Yes, MongoDB has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 512 MB of storage included, 32 MB of sort memory included, and up to 100 operations per second included. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $8.00/mo.
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
This free tier is perpetual, but it is tightly capped: 512 MB of storage, 32 MB of sort memory, and up to 100 operations per second. Compared with the cheapest paid Atlas option, Flex at about $8/month, that makes the free tier worth roughly the full entry price for a very small starter workload, though with much lower capacity and no paid-tier extras.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- 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
- monthly cost
- up to $30/month
- hourly rate
- $0.011/hour
- storage
- 5 GB
- Pay-as-you-go hourly billing
- Suitable for application development and testing
- On-demand burst capacity for unpredictable traffic
- Multi-cloud deployment on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
Dedicated
- monthly starting price
- $56.94/month
- hourly rate
- $0.08/hour
- storage
- 10 GB to 4 TB
- memory
- 2 GB to 768 GB
- vcpus
- 2 to 96
- Production-oriented cluster tier
- Sophisticated workload requirements
- Dedicated resource options
- Multi-cloud deployment on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
Pricing extracted from MongoDB's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is MongoDB free forever?
Yes. MongoDB has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
What happens when you exceed MongoDB's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. MongoDB's cheapest paid plan is Flex at $8 / month.
What is MongoDB's free tier worth?
MongoDB's free tier is worth about $8.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 44/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
