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DataStax Enterprise vs MongoDB Enterprise Advanced comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

DataStax Enterprise
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
14th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Vector Databases (15th)
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
82
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (6th), Managed NoSQL Databases (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of DataStax Enterprise is 2.6%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is 13.7%, down from 19.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
NoSQL Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced13.7%
DataStax Enterprise2.6%
Other83.7%
NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Suzanne  Kimono - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Deloitte
Continuous data access has ensured high uptime and has supported real-time transactional processing
The best features DataStax Enterprise offers include scaling, speed of data access, and ease of use for those familiar with traditional SQL. The scaling and speed of data access have benefited my team because the scaling and the speeding of data provide linear scale as well as multi-data centers' real-time replication of data such that we can maintain uptime even with the loss of multiple data centers. It enables us to maintain our uptime, which is very crucial for our clients. DataStax Enterprise has positively impacted my organization by providing the ability to have our services up and running even with a total outage at one of our data centers. There is no need to maintain windows since we can turn off data centers while doing maintenance and then put them back in the rotation and move on. I can share specific outcomes or metrics that show this positive impact, such as improvements in performance of about 60% and a reduction in downtime of about 40 to 45%, which is very great.
FG
Architecte Cloud at Visiativ SA
Offers reliable engine for legacy needs but requires enhanced cost management and AI features
While MongoDB is a good product, it is also an expensive product for support, and its scalability is acceptable, but the big problem with MongoDB is the cost. For security in MongoDB, we work with encrypted databases by default, but we have not contracted the security options in our contract because it is too expensive, so we only implement encrypted databases without the security pack, which is very expensive for us; in security, we are at the first steps, just using encrypted databases. I think additional features needed in MongoDB include perhaps vector databases, as I think they are not supported right now.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I can share specific outcomes or metrics that show this positive impact, such as improvements in performance of about 60% and a reduction in downtime of about 40 to 45%, which is very great."
"MongoDB's approach to handling data in documents rather than traditional tables has been particularly beneficial."
"We capture more than 30 million records every week in IoT NS and MongoDB has been serving us well so far, making it easier to maintain the data with its document-based storage."
"In our case, it is most important to have redundancy."
"It is really a pretty easy product to use. It's very reliable, it's proven."
"The installation is very stable."
"The most valuable feature is that you can store unstructured data, which is helpful when you don't know what the best structure should be and you cannot use a relational database because of that."
"The initial setup was very straightforward, it was a pleasure to work with for everyone, and setting it up, getting up and running, pumping data into it, and actually looking and querying the data was super simple."
"We chose MongoDB because of its community."
 

Cons

"If not keeping current with updates, updating from an older major version to a newer major version can be a bit complicated and time-consuming, but DataStax Enterprise support will help us with this."
"There are some problems with bugs appearing in sharding when the data is too high."
"We'd like technical support to respond faster to queries."
"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."
"You need integration with other tools to run the query in MongoDB."
"It could be much more flexible like SequoiaDB. I would like to see more flexibility in the next release, especially when working with Microsoft Windows. A lot of people struggle with MongoDB because of their Windows versions. But Linux is faultless and mostly runs nicely."
"The dashboard is an area of concern in the solution where improvements are required."
"The free tools, like MongoDB Compass, could be enhanced."
"It isn't easy to recognize entities with MongoDB."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"MongoDB is a bit expensive compared to its competitors."
"There is an enterprise license and it could be cheaper. We are using the free open source version."
"The product is affordable."
"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."
"MongoDB is an open-source product."
"I believe that the licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"There is an annual subscription for the use of this solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Retailer
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
University
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business35
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise38
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DataStax Enterprise?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing indicates that the cost is a bit affordable, especially for my organization. However, for smaller organizations working under a tight budget, i...
What needs improvement with DataStax Enterprise?
I think DataStax Enterprise can be improved by having a hybrid on-prem and cloud solution with Astra. Better compatibility with prior versions in terms of codebases should also be improved. More wa...
What is your primary use case for DataStax Enterprise?
DataStax Enterprise serves as the primary database for all transactional processing in my organization. DataStax Enterprise provides linear scale as well as multi-data center real-time replication ...
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?
For a small company, the cost of MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is reasonable, but for heavy data usage, we see a little bit of cost pressure but it's acceptable. I will not be able to elaborate on th...
What needs improvement with MongoDB?
The integration between data warehouse could be improved. Nowadays, a lot of data is getting generated, so certain ETL flexible scripts with backend database integrations would be an improvement I ...
 

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