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Amazon DocumentDB vs MongoDB comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 3, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Amazon DocumentDB
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MongoDB
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
81
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (5th), NoSQL Databases (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Managed NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Amazon DocumentDB is 8.9%, down from 13.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MongoDB is 6.8%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Javed Zahoor - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers the ability to replicate data across different instances
Its speed has had the most significant impact on our projects. For starters, we used it for its flexibility. With DocumentDB, you're not tied to a rigid structure like you are with Aurora or other relational databases. This makes it great for startups. When we work with established systems where the structure is well-defined, the speed of DocumentDB becomes the most important factor. Compared to a relational database, scaling DocumentDB is easier because of its ability to replicate data across different instances. If you use a network-based storage service with your cluster, the primary instance doesn't even need a full local copy of the data, since it's accessible on the shared storage. That definitely contributes to scalability. AWS-managed services already handle a lot of the scaling complexity. We don't have to do anything.
Uzair Faruqi - PeerSpot reviewer
Transforms data flow with adaptable schema and smooth public cloud deployment
One of our business units uses MongoDB, and we developed an ETL pipeline that extracts data from MongoDB and transfers it into our data warehouse MongoDB is a NoSQL database that is similar to a document database. It offers flexibility in schema adaptation, allowing us to change the schema and…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Migrations are easy using this product."
"Its speed has had the most significant impact on our projects. For starters, we used it for its flexibility. With DocumentDB, you're not tied to a rigid structure like you are with Aurora or other relational databases. This makes it great for startups."
"Amazon DocumentDB is a simple solution."
"The Dynamic Application is a valuable feature."
"It has visible benefits, actually, in terms of price of ownership if you compare it to, for example, Oracle."
"The tool is also user-friendly."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Overall, MongoDB has helped manage and analyze attachment data."
"like its performance and the stability. It's very stable and, performance-wise, it's really great."
"The clustering is very good. It allows us to have high availability."
"Its flexibility, and cost. It is reasonably priced."
"MongoDB's dashboards offer more functionalities and allow you to create a dashboard with MongoDB database data."
 

Cons

"There's a bit of a learning curve at the beginning."
"One possible improvement could be a hybrid database solution, where parts of the application leverage a relational database alongside DocumentDB. If a system were heavily relational in nature, a database like PostgreSQL might be a good fit."
"The technical support could be improved."
"MongoDB should not be used for reporting, analytics, or number-crunching tasks."
"Our program developer finds it to be a little unstable, development-wise."
"It should have GUI for managing clusters. MongoDB needs a more powerful GUI to manage clusters and make switchovers. Currently, there is no good, free tool to check the replication to find out if there is a gap."
"More stable indexes would be helpful in a future release. That's been an issue for some time. I don't know if it's been fixed now but we transitioned to it because we needed a search index to be able to search for things and if that goes or starts disappearing, we have to move away from that solution. I don't know if they fixed it, last time I had this issue was three years ago so they might have solved it."
"The free tools, like MongoDB Compass, could be enhanced."
"The solution should have better integration."
"The transaction could use improvement. From MySQL, for example, you cannot create a transaction if you are reading and writing a document at the same time."
"The performance could be faster."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I'm using the free version of MongoDB."
"I believe that the licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"MongoDB is an open-source product."
"MongoDB's pricing is not reasonable, but it is not as expensive as the others."
"I don't know, but I have heard from people who procure it that it is much cheaper than Oracle."
"MongoDB's pricing is reasonable."
"You only have to pay for the paid version, not the open-source version."
"There is an enterprise license and it could be cheaper. We are using the free open source version."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
22%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
14%
University
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What advice do you have for others considering Amazon DocumentDB?
Amazon DocumentDB offers us many useful features. It is definitely a solution that an organization in need of comprehensive and effective document management should invest its money into. We are im...
What do you like most about Amazon DocumentDB?
Its speed has had the most significant impact on our projects. For starters, we used it for its flexibility. With DocumentDB, you're not tied to a rigid structure like you are with Aurora or other ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon DocumentDB?
The specific DocumentDB implementation we use is on the expensive side. We tend to use it strategically in complex systems, primarily for lookup capabilities. For simpler use cases, we often choose...
What do you like most about MongoDB?
MongoDB's approach to handling data in documents rather than traditional tables has been particularly beneficial.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MongoDB?
We use the free version of MongoDB, so there are no licensing costs.
What needs improvement with MongoDB?
There is room for improvement in integrating MongoDB with agentive AI solutions. While solutions for other databases like SQL or PostgreSQL ( /products/postgresql-reviews ) already exist, MongoDB r...
 

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