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Amazon Timestream vs MongoDB Atlas comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 11, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Timestream
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
11th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MongoDB Atlas
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (5th), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (7th), AI Software Development (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Managed NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Amazon Timestream is 4.5%, down from 5.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MongoDB Atlas is 13.4%, up from 10.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed NoSQL Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MongoDB Atlas13.4%
Amazon Timestream4.5%
Other82.1%
Managed NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

JS
VP Global IoT Solutions at 1NCE
Effortless time-series data analysis with seamless AWS integration and a straightforward setup
We use Amazon Timestream as a data historian for IT data. It stores all individual measurements of our customers' IoT devices for a certain period of time, allowing them to perform time-series-based analyses on top of it Using Amazon Timestream has been seamless due to its integration within the…
Nikhil Thapa - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Developer
Cloud database has transformed client demos and supports flexible unstructured data workflows
The best feature I would say is that there is free storage, which any NoSQL database provides, such as MongoDB Atlas. Apart from that, there is a very good MongoDB Atlas UI where we can see the cluster, databases, and all these features. When we are using it, the transactions go for real-time processing. These are the features that it offers us, and the connection is very good to any framework we are using in the backend. MongoDB Atlas is our primary database, and we prefer this because of the reliability of MongoDB Atlas. The UI is very good for Atlas, and the non-structured database is advantageous because we do not have required schema restrictions. The cluster management and the database handling of Atlas are very good. By using the UI, we can manage this efficiently, and these are the features on MongoDB Atlas that give us what we need.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Using Amazon Timestream has been seamless due to its integration within the AWS ecosystem and ease of use for the engineering team."
"You can quickly aggregate data from the last ten years with Amazon Timestream."
"If you drop a message, the solution's technical support will definitely reply."
"What I like best is that the tool is easy to collect and store data and is fast and scalable. The fully managed database is easy to understand."
"The best things about Amazon Timestream are it's maintenance-free, customizable, and has no lag issues. It's always real-time."
"<p>It's a very elastic solution for the purposes of our systems and the developers appreciate it for software development.</p>"
"MongoDB Atlas is very easy to use and user-friendly, and you get what you're paying for."
"Administering the solution is easy."
"Its most valuable features are high availability and zero maintenance."
"I would recommend MongoDB Atlas for those who want to start using it."
"It's flexible. We don't need to have a solid upstream availability failover, and everything is seamless in Atlas."
"As a tester, it was easy to validate data, access data, make active run queries against it, and retrieve data from it."
"It has a flexible integration with our easy API."
 

Cons

"There are certain features that we would like to see added and we are collaborating with the product teams on these areas."
"The tool could be improved by increasing the batch size from one hundred records to five hundred or a thousand to speed up indexing."
"Arranging the database schema is a bit challenging."
"The solution could be improved by making it easier for new graduates like me to use. Better explanations of queries and how to use them with other AWS services would help."
"There are disadvantages when it comes to time series databases since you can't delete anything from Amazon Timestream data."
"Customer support needs improvement knowledge-wise."
"The product does not have ORM."
"Querying a dataset is not very intuitive, so I think that it can be improved."
"When we make transactions, they do not process in real-time and require a refresh."
"The product's file storage documentation needs improvement."
"The tool's implementation should be made easier."
"The web console isn't very intuitive, especially for large data."
"The administration is not very interactive. It's not very friendly for developers."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We don't see high costs with Amazon Timestream, which may vary by company."
"We pay over $10 million a year to Amazon."
"Amazon Timestream's pricing seems manageable to me."
"For 1GB of data, the solution charges $ 0.01 in the US region."
"MongoDB Atlas is more cost-effective than Amazon DocumentDB. It also has a pay-as-you-go pricing model. Apart from the standard licensing cost, you must also pay to get MongoDB Atlas technical support, which is expensive."
"Comparing the price between the MongoDB and Microsoft SQL Server, we are using the enterprise edition of Microsoft SQL Server, which is more expensive than MongoDB."
"It is too expensive. They need to work on this."
"MongoDB Atlas is not expensive, and since it's a cloud-based solution, you pay by usage."
"It is an open-source platform."
"The tool is free since it's an open-source product."
"We pay for the license on a monthly basis. It's not cheap or expensive. For smaller companies, it's definitely expensive."
"The solution is expensive overall. It does not require a license but if you want the support then you will need to purchase the license. They use a pay-as-you-go model and you are able to receive some discounts by making longer usage commitments."
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Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

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Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise23
 

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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...
 

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Atlas, MongoDB Atlas (pay-as-you-go)
 

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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
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