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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM watsonx.data

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AWatsonx.data is presented as an open, hybrid and governed data store that makes it possible for enterprises to scale analytics and AI with a fit-for-purpose data store, built on an open lakehouse architecture, supported by querying, governance and open data formats to access and share data.N/A

    MongoDB Atlas

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AMongoDB 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
    IBM watsonx.dataMongoDB 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
    IBM watsonx.dataMongoDB Atlas
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM watsonx.dataMongoDB Atlas
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    MongoDB
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    34 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    30 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    35 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    23 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    IBM watsonx.dataMongoDB Atlas
    Database-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of IBM watsonx.data and MongoDB Atlas
    Feature
    IBM watsonx.data
    -
    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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    IBM watsonx.dataMongoDB Atlas
    Small Businesses
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    Google BigQuery
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Azure Database
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Google Cloud SQL
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM watsonx.dataMongoDB Atlas
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (34 ratings)
    8.3
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM watsonx.dataMongoDB Atlas
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Real-time transaction processing (both reads and writes) is where DataStax Enterprise shines. It's very fast with linear scalability should more resources be needed. Additional nodes are added very easily. DataStax Enterprise on its own (without Solr or Spark enabled) isn't well suited for long complicated reports. The data model doesn't support joining multiple tables together which is common in BI reporting.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Datastax Cassandra provides high availability and good performance for a database. It is built on top of open source Apache Cassandra so you can always somewhat understand the internal functioning and why.
    • Datastax Cassandra is fairly simple to start using, you can install/setup your cluster and be productive in 1 day.
    • Datastax Cassandra provides a lot of good detailed documentation, and when starting, the detailed free videos on the Datastax site and documentation are very helpful.
    • Datastax Enterprise Edition of Cassandra provides more tools, good support, and quick response SLA for enterprise business support.
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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
    IBM
    • Interface do need some improvement to be more intuitive for analysts like me.
    • Configuring multiple data sources can require support, as it isn't easy for new users. So, it can be made easier.
    • Additional ETL features can be added, so users don't have to switch between tools.
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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
    IBM
    As an open source technology Cassandra can be readily used with or without any commercial support. DataStax provides value-added services and features, and in the end it is up to individual situations to strike a balance between the desirability of such support/service versus the associated cost.
    Incentivized
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    MongoDB
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    IBM
    DataStax has a good community built around it and has amazing scalability options. Though the initial setup is a bit costly, in the long run, it makes up for it. It also has powerful monitoring tools and a clean UI.
    Incentivized
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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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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    good recovery features
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    MongoDB
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    IBM
    scalable product
    Incentivized
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    MongoDB
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    IBM
    We have had a few situations where we caused an outage or something has gone wrong and we are able to get a support person to offer live help within minutes. The escalation process is excellent - the best I've seen - and the support team is incredibly strong. Outside of emergencies, the team is very helpful with general questions and working through data model exercises and the subscription I believe still comes with some hours to help get the data model reviewed.
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    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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    Online Training
    IBM
    easy to follow documentation, support is there when needed
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    MongoDB
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    use saas service
    Incentivized
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    MongoDB
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Claude is better for troubleshooting actual OPS/REXX but that's not an IBM product so I understand why IBM watsonx.data isn't great for that, but if IBM watsonx.data did help with code then it would be the only product that I use.
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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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    Scalability
    IBM
    cognos integration works great
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    MongoDB
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • for one automation project, we managed to cut cloud storage costs by a third through IBM watsonx.data's lakehouse optimization
    • data integration projects have had a 20 % reduction in turnaround times. Can only imagine how that will improve with the Claude partnership
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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