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MongoDB Atlas pros and cons

Vendor: MongoDB
4.2 out of 5
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PROS

MongoDB Atlas offers high availability and zero maintenance due to its cloud-based nature, providing flexibility and scalability.
It is a platform as a service with a self-managing nature, minimizing time and effort for management while being a comprehensive option.
Its schemaless architecture and dynamic structures are highly valued features that facilitate quick project initiations and ease of data management.
MongoDB Atlas efficiently handles scalability across zones, allowing easy setup and storage of large amounts of unstructured data with seamless auto-scaling.
The platform is tailored for specific IoT use cases and offers role-based access control for enhanced security, making it a preferred choice for many organizations.

CONS

The cost of MongoDB Atlas is considered expensive, and there are requests for price reduction.
Technical support is in need of improvement in terms of knowledge.
MongoDB Atlas faces challenges with query performance and should enhance it.
There is a call for better integration capabilities with other products and services.
Scaling issues have been noted, with suggestions to improve scalability, especially in application layers spanning multiple regions.
 

MongoDB Atlas Pros review quotes

DB
Senior Application Developer at Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
Dec 5, 2018
Our databases used to be in-house. Now, they are in the cloud with MongoDB and everything is much easier.
RG
Senior QA Engineer at SendGrid
Dec 9, 2018
As a tester, it was easy to validate data, access data, make active run queries against it, and retrieve data from it.
Engineerd5da - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 11, 2018
It enables us to get work done quickly and get to our data.
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AR
Technical Director for Innovation Lab at Smile
Dec 11, 2018
You can start quickly on projects which allow you to store many things.
Informatfadc - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Risk Officer at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 11, 2018
Scalability is its most valuable feature, as it is pretty simple.
GR
Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 11, 2018
Its most valuable features are high availability and zero maintenance.
SeniorDea71f - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior DevOps Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 11, 2018
It has a flexible integration with our easy API.
PM
Senior Software Engineer at Axcess Financial
Dec 11, 2018
It is nice because our developers create tables whenever they need to sync data.
reviewer1383255 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Manager - IT Services at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 25, 2020
The features that I have found most valuable include the very easy integrations. The integrations are fantastic. I have not faced any challenges from the integration standpoint.
Waris - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Jan 27, 2021
The most valuable feature is the schemaless architecture.
 

MongoDB Atlas Cons review quotes

DB
Senior Application Developer at Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
Dec 5, 2018
I would like a better dashboard. It could be made a bit more user friendly.
RG
Senior QA Engineer at SendGrid
Dec 9, 2018
The UI application for MongoDB crashes a lot, so we would have to use a third-party plugin to make it work.
Engineerd5da - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 11, 2018
The import and export process needs improvement, i.e., getting in and out. Moving data from other databases into MongoDB, along with indexing, was challenging.
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AR
Technical Director for Innovation Lab at Smile
Dec 11, 2018
I would like a more comprehensive dashboard.
Informatfadc - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Risk Officer at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 11, 2018
The cost needs improvement.
GR
Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 11, 2018
The cost needs improvement. The product is good, but the cost that we paid for it is expensive, so it wasn't that valuable.
SeniorDea71f - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior DevOps Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 11, 2018
During the configuration, we did some migrations where we had to reindex about 70,000 indexes, which took around an hour. They should improve this and optimize the indexing.
PM
Senior Software Engineer at Axcess Financial
Dec 11, 2018
We had some bad trainers when we first came onboard and would rate them fairly low. They did not seem staffed properly to fulfill the training services that they offered.
reviewer1383255 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Manager - IT Services at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 25, 2020
I am still new with it, but since I mentioned that I'm using this product for only the last six months and my experience with this product is good thus far, on a scale of one to ten, I would give MongoDB Atlas a six.
Waris - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Jan 27, 2021
The replica side, like the venue, can be improved.