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The slickest MongoDB provider
Updated March 06, 2019

The slickest MongoDB provider

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cloud Databases (formerly Compose)

We use it to easily manage our Mongo hosting and navigate through data. It is primarily used by our development department. When customer service issues can not be addressed through our admin interfaces, we use Compose to easily change or add data. Compose also provides a solution that bills simply and offers Mongo hosting with limited set up.
  • User interface is excellent
  • Fast to use
  • Easy to set up and connect to other tools such as Heroku
  • Newer MongoDB versions
  • Easier migration options
  • Free tier or smaller tiers
  • Makes setting up a DB take seconds saving time and money
  • More expensive than competitors
  • Allows to not set up an admin panel on certain websites because of ease of use
Compose has the best interface for viewing data. Others have better pricing. Atlas has best metrics.
It’s great for medium sized projects. It can get too expensive for large projects or tiny projects.

IBM Cloud Databases Feature Ratings

Database-as-a-Service
9.0
Automatic software patching
7
Database scalability
10
Automated backups
10
Database security provisions
10
Monitoring and metrics
7
Automatic host deployment
10

Evaluating IBM Cloud Databases (formerly Compose) and Competitors

  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Prior Experience with the Product
  • Vendor Reputation
I wanted to have an easily accessible interface and it needed to be easy to browse documents from within the web application. I often work on different computers, so setting up a custom environment to access my database was inconvenient. With compose, I could easily access the database from anywhere and perform customer service tasks at a moment's notice.
I would check around a little bit more to evaluate other platforms that have friendly graphical user interfaces that perhaps are more economical. Compose does not offer a free trial, so I didn't get the chance to test things out in a sandbox environment before committing. In the future, I would test out a few more options that offer free tiers.