Google Cloud Datastore vs. MongoDB Atlas

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Cloud Datastore
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Google Cloud Datastore is a NoSQL "schemaless" database as a service, supporting diverse data types. The database is managed; Google manages sharding and replication and prices according to storage and activity.N/A
MongoDB Atlas
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
MongoDB Atlas is the company's automated managed cloud service, supplying automated deployment, provisioning and patching, and other features supporting database monitoring and optimization.
$57
per month
Pricing
Google Cloud DatastoreMongoDB Atlas
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Dedicated Clusters
$57
per month
Dedicated Multi-Reigon Clusters
$95
per month
Shared Clusters
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google Cloud DatastoreMongoDB Atlas
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Google Cloud DatastoreMongoDB Atlas
Considered Both Products
Google Cloud Datastore
Chose Google Cloud Datastore
We selected Google Cloud Datastore as one of our candidates for our NoSQL data is because it is provided by Google Cloud, which fits our needs. Most of our infrastructure is on Google Cloud, so when we think about the NoSQL database, the first thing we thought about is Google …
MongoDB Atlas
Chose MongoDB Atlas
In general, they all compete against each other, and each solution has its own advantages and disadvantages. While MongoDB Atlas was the way to go for some cases, however, other databases were more fit for some services that MongoDB Atlas, especially if they were managed by us, …
Chose MongoDB Atlas
MongoDB Atlas has an excellent rating out there in the market. They have a great supporting team as well. When we have questions about technical stuff, they respond fast. The performance of MongoDB Atlas is the key factor that we choose to use. Because it has such an easy way …
Features
Google Cloud DatastoreMongoDB Atlas
NoSQL Databases
Comparison of NoSQL Databases features of Product A and Product B
Google Cloud Datastore
8.4
3 Ratings
2% below category average
MongoDB Atlas
-
Ratings
Performance10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Concurrency9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Security9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Scalability10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Data model flexibility4.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Deployment model flexibility9.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Database-as-a-Service
Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Google Cloud Datastore
-
Ratings
MongoDB Atlas
8.9
6 Ratings
5% above category average
Automatic software patching00 Ratings9.16 Ratings
Database scalability00 Ratings9.96 Ratings
Automated backups00 Ratings9.96 Ratings
Database security provisions00 Ratings9.16 Ratings
Monitoring and metrics00 Ratings6.56 Ratings
Automatic host deployment00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
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Google Cloud DatastoreMongoDB Atlas
Small Businesses
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Score 7.4 out of 10
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Score 7.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 7.4 out of 10
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Score 7.4 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 7.4 out of 10
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Score 7.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google Cloud DatastoreMongoDB Atlas
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(3 ratings)
8.3
(6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google Cloud DatastoreMongoDB Atlas
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
I feel like Google Cloud Datastore is well suited when the data models are simple and the possible filtering and sorting operation are not complex. With more complex filtering, the amount of required indexes increase, and so does the costs.
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MongoDB
It is good if you: 1. Have unstructured data that you need to save (since it is NoSQL DB) 2. You don't have time or knowledge to setup the MongoDB Atlas, the managed service is the way to go (Atlas) 3. If you need a multi regional DB across the world
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Pros
Google
  • It is hosted in GCP, our primary cloud provider.
  • It integrates with all the services we use in GCP.
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MongoDB
  • Generous free and trial plan for evaluation or test purposes.
  • New versions of MongoDB are able to be deployed with Atlas as soon as they're released—deploying recent versions to other services can be difficult or risky.
  • As the key supporters of the open source MongoDB project, the service runs in a highly optimized and performant manner, making it much easier than having to do the work internally.
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Cons
Google
  • Part of the Google Cloud Platform walled garden.
  • Pay for read/writes to the datastore, in addition to storage.
  • Not many libraries exist.
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MongoDB
  • For someone new, it could be challenging using MongoDB Atlas. Some official video tutorials could help a lot
  • Pricing calculation is sometimes misleading and unpredictable, maybe better variables could be used to provide better insights about the cost
  • Since it is a managed service, we have limited control over the instances and some issues we faced we couldn't;'t know about without reaching out to the support and got fixed from their end. So more control over the instance might help
  • The way of managing users and access is somehow confusing. Maybe it could be placed somewhere easy to access
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
I give Google Cloud a full score because it satisfies our needs so well. We host most of our infrastructure on Google Cloud and using Google Cloud Datastore helps us to solve our NoSQL storage problem. and Google Cloud Datastore is so scalable and elastic. It saves us lots of time to maintain and saves us money.
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MongoDB
No answers on this topic
Usability
Google
The simple implementation, together with the Google Cloud dashboard that allows data inspection, editing and querying, makes Google Cloud Datastore a comprehensive choice when it comes to NoSQL databases.
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MongoDB
I would give it 8. Good stuff: 1. Easy to use in terms of creating cluster, integrating with Databases, setting up backups and high availability instance, using the monitors they provide to check cluster status, managing users at company level, configure multiple replicas and cross region databases. Things hard to use: 1. roles and permissions at DB level. 2. Calculate expected costs
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Support Rating
Google
No answers on this topic
MongoDB
We love MongoDB support and have great relationship with them. When we decided to go with MongoDB Atlas, they sent a team of 5 to our company to discuss the process of setting up a Mongo cluster and walked us through. when we have questions, we create a ticket and they will respond very quickly
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Alternatives Considered
Google
If deploying an application in Google Cloud Platform, using Google Cloud Datastore is a no brainer because of the simplicity of setup. Other options would require more setup and configuration, and do not come with the same level of guaranteed uptime as Google Cloud Datastore. In our case, we've been using Google Cloud Datastore for 4 years without any issues and have never had to think about it.
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MongoDB
MongoDB is a great product but on premise deployments can be slow. So we turned to Atlas. We also looked at Redis Labs and we use Redis as our side cache for app servers. But we love using MongoDB Atlas for cloud deployments, especially for prototyping because we can get started immediately. And the cost is low and easy to justify.
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Return on Investment
Google
  • It solves our NoSQL database problem.
  • It it highly scalable and available to meets our needs.
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MongoDB
  • Positive - Faster provisioning so we don't have development teams waiting.
  • Positive - Automated backups and server management - eliminates need for dedicated DBAs.
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