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MongoDB Enterprise Advanced vs ScyllaDB 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:
 

Categories and Ranking

MongoDB Enterprise Advanced
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
81
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (5th), Managed NoSQL Databases (5th)
ScyllaDB
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is 16.7%, down from 24.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ScyllaDB is 9.0%, down from 10.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
NoSQL Databases Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced16.7%
ScyllaDB9.0%
Other74.3%
NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

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…
Uttam Giri - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers encryption and supports APIs, making it great for distributed systems
The best features of ScyllaDB are how it synchronizes data and its failover system. There's a unique formula to decide the number of nodes you need and the minimum required, which I find helpful. It also offers encryption and supports APIs, making it great for distributed systems and scaling databases across different regions. While it's easy to use, having prior experience helps configure it properly. There are many configurations; if you don't understand them, you might mess up the design. So, understanding your system's needs, like whether it requires more read or write operations, is crucial for setting up the correct configuration.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The aggregation framework is very powerful when elaborating on data."
"The community is great if you have problem."
"It's easy to add and remove things in MongoDB. You can alter the tables. MongoDB is faster at reading, slower at writings."
"It is easy to set up."
"We've found the product to be scalable."
"MongoDB is extremely developer-friendly because when you are starting, there is very little time needed upfront in terms of planning."
"The most valuable feature of MongoDB is the NoSQL database. In a SQL database, we need to join data together with a unique ID amongst other things, but in MongoDB, it's not required. We can directly receive all the information. The performance is very good. Additionally, they have frequent updates."
"MongoDB's approach to handling data in documents rather than traditional tables has been particularly beneficial."
"The documentation is good. It integrates easily with our existing data infrastructure."
"ScyllaDB is fast and reliable. It has good performance."
"The performance and scalability are good, and we hardly see any major issues with ScyllaDB."
"I like how fast it is to query data from the ScyllaDB node!"
"The product's most valuable features are efficiency and reliability."
"The performance aspects of Scylla are good, as always... A good point about Scylla is that it can be used extensively."
"Firstly, if I update something, it's most likely to finish within milliseconds."
"ScyllaDB is very fast, and I can use it for so many things."
 

Cons

"Lacks sufficient scalability and elasticity."
"I rate the support from MongoDB a four out of five."
"The performance can be improved."
"MongoDB should improve its data loading part."
"We'd like information about client onboarding experience and success stories. It would help to have something to show to internal stakeholders."
"At the start, connecting to the database via Compass or through a direct ID was a challenge."
"There is a need for improvement in MongoDB's customer support."
"It isn't easy to recognize entities with MongoDB."
"From a sales pitch standpoint, it needs to deliver on promises of better ROI and compaction."
"Data export, along with how we can purchase the data periodically, needs to be improved so that the storage is within control. Then, we could optimize it even better."
"ScyllaDB needs to improve its handling of transactions."
"The product needs to add more features and improve the response time of the support team."
"The documentation of Scylla is an area with shortcomings and needs to be improved."
"The documentation is not well established for new developers."
"Some of the regular commands in NoSQL do not work."
"If you don't have the best computing resources, then it's not easy to set up. In such cases, we have to run ScyllaDB in developer mode."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I currently use the solution's community edition which is free."
"At the moment, all customers are using the community version."
"MongoDB is not expensive."
"The pricing is favorable if you opt to install MongoDB on an Amazon EC2 instance as you won't have to pay for the extra Atlas services and can instead manage the scaling yourself. This allows for a cost-effective solution and using MongoDB on a small scale, I have been able to utilize it for free."
"We use the open-source version, which is available to use free of charge."
"MongoDB's pricing is not reasonable, but it is not as expensive as the others."
"MongoDB's pricing is reasonable."
"I believe that MongoDB is free."
"I believe that there is a yearly licensing cost and that it's expensive."
"The paid version of ScyllaDB is not that expensive. The main advantage of the paid version is direct support from the ScyllaDB team, which can resolve issues faster—typically within a day, compared to two to three days with the free version. The paid version also offers better guidance and support, while the free version has good documentation and is more high-level. I’d rate their support team nine out of ten because of the quick responses from their community."
"It's free."
"It's a bit expensive."
"It is an expensive tool compared to its competitor."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
11%
University
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business35
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise37
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

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 pay approximately 2,000 euros per month for MongoDB.
What needs improvement with MongoDB?
I'm not sure about the documentation or the knowledge bases available for MongoDB because I don't interact with it at that level, but I would say it's minimal and could be improved. I am not experi...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Scylla?
The enterprise version comes with a cost of about $300,000 per year, however, we did not experience the promised compaction benefits.
What needs improvement with Scylla?
From a sales pitch standpoint, it needs to deliver on promises of better ROI and compaction. Additionally, ticketing and support systems could be improved due to the time it takes to get answers. T...
What is your primary use case for Scylla?
We dump a lot of our data, such as every entry created with respect to when a user rides a scooter, every record gets updated to ScyllaDB. It is used as a single source of truth and it manages mass...
 

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Sample Customers

Facebook, MetLife, City of Chicago, Expedia, eBay, Google
IBM, Investing.com, mParticle, Comcast, GE, Fanatics, Ola, CERN, adgear, Samsung
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