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EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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

EDB Postgres Advanced Server
Ranking in Open Source Databases
13th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced
Ranking in Open Source Databases
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
82
Ranking in other categories
NoSQL Databases (1st), Managed NoSQL Databases (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Open Source Databases category, the mindshare of EDB Postgres Advanced Server is 2.3%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is 6.0%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Open Source Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced6.0%
EDB Postgres Advanced Server2.3%
Other91.7%
Open Source Databases
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2599590 - PeerSpot reviewer
Student at a university with 10,001+ employees
Explore innovative database indexing and distributed architecture capabilities
The number of indices available in Postgres is remarkable. Additionally, the way it forks each process into a child node, instead of executing in the same node, is quite different from most databases. These features can be especially useful in certain scenarios compared to MySQL or other SQL-based databases. Also, the ability to distribute the database across different machines is a significant advantage.
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

"The backup utility tools such as pg_restore and pg_dump are really convenient and efficient tools to handle backup and recovery."
"I rate EDB Postgres Advanced Server's stability an eight out of ten."
"The feature of vector database management for AI is quite interesting and impactful."
"The product is user-friendly."
"I like that EDB Postgres Advanced Server scales well. A valuable feature of the solution is multi-tenancy support. It also supports JSONB."
"Major reduction in run cost, and a quantum leap in the flexibility of deployment models Elimination of replication of transaction from reporting systems Able to do rolling upgrades with zero production downtime."
"The low cost and functionality allows us to save money on smaller database projects."
"The number of indices available in Postgres is remarkable."
"MongoDB is flexible and it allows other applications to be added."
"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."
"In our case, it is most important to have redundancy."
"We can define security rules at the database level or the cluster level to grant or deny access to particular users."
"It is convenient to use because we can do manipulations with the JSON data that we get, there are a lot of joins and associations with MongoDB, which makes it easy to use for us, and there is also a lot of transaction-related support from MongoDB."
"The integration capabilities of MongoDB are fine for the solutions that we use in our company."
"MongoDB is also great for managing logs."
"MongoDB is highly stable, and I would rate its stability at nine out of ten."
 

Cons

"I would like to see improvements in the performance, especially in large-scale operations, as it currently cannot match Oracle's performance."
"The system is aging and not keeping up with the performance of new, enhanced database models."
"Postgres performance is suffering and the product model is not doing enough to keep current."
"The lack of additional security features is really the thing that makes the product less useful."
"I have faced performance issues in the community edition."
"The security is not very robust and the product would be much more useful with more security options."
"It suffers issues ranging from data corruption to failing to delete temporary files which then necessitate us having to perform server restarts."
"The product currently fails to offer a mobile application."
"Our program developer finds it to be a little unstable, development-wise."
"I would like to see the scalability and security improved."
"Lacks sufficient scalability and elasticity."
"People coming from RDBMS should have the flexibility to write queries in SQL that can be converted into JSON queries."
"The performance could be faster."
"The free tools, like MongoDB Compass, could be enhanced."
"More stable indexes would be helpful in a future release. That's been an issue for some time."
"Sometimes, the tool goes down temporarily. There are some stability issues in the product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is significantly lower than competing products."
"The product is either free with community support or very inexpensive with a small yearly fee for paid support."
"I have been working on the community edition."
"EDB Postgres Advanced Server is open source, so I don't pay for licensing."
"It is an open-source product."
"It's a community edition, so we do not pay anything."
"You only have to pay for the paid version, not the open-source version."
"MongoDB is not expensive."
"I believe that MongoDB is free."
"MongoDB is a bit expensive compared to its competitors."
"There are different licenses available to be purchased, such as individual, premium, or enterprise."
"MongoDB's pricing is not reasonable, but it is not as expensive as the others."
"It's open-source."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Retailer
7%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
6%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise39
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for EDB Postgres Advanced Server?
EDB Postgres Advanced Server offers both processor-based and user-based licensing options. The cost is reasonable, particularly for middle and lower-tier customers, but there are hiccups when deali...
What needs improvement with EDB Postgres Advanced Server?
It was challenging to think of improvements for Postgres. We did not choose to extend or add new features to Postgres since it already meets our needs so well. There aren't specific new features we...
What is your primary use case for EDB Postgres Advanced Server?
Our primary use case for EDB Postgres Advanced Server was to study the code base behind it. We aimed to understand how it has been built, how the engine functions, the querying process, and what ki...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MongoDB?
I think it depends on the provider. For example, on DigitalOcean, they have strict routing. You have to whitelist an IP address, or you risk getting DDoS. Then if you're going for the Atlas one tha...
What needs improvement with MongoDB?
I don't really have a deep dive into it, but I see that MongoDB Enterprise Advanced has RAG and Vertex support. However, we really didn't use it because I think one thing also is that Prisma, the O...
What is your primary use case for MongoDB?
A typical use case for MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is mostly for the database, storing our data.
 

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