IBM Cloud Databases vs. MongoDB

IBM Cloud Databases

233 Reviews and Ratings

MongoDB

437 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IBM Cloud Databases	Score8.6 out of 10	N/A	IBM Cloud Databases are open source data stores for enterprise application development. Built on a Kubernetes foundation, they offer a database platform for serverless applications. They are designed to scale storage and compute resources seamlessly without being constrained by the limits of a single server. Natively integrated and available in the IBM Cloud console, these databases are now available through a consistent consumption, pricing, and interaction model. They aim to provide a cohesive…	N/A
MongoDB	Score8.5 out of 10	N/A	MongoDB is an open source document-oriented database system. It is part of the NoSQL family of database systems. Instead of storing data in tables as is done in a "classical" relational database, MongoDB stores structured data as JSON-like documents with dynamic schemas (MongoDB calls the format BSON), making the integration of data in certain types of applications easier and faster.	$0.10 million reads

Pricing

IBM Cloud Databases

MongoDB

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Shared: $0
per month
Serverless: $0.10million reads
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Dedicated: $57
per month

Pricing Offerings
IBM Cloud Databases	MongoDB
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Fully managed, global cloud database on AWS, Azure, and GCP

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	IBM Cloud Databases	MongoDB
Considered Both Products	IBM Dominik Hurnaus Team Lead Backend-Services and Web in Information Technology at Tractive (Consumer Electronics, 11-50 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases We previously hosted our own Redis and RabbitMQ cluster. Before switching to IBM Compose we evaluated Redis Lab, Scalegrid, AWS ElastiCache, CloudAMQP and others. We still host our core database (MongoDB) ourselves. Incentivized Helpful? Carlo Quiñonez Director of Research in Research & Development at FATHOM oakland\|seattle (Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 51-200 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases MongoDB is the primary db we use, and Meteor is the primary application framework. Configuring MongoDB to fully support Meteor oplog tailing is a challenge - and when we started looking, Compose was those only MongoDB provider that had turnkey support for Meteor. Since we wanted … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Cloud Databases I tried MLab and was not a fan of how the UI worked on their control panel. It felt outdated and cumbersome. They offered less backup solutions for the price point as well. In fact, you had to contact them with a ticket if you wanted access to a daily backup. Anything over that … Incentivized Helpful? Leo van Snippenburg Owner, CTO in Information Technology at Editoo BV (Publishing, 11-50 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases We use Amazon's RDS (MySQL database), Redislabs (Redis) and also MongoDB's Atlas. They all have their own advantages and disadvantages. For us, MongoDB's Atlas and Compose are obviously similar services. For now, we use Atlas to try new things (since they run the latest stable … Incentivized Helpful? Sagiv Frankel Freelance Web Developer in Engineering at Seebo (Internet, 1-10 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases UI/UX was much better with ibm compose. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Cloud Databases While at the time, Amazon RDS did/does not create Mongo databases, I was able to set up many with PostgreSQL databases with the same ease as IBM Compose. However, IBM compose does seem to offer a more intuitive application control panel. Amazon RDS costs run on a server … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Cloud Databases We selected Compose because we initially thought that they would provide great support, and that they would bring encryption at rest within months. That has not materialized yet. We also thought that the cost, while far from being the lowest, was reasonable. Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Raines Backend Software Engineer in Information Technology at 10 Digital Media Limited (Sports, 1-10 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases We use Amazon Aurora as our primary datastore and use IBM Compose Mongo as an alternative only when Aurora does not cover the use case well. Amazon DynamoDB looks good but doesn't have the same wealth of libraries and support which makes MongoDB easy to use and therefore was … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Cloud Databases We have one instance of mLab that has been equally easy to scale as Compose, but with the added benefit of extensive logging and performance monitoring tools, including an index suggester. All modern cloud db providers seem to offer more of this type of functionality at this … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Cloud Databases Compose has great scalability and had a good price when we decided to launch our product. Incentivized Helpful? Joshua Dickson Founder & CEO in Engineering at Syrah (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases We evaluated several DBaaS providers, the thing that won out for Compose was its GUI which makes working with the database very easy. Incentivized Helpful? Rogério Rodrigues Líder de Projetos in Information Technology at 2PC (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 201-500 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases I use Watson's cognitive services. I had no IBM database IBM before. Incentivized Helpful? Tyler Johnson Senior Software Architect in Engineering at Beneath The Ink (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases Other options are lower priced, however IBM Compose has by far the best interface for managing and editing data within the database. It also has many forms of databases for us to deploy, beyond what we are currently using. So, in the event we need to add other services, we can … Incentivized Helpful? Andrea Ciotti Software IT Architect in Information Technology at Nanosystems SRL (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases IBM Compose pricing is far more clear than Azure and Amazon. The web user interface is also very clear and simple. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Cloud Databases We initially selected IBM Compose because it was easy to use and cost-effective. We switched to mLab when we need to scale and have dedicated clusters. Incentivized Helpful? Daniel Bruce Co Founder in Engineering at Albert - Business Finances (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases It feels very similar but Compose was there first. I haven't used MongoDB Atlas in anger yet but it does seem to be more comprehensive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Cloud Databases All our databases are hosted on Compose. We haven't seen a reason to switch providers, however, we have compared with some others and Compose seems to be the best from a cost and reliability standpoint. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Cloud Databases Mongo Atlas - at the moment it looks better. It has 3.6 (Compose stuck at 3.4). Lower pricing (it seems). AWS Dynamo DB etc - I decided rather quickly not to use this, mostly for lack of adequate documentation. Incentivized Helpful? Guillermo Alvarado Mejía Co-Founder & CTO in Engineering at Sentinel.la (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases Supported by IBM Clean and better UI experience Supports Digital Ocean Incentivized Helpful? Gennady Borukhovich CTO & Co-Founder in Engineering at FarFaria (Internet, 1-10 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases It has been a very long time, but at the time, Compose's customer support was incredible compared to MongoLab. Incentivized Helpful? Justin Reynard Owner/CTO in Engineering at Secret Cow Level, Inc (Entertainment, 1-10 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases Compose has a better web interface which is why I originally chose them. But now, I'm glad they also offer Redis and other DB's I need for my stack. Incentivized Helpful? Kevin Newman Developer in Engineering at Self Employed (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases We had used mlab at one point but found it less reliable than compose.io. Really, we wanted a strong foundation to start from day one and figured a produced backed by IBM would be the way to go. We are still a small startup and don't have a ton of resource to mess around with … Incentivized Helpful? William Pigeon Co-Founder and CTO in Information Technology at Tablet Command (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose IBM Cloud Databases I love IBM compose for its simplicity, reliability, scalability, and price. I am uncertain on how the infrastructure is deployed and fault tolerance as we rarely need this. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Cloud Databases We moved off of Compose as quickly as possible. We picked Compose at first to make an MVP while not having to worry about managing a database. Compose pricing is unviably expensive compared to other companies and is very limited in features. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Cloud Databases Compose has the best interface for viewing data. Others have better pricing. Atlas has best metrics. Incentivized Helpful?	MongoDB No answer on this topic
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Features

