Item: MongoDB Atlas
Rating: 10
Author: Nir Levy

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using MongoDB as a database for one of our applications, and MongoDB Atlas as the managed hosting for the database. Atlas is used for both development and production workloads and allows us to have a managed service with load-balancing, backup and recovery, and performance optimization. We have multiple databases running on the system serving multiple applications.

Pros and Cons

Managed Database Hosting
Backup and Recovery
Perfomance Monitoring
Scaling and Load Balancing

Pricing for small instances could be cheaper
Allow downscaling of existing instances

Return on Investment

Improved our maintainability
Reduced daily work compared to self-hosted solutions
Reasonable pricing compared to value

Alternatives Considered

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

Both AWS RDS and MongoDB Atlas provide a state-of-the-art managed database hosting service, with the difference being the type of databases they support. AWS RDS does not support MongoDB engine and Atlas only supports MongoDB. So I consider them complimentary services and we are using both.

Key Insights

Do you think MongoDB Atlas delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with MongoDB Atlas's feature set?

Yes

Did MongoDB Atlas live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of MongoDB Atlas go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy MongoDB Atlas again?

Yes

Other Software Used

MongoDB, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), SingleStore

Likelihood to Recommend

We are very happy with MongoDB Atlas as our managed database hosting provider. I would recommend it if you need an AWS/GCP based database instance without needing to worry about installation, maintenance, and backup. I am also very pleased with its scalability and performance optimization tools.

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Overall Satisfaction with MongoDB Atlas