About
MongoDB is a modern data platform built for developers who need a flexible, scalable database foundation for cloud-native applications. It combines a document database with integrated capabilities for search, vector search, stream processing, analytics, and application services.
The platform is designed to support operational, transactional, analytical, and AI-driven workloads in one environment. MongoDB also offers self-managed deployment options and developer tools for local development, migration, and administration.
- Document database for flexible application data modeling
- Managed cloud deployment on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
- Integrated search, vector search, and stream processing
- Application services for APIs, triggers, functions, and sync
- Self-managed and community deployment options
Free Tier Value
MongoDB Atlas has a free-forever M0 tier at $0/hour with 512 MB storage, shared RAM/shared vCPU, 32 MB sort memory, and up to 100 operations per second. Because the free tier is capped and the next paid option is Flex at $8/month, the conservative recurring free-tier value is $0/month (the free tier does not include paid-plan capacity). Feature parity is partial because the page explicitly positions Free for learning/exploring, while Flex and Dedicated add development/testing and production-oriented capabilities.
What's included in the free tier
- Free-forever MongoDB Atlas M0 cluster for learning and exploring in a cloud environment.
- 512 MB of storage included.
- Shared RAM included.
- Shared vCPU included.
- 32 MB of sort memory included.
- Up to 100 operations per second included.
- Free tier is available at $0/hour.
See MongoDB pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Flex
- storage
- 5 GB
- For application development and testing
- On-demand burst capacity for unpredictable traffic
- Shared RAM
- Shared vCPU
Dedicated
- storage
- 10 GB to 4 TB
- ram
- 2 GB to 768 GB
- vcpu
- 2 vCPUs to 96 vCPUs
- For production applications
- Sophisticated workload requirements
- Dedicated cluster options
- Multi-cloud deployment
Enterprise Advanced
- Self-managed MongoDB deployment
- MongoDB Enterprise Server
- Ops Manager
- Kubernetes Operator
- Enterprise security features
- Business intelligence integration and visualization
- Commercial license
- Consultative support
Pricing extracted from MongoDB's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
