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Google Cloud Bigtable 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

Google Cloud Bigtable
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
8th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MongoDB
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
79
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (5th), NoSQL Databases (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Managed NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Google Cloud Bigtable is 5.2%, down from 9.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MongoDB is 6.2%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Aakash Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Great for streaming data and being a managed service is an advantage
Our primary use case is for analytics, analyzing the data sets and curing Bigtable is very user-friendly where streaming data is required. I think it's relatively easier to use than Ascentra. The fact that it's a managed service is an advantage.   The cost of this product is too expensive.…
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

"The most valuable feature is the backup and replication service."
"Bigtable is faster than other competitors in the market. It helps us collate all the data, and the security features are great. The latency is low, and the computation speed is fantastic. Bigtable is also a managed service, so you don't have to worry about anything aside from analyzing the data ingested."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Stability-wise, it is a simple solution. I rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten."
"It's very user-friendly where streaming data is required."
"The solution is very convenient."
"MongoDB is simpler to learn and implement than traditional SQL solutions like MySQL."
"I find the integration with other tools very easy."
"The most valuable features of MongoDB are the variety of translations available and the ability to deploy it on the cloud is useful. The cloud users can access the data, work on the data, and if they want to import or manipulate some data they can."
"We've found the product to be scalable."
"We can define security rules at the database level or the cluster level to grant or deny access to particular users."
"MongoDB is easy to use."
"In our case, it is most important to have redundancy."
"Scalability seems good. I've never been even close to finding the limits. I've run a couple of notes of redundancy but I've never had any problems with scalability."
 

Cons

"I've used Bigtable for about three or four years."
"The lagging problem of the product I face is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"When it comes to complex queries, a user can't get any help from a drop-down box and pick columns. It would be great if some improvements could be made in the aforementioned area concerning the solution."
"The cost of this product is too expensive."
"This product needs better security and transparency, and the price should be reduced."
"Improvement should be made as per customer recommended and requirements."
"There can be stability issues."
"A normal Oracle or database tester will take some time to gear up to MongoDB because the way of writing queries is different in MongoDB. There should be some kind of midway where a person who is coming from an Oracle background can write a query and get a response by using something like a select * statement or other such things. There should be some way for MongoDB to interpret these commands rather than making a person learn MongoDB commands and writing them. I struggled while writing these MongoDB commands. I had not seen such queries before. It was pretty difficult to get them. This is one of the areas where it would help from the improvement standpoint."
"People coming from RDBMS should have the flexibility to write queries in SQL that can be converted into JSON queries."
"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."
"MongoDB should incorporate more features, particularly search functionality, and real-time communication capabilities, to improve the database and provide data listening services. Currently, we rely on the Atlas offering, but it would be fantastic if MongoDB could develop a new solution or updated version that includes these features within its internal database and driver. However, I am uncertain if this would be a viable or profitable move for them, and I am speaking from a mobile-centric viewpoint."
"MongoDB is a very useful and convenient choice, but sometimes for more complex projects, there are certain niche requirements that appear, so using a different tool could be beneficial. It raises the complexity of the architecture, but it could be beneficial to the world, the features, the ease of the features which are being implemented."
"There is room for improvement in integrating MongoDB with agentive AI solutions."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We use the open-source version, which is available to use free of charge."
"The pricing is normal. Price-wise, the product is not too much expensive."
"MongoDB is an open-source product."
"It's open-source."
"There is an enterprise license and it could be cheaper. We are using the free open source version."
"I only used the open-source version."
"It's a community edition, so we do not pay anything."
"MongoDB's pricing is not reasonable, but it is not as expensive as the others."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
University
14%
Retailer
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
15%
University
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Cloud Bigtable?
Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
What needs improvement with Google Cloud Bigtable?
The lagging problem of the product I face is an area of concern where improvements are required. In general, the performance of the product needs improvement.
What is your primary use case for Google Cloud Bigtable?
When a client gives our organization a project where they need a dashboard for their company, they provide us with some data from their database, which is usually presented in Google Cloud Bigtable...
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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