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MongoDB Atlas vs PuppyGraph comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 5, 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

MongoDB Atlas
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (4th), Managed NoSQL Databases (3rd), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (7th), AI Software Development (14th)
PuppyGraph
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
NoSQL Databases (21st)
 

Featured Reviews

Lintz Veloso - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a government with 11-50 employees
Developers have benefited from flexibility and performance but pricing has needed further attention
I am only familiar with databases and applications. I am from the development team and I am a user of database and cloud but I don't know the infrastructure. As a user, I deal with the Oracle Database. I know the organization has a license with the product. We don't utilize real-time analytics with MongoDB Atlas. I don't use MongoDB Atlas directly, so I don't know how it can be improved. I would place MongoDB Atlas at a medium level. I would rate it at a six or seven. I believe MongoDB Atlas can improve a little. My overall review rating for this product is six out of ten.
reviewer2867994 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Virtual graph modeling has accelerated feature selection and now needs a path to a persistent graph
PuppyGraph is a virtual graph and not a real graph data model. However, at some point in time, once we freeze this as the graph and the graph data model, we would like to extend to a proper graph, mainly because some of the attributes in the source will change over a period of time. We would like to maintain the historical data. Therefore, once we build a virtual layer, we need a real concrete graph layer. PuppyGraph has not provided the concrete graph layer or a mechanism by which we can build our own concrete layer on top of the virtual layer. This functionality will be needed if we have to keep the investment on PuppyGraph after we discover what attributes we need. If we need to continue with PuppyGraph, we need a compelling reason. It has to be extended with a real graph database solution. PuppyGraph could be improved because at some point in time, it always connects to the source system, which means that the source system will always be overloaded because it is a virtual graph. At some point in time, we should be able to decide to bring in the data, but PuppyGraph does not have the support for it. It always depends on the source. The source systems are overloaded once we finalize the graph. PuppyGraph does not have a real native engine for a graph. It has to be extended with a native engine for a graph in the future.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"MongoDB Atlas was explicitly designed to support IoT applications. Many databases offer features tailored for IoT use cases."
"The product is user-friendly."
"For security reasons, I prefer MongoDB Atlas. It supports role-based access control, so you have an entity for each individual."
"Administering the solution is easy."
"I would recommend MongoDB Atlas to potential users."
"I rate MongoDB Atlas a nine out of ten."
"The most beneficial MongoDB features for our workload are the ability to scale up and down using automatic sharding and clustering."
"It is nice because our developers create tables whenever they need to sync data."
"PuppyGraph is the best answer."
 

Cons

"One improvement that I would like to see is a feature to export changes made in the environment, such as creating a new user."
"From the scalability point of view, when we shard the database it creates a replica set of each shard and that will increase the cost."
"The biggest challenge we all have is an application layer level. One node is sitting in the APAC region, another node is sitting in the US and UK region. The seamless replication has to be lightning fast, but we haven't tested the scalability yet."
"We need improved query performance."
"I would like a better dashboard. It could be made a bit more user friendly."
"A few areas that we have noticed as being problematic with the MongoDB Atlas include user access to the platform. Currently, it is difficult to restrict and control what actions a user can perform within the solution, which poses a challenge from an internal auditing perspective."
"An area for improvement in MongoDB Atlas is that it does not support individual or personal database backup, though it supports cloud cluster backup."
"When we make transactions, they do not process in real-time and require a refresh."
"PuppyGraph is not a long-term solution as it is a virtual graph. Eventually, after we get the model right, we needed to move to Memgraph, another graph database."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing could always be better."
"The pricing and licensing is great."
"The price of MongoDB Atlas is highly expensive to use and maintain. They are taking advantage of the users with such a high price."
"We pay for the license on a monthly basis. It's not cheap or expensive. For smaller companies, it's definitely expensive."
"The tool is free since it's an open-source product."
"The pricing is acceptable for enterprise tier."
"The pricing is not that expensive, but it can be, especially when we have deployed it across multiple zones."
"The solution is fairly priced."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
11%
Computer Software Company
6%
Construction Company
29%
Insurance Company
25%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise23
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Questions from the Community

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...
What needs improvement with PuppyGraph?
PuppyGraph is a virtual graph and not a real graph data model. However, at some point in time, once we freeze this as the graph and the graph data model, we would like to extend to a proper graph, ...
What is your primary use case for PuppyGraph?
The main use case for PuppyGraph is establishing a graph data model layer on top of our existing systems. We do not want to bring in a new product which is completely graph-oriented, mainly because...
What advice do you have for others considering PuppyGraph?
There are no concrete recommendations. The important thing is that if they have to choose PuppyGraph, they need to have the clarity that PuppyGraph is not a long-term solution. Only if they have a ...
 

Also Known As

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

Wells Fargo, Forbes, Ulta Beauty, Bosch, Sanoma, Current (a Digital Bank), ASAP Log, SBB, Zebra Technologies, Radial, Kovai, Eni, Accuhit, Cognigy, and Payload.
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