support containerization.
General Manager at Kaleyra
Enhancing capabilities for data pipelines and visualization dashboards.
DB Architect / Consultant at Virtusa Global
 

Setup Cost

Amazon Aurora's pricing is justified by its speed and features, with costs based on memory, storage, and usage.
Enterprise buyers have mixed opinions on MongoDB Atlas pricing, finding it either cost-effective or expensive, especially with support.
The pricing is reasonable and not overly expensive.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
Amazon Aurora is not very expensive as other solutions with similar features from other vendors come at almost the same cost.
Associate Vice President - Database Management (Principal Solutions Architect) at Northbay
The pricing for Amazon Aurora is different from DocumentDB because DocumentDB is cheaper.
Data & Solution Archtect at Enkel
The price of MongoDB Atlas is reasonable, which is why many organizations, including mine, are opting for it.
DB Architect / Consultant at Virtusa Global
For our service, it was around 300 to 600 euros per month, which was acceptable for our customers.
Partner at Red software systems
 

Valuable Features

Amazon Aurora offers high performance, auto-scaling, AWS integration, with MySQL/PostgreSQL compatibility and managed architecture for efficient database management.
MongoDB Atlas offers scalability, security, and easy management, enabling efficient development with reduced operational overhead and reliable performance.
The functions I have found most valuable in Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL are features that are not available in normal RDS PostgreSQL, particularly for scaling and restoration purposes in the event of failure.
Principal Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It replicates data across multiple Availability Zones, ensuring high availability and geographical redundancy, which can be considered a GR instead of a DR.
Associate Vice President - Database Management (Principal Solutions Architect) at Northbay
Amazon Aurora offers a 99.9% SLA compared to PostgreSQL. This ensures a high level of availability for our applications.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
It is particularly useful for unstructured and semi-structured data because of its performance in these areas.
DB Architect / Consultant at Virtusa Global
MongoDB Atlas's encryption capabilities help ensure data confidentiality and integrity.
IT Manager at a government with 11-50 employees
There is a very good MongoDB Atlas UI where we can see the cluster, databases, and all these features.
Software Developer
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon Aurora
Ranking in Database Management Systems (DBMS)
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (5th)
MongoDB Atlas
Ranking in Database Management Systems (DBMS)
7th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (4th), Managed NoSQL Databases (3rd), AI Software Development (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Database Management Systems (DBMS) category, the mindshare of Amazon Aurora is 6.1%, up from 5.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MongoDB Atlas is 5.3%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Management Systems (DBMS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon Aurora6.1%
MongoDB Atlas5.3%
Other88.6%
Database Management Systems (DBMS)
 

Featured Reviews

SivashankarRajaram - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Cloud database has delivered high performance and cost savings for data recovery and growth
Amazon can make better access levels and reduce costs for Amazon Aurora. A cost reduction would support multiple teams to adopt this solution since the cost is currently higher. Comparatively, we have the feature of scaling and everything we need. If you launch PostgreSQL on-premises, you need to have a separate DBA for maintenance and everything. If Amazon reduces the cost of Amazon Aurora, it would support large team adoption. A great feature to see in the next version of Amazon Aurora would be improvements in vectorization. In our PostgreSQL, we have pg_vector that helps with vectorizing many of the tables and that is used for data science projects. If Amazon improves this vectorization, it would be much more useful for data science and AI projects.
Lintz Veloso - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a government with 11-50 employees
Developers have benefited from flexibility and performance but pricing has needed further attention
I am only familiar with databases and applications. I am from the development team and I am a user of database and cloud but I don't know the infrastructure. As a user, I deal with the Oracle Database. I know the organization has a license with the product. We don't utilize real-time analytics with MongoDB Atlas. I don't use MongoDB Atlas directly, so I don't know how it can be improved. I would place MongoDB Atlas at a medium level. I would rate it at a six or seven. I believe MongoDB Atlas can improve a little. My overall review rating for this product is six out of ten.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Healthcare Company
11%
University
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
10%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise23
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Aurora?
The pricing for Amazon Aurora is different from DocumentDB because DocumentDB is cheaper. However, when you manage the administration more closely, you can control costs better with Amazon Aurora. ...
What needs improvement with Amazon Aurora?
Amazon can make better access levels and reduce costs for Amazon Aurora. A cost reduction would support multiple teams to adopt this solution since the cost is currently higher. Comparatively, we h...
What is your primary use case for Amazon Aurora?
Amazon Aurora is a service provided by AWS, and we received support from AWS for our implementation. The direction we are moving toward is specifically Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MongoDB Atlas?
Pricing-wise, MongoDB Atlas has a pay-as-you-go strategy. The documentation for MongoDB is very good; I have learned multiple things through reading it. The free tier is M0 for $0, which is suitabl...
What needs improvement with MongoDB Atlas?
MongoDB Atlas can be improved in a few ways. While the platform is feature-rich, some advanced configuration and performance tuning options have a learning curve, especially for teams that are new ...
What is your primary use case for MongoDB Atlas?
My main use case for MongoDB Atlas is for storing and managing semi-structured or rapidly evolving data where schema flexibility is important. A good example of how I have used MongoDB Atlas for ma...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Atlas, MongoDB Atlas (pay-as-you-go)
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Dow Jones, Arizona State University, Verizon, Capital One, United Nations, Nielsen, Autodesk, Fanduel
Wells Fargo, Forbes, Ulta Beauty, Bosch, Sanoma, Current (a Digital Bank), ASAP Log, SBB, Zebra Technologies, Radial, Kovai, Eni, Accuhit, Cognigy, and Payload.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Aurora vs. MongoDB Atlas and other solutions. Updated: June 2026.
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