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MongoDB Atlas vs MongoDB Enterprise Advanced comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 31, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
8.0
Users achieved strong ROI from MongoDB Atlas through cost savings, fast performance, and efficient cloud-based data management despite high support costs.
Sentiment score
5.5
ROI from MongoDB Enterprise Advanced varies significantly; some see gains, others don't, with the community version as a cheaper alternative.
Actually, with MongoDB, it's difficult to calculate the return on investment; it's too expensive for our use.
I would say we see value in money and return on investment with MongoDB Enterprise Advanced.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
MongoDB Atlas customer service is praised for knowledgeable premium support, with faster responses in higher-tier plans despite some cost concerns.
Sentiment score
6.2
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced support varies; some praise its responsiveness, while others rely on internal resources or community forums.
I have used them sometimes, even recently, and found the feedback to be spot on our needs.
The features of MongoDB Atlas fall short, resulting in an average rating due to higher-expectation features still lacking in its offerings.
For premium support, I would rate the support of MongoDB Atlas a nine.
We have received fairly good support whenever we reached out to the technical teams; they were prompt.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
MongoDB Atlas effectively scales from gigabytes to terabytes, handling thousands of users, though shard management can be challenging.
Sentiment score
7.6
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is scalable and flexible for large users, but some face cost and configuration challenges.
It's very much scalable, and I would rate scalability a nine.
MongoDB Atlas offers sharding as a scalability feature, although it does not perform as well as Oracle.
In CosmoDB, the scalability is much better than with the MongoDB ReplicaSet models.
MongoDB is highly scalable.
Overall, on a scale of one to ten, I would rate MongoDB an eight; it's mostly because we're still running a monolithic environment on old hardware, so there are some limitations with read-write access.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
MongoDB Atlas is highly reliable, efficiently handling workloads with automatic updates, despite minor interface issues, and is user-trusted.
Sentiment score
7.6
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is stable, reliable, and adaptable, with high ratings despite minor bugs and room for improvement.
When it comes to OLTP transactions, its performance declines.
The stability of the product is very high.
It's pretty much stable; we have not faced any major challenges or difficulties with MongoDB Enterprise Advanced.
 

Room For Improvement

MongoDB Atlas users seek UI improvements, cost reduction, better integration, scalability, and enhanced security, training, APIs, and support.
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced needs better security, integration, documentation, and scalability, while addressing stability, transactions, and TypeScript support issues.
Enhancing capabilities for data pipelines and visualization dashboards.
MongoDB Atlas should support containerization.
While solutions for other databases like SQL or PostgreSQL already exist, MongoDB requires additional integrations for developing AI solutions.
We have not contracted the security options in our contract because they're too expensive; thus, we implement just encrypted databases and not the security pack.
From the AWS standpoint, if robust integration and data warehouse integration specific tools are added in the advanced suite, that would definitely be helpful.
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers find MongoDB Atlas pricing acceptable, yet opinions on cost-effectiveness differ; the free tier enhances its appeal.
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced pricing varies by size, with free Community Edition and budget-friendly cloud options like MongoDB Atlas.
For our service, it was around 300 to 600 euros per month, which was acceptable for our customers.
The price of MongoDB Atlas is reasonable, which is why many organizations, including mine, are opting for it.
We use the free version of MongoDB, so there are no licensing costs.
We have to pay approximately 2,000 euros per month 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.
 

Valuable Features

MongoDB Atlas offers speed, flexibility, easy scalability, and advanced features for efficient data management, enhancing performance and reducing costs.
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced excels in scalability, flexibility, NoSQL capabilities, fast performance, and seamless integration, enhancing data management efficiency.
I find MongoDB Atlas highly scalable and easy to use, with very good support.
It is particularly useful for unstructured and semi-structured data because of its performance in these areas.
The most valuable features of MongoDB Atlas in handling large data volumes include collection size and its NoSQL database capabilities.
It offers flexibility in schema adaptation, allowing us to change the schema and add new data points.
In ReplicaSet, it's acceptable, but if your workload needs more performance, and you must pass to a Sharding model, it becomes complicated in MongoDB; in Cosmos DB, however, it's simple.
MongoDB has definitely helped us improve our network monitoring and reporting dashboard.
 

Categories and Ranking

MongoDB Atlas
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (3rd)
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
82
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (4th), NoSQL Databases (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Managed NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of MongoDB Atlas is 10.5%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is 11.1%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed NoSQL Databases Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
MongoDB Atlas10.5%
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced11.1%
Other78.4%
Managed NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Laksiri Bala - PeerSpot reviewer
Room for improvement in data handling leads to enhanced cost-effective data management performance
It would be beneficial if MongoDB Atlas could better support OLTP aspects and data frames, as well as enhance its capabilities for data pipelines and visualization dashboards. Furthermore, supporting the medallion architecture could be a valuable addition, and incorporating improved spatial and vector handling for geographical data could make it more competitive. Enhancing vector processing for AI capabilities would also be critical.
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…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
University
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise20
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise37
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about MongoDB Atlas?
There are many valuable features, but scalability stands out. It can scale across zones. You can define multiple nodes. They have also partnered with AWS, offering great service with multiple featu...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MongoDB Atlas?
The price of MongoDB Atlas is reasonable, which is why many organizations, including mine, are opting for it.
What needs improvement with MongoDB Atlas?
There is nothing about MongoDB Atlas I would like to improve or any weak points at this time. I have not thought through what other features I would like to see included in future updates. MongoDB ...
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 ...
 

Also Known As

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

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