IBM Cloud Databases

MongoDB

Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of IBM Cloud Databases and MongoDB
Feature	IBM Cloud Databases 7.0 93 Ratings	MongoDB - Ratings
Automatic software patching	8.577 Ratings	00 Ratings
Database scalability	8.587 Ratings	00 Ratings
Automated backups	6.890 Ratings	00 Ratings
Database security provisions	8.783 Ratings	00 Ratings
Monitoring and metrics	4.287 Ratings	00 Ratings
Automatic host deployment	5.269 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of NoSQL Databases features of IBM Cloud Databases and MongoDB
Feature	IBM Cloud Databases - Ratings	MongoDB 10.0 39 Ratings
Performance	00 Ratings	10.039 Ratings
Availability	00 Ratings	10.039 Ratings
Concurrency	00 Ratings	10.039 Ratings
Security	00 Ratings	10.039 Ratings
Scalability	00 Ratings	10.039 Ratings
Data model flexibility	00 Ratings	10.039 Ratings
Deployment model flexibility	00 Ratings	10.038 Ratings

User Ratings
	IBM Cloud Databases	MongoDB
Likelihood to Recommend	8.1 (95 ratings)	10.0 (79 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.0 (7 ratings)	10.0 (67 ratings)
Usability	7.0 (6 ratings)	10.0 (15 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	1.0 (10 ratings)	9.6 (13 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.4 (2 ratings)