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Score 8.1 out of 10

Based on 3 reviews and ratings

Score 8.2 out of 10

Based on 242 reviews and ratings

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Feature Rating Comparison

Apache Drill

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MongoDB

8.7

Performance

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9.0

Availability

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8.9

Concurrency

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8.2

Security

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8.2

Scalability

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8.7

Data model flexibility

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9.1

Deployment model flexibility

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8.8

Pros

queries multiple data sources with ease.
supports sql, so non technical users who know sql, can run query sets
3rd party tools, like tableau, zoom data and looker were able to connect with no issues

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Data Loard

Envisagenics, Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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Easy to learn. When I picked up MongoDB for the first time, I had little background in database management or modeling. If you have a background in javascript (and JSON)... then you can figure out how to use MongoDB pretty fast.
Fast performance.
It's relatively easy to set up in certain environments because there are lots of ready-made solutions out there.
There's a lot of support in the existing ecosystem for it —, especially in the node.js realm.
Query syntax is pretty simple to grasp and utilize.
Aggregate functions are powerful.
Scaling options.
Documentation is quite good and versioned for each release.

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Developer

By the Book, Inc (Software For Churches/NonProfits)Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees

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Cons

deployment. Not as easy
configuration isn't as straight forward, especially with the documentation
Garbage collection could be improved upon

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Data Loard

Envisagenics, Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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An aggregate pipeline can be a bit overwhelming as a newcomer.
There's still no real concept of joins with references/foreign keys, although the aggregate framework has a feature that is close.
Database management/dev ops can still be time-consuming if rolling your own deployments. (Thankfully there are plenty of providers like Compose or even MongoDB's own Atlas that helps take care of the nitty-gritty.

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Developer

By the Book, Inc (Software For Churches/NonProfits)Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Apache Drill7.0

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if Presto comes up with more support (ie hbase, s3), then its strongly possible that we'll move from apache drill to prestoDB. However, Apache drill needs more configuration ease, especially when it comes to garbage collection tuning. If apache drill could support also sparkSQL and Flume, then it does change drill into being something more valuable than prestoDB

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Data Loard

Envisagenics, Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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MongoDB8.7

Based on 48 answers

We are committed to MongoDB as a platform and have built a strong relationship with them.

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Senior Leader

GHXHospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees

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Usability

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MongoDB8.0

Based on 3 answers

I'm not a database expert by any means. But MongoDB has helped lower the barrier to entry in the world of full stack development. It has an expressive and easy to understand syntax and API. Additionally, their documentation is really quite detailed and easy to follow. Anyone with javascript experience should be able to work with it.

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Developer

By the Book, Inc (Software For Churches/NonProfits)Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees

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Support

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MongoDB8.0

Based on 2 answers

I never had problems with the application. It complies with all the characteristics that the company specifies with this product.

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Fernando Malave

User support technician

IBMComputer Software, 10,001+ employees

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Implementation

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MongoDB8.4

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While the setup and configuration of MongoDB is pretty straight forward, having a vendor that performs automatic backups and scales the cluster automatically is very convenient. If you do not have a system administrator or DBA familiar with MongoDB on hand, it's a very good idea to use a 3rd party vendor that specializes in MongoDB hosting. The value is very well worth it over hosting it yourself since the cost is often reasonable among providers.

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Sr. Platform Developer / UX Designer / Optimization Engineer

FunnelEnvyMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

compared to presto, has more support than prestodb.Impala has limitations to what drill can supportapache phoenix only supports for hbase. no support for cassandra. Apache drill was chosen, because of the multiple data stores that it supports htat the other 3 do not support. Presto does not support hbase as of yet. Impala does not support query to cassandra

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Data Loard

Envisagenics, Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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MongoDB is the best NoSQL database out there. There are others, but Mongo has the largest community, is very easy to set up, and is extremely performant. Compared to a relational DB (like MySQL or Postgres) is like comparing apples and oranges. One isn't better or worse than the other. It more depends on the particular data you are working with and what you need to do with that data. That will determine which option to go with.

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Gabriel Samaroo

Senior Software Engineer

RocketripComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Configuration has taken some serious time out.
Garbage collection tuning. is a constant hassle. time and effort applied to it, vs dedicating resources elsewhere.
w/ sql support, reduces the need of devs to generate the resultset for analysts, when they can run queries themselves (if they know sql).

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Data Loard

Envisagenics, Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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Data schemas make bringing data to the front end easy
Minimal development time needed to get this running
Different mindset needed if coming from a SQL background

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Lead Developer

RentMindMeInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

Apache Drill

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Additional Pricing Details

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MongoDB

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Additional Pricing Details

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