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MongoDB
The developer data platform
As of 30 August 2026, MongoDB has a free plan and paid plans start at $9/month. MongoDB is a general purpose, document-based, distributed database built for modern application developers and for the cloud era. Softwr lists it under Technology. MongoDB is made by MongoDB Inc, launched in 2007, available on Web, Self-hosted.
Overview
What MongoDB does
MongoDB is a general purpose, document-based, distributed database built for modern application developers and for the cloud era. It's a NoSQL database that provides high performance, high availability, and easy scalability.
What people use it for
- Mobile applications
- Content management
- Real-time analytics
- IoT applications
- Gaming backends
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about MongoDB.
- 16 MB maximum document size limits large single objects
- No native JOIN support for relational data operations
- Higher memory usage due to storing field names with each document
- Eventual consistency in distributed deployments can cause data stale reads
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What people choose instead of MongoDB
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
- MongoDBvsFirestore
Firestore: Google's serverless document database with real-time sync and Firestore Realtime features
- MongoDBvsCosmosDB
CosmosDB: Microsoft Azure's globally distributed document database with multi-model support
- MongoDBvsCouchbase
Couchbase: Enterprise-grade document NoSQL database, can be self-hosted or cloud-managed
- MongoDBvsCouchDB
CouchDB: Open-source document database with peer-to-peer replication capabilities
Pricing
What MongoDB costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
M0
Free
- 512 MB storage
- Learning and exploration
M2
$9 /mo
- 2 GB storage
- Development and testing
M5
$25 /mo
- 5 GB storage
M10+
$56.94 /mo
- Dedicated clusters for production
Capabilities
Features
Document model
Distributed architecture
ACID transactions
Real-time analytics
Full-text search
Time series data
Geospatial queries
Aggregation framework
Node.js
Integration with Node.js
Python
Integration with Python
Java
Integration with Java
C#
Integration with C#
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Does MongoDB offer a free tier?
Yes. MongoDB Atlas offers an M0 free tier with 512 MB storage for learning and exploration, plus paid options starting at $9/month for M2 with 2 GB storage.
SourceCan I self-host MongoDB?
Yes. You can run MongoDB Community Edition on your own servers, or use MongoDB Enterprise Advanced for self-managed production deployments with enterprise features.
SourceWhat is the maximum document size in MongoDB?
Documents are limited to 16 MB. For documents exceeding this limit, you can use MongoDB's GridFS API to store files larger than the maximum size.
SourceDoes MongoDB support ACID transactions?
Yes. MongoDB supports ACID transactions within a single document by default, and multi-document ACID transactions are available for replica sets and sharded clusters in MongoDB 4.0+.
SourceBehind it
Who makes MongoDB
- Company
- MongoDB Inc
- Based in
- New York, NY
- Founders
- Dwight Merriman, Eliot Horowitz, Kevin Ryan
Timeline
MongoDB over time
- Launch2017-10-19$192m
MongoDB IPO on NASDAQ, raised $192 million
Source - Renamed2013-08-27
10gen officially renamed to MongoDB Inc.
Source - Funding2012-05-29$42m
Series D funding of $42 million led by New Enterprise Associates
Source - Funding2010-12-02$6.5m
Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital
Source - Launch2009-01-01
MongoDB released as open-source
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