Our use case for MongoDB Atlas is not an as an RDBMS. It is a NoSQL database which means that it's not like a traditional database such as Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server. It's a NoSQL database, and it is much easier to manage. The scalability is very high, the performance is very high, and the cost is lower as compared to the traditional database for cloud.
The features that I have found most valuable include the very easy integrations. The integrations are fantastic. I have not faced any challenges from the integration standpoint.
In terms of storage, it is pay as you go storage so I'm just paying for the service.
The dashboards are very good, you can customize as per your requirement.
The configuration is so easy. It's very handy and user-friendly. You just need to open the portal page, configure your application, and you are done. 10 minutes are required, that's it.
In terms of what could be improved, I don't think we are in a position to give any kind of recommendation to the MongoDB service provider, because we still are in the evaluation phase. We are not mature. We just have six months of experience, and we have not found any challenges with that service provider where we could recommend that they need to add XYZ for this catalog.
I have been using MongoDB Atlas for the last six months.
We are using the latest version because it's always available since MongoDB is a cloud-based solution.
In terms of stability, stable means that you get the services from the cloud provider. MongoDB Atlas is a cloud service provider, and the stability, availability, and the whole thing is their responsibility. Nothing is connected with you. I'm just paying them to be triple nine availability, five times nine availability, depending on the kind of different plans we have. We take a plan with the cloud service provider and it is their responsibility that the database and services are up and running as per our requirement. We don't manage the database. We just use the database.
In terms of scalability, when you ask for the database, there is no direct user connected to the database. Let's suppose we are going on any kind of e-commerce site, for example you log into amazon.com to procure something. There are millions of users who are connected to the interface. But no one will be able to directly connect with the database. It's not like the users are going to directly connect with the database and see the optimization performance. It is a front end UI which will connect with the database itself.
Any product selection is based on the project's needs. We select the tools and technologies based on the kind of requirements we receive from the customer. So, today we are using MongoDB. Tomorrow we may use another DB, and the day after tomorrow we may use some other Postgres DB. We are not limited with one OEM supplier. We select our solution based on the customer's needs.
As you know, all cloud service providers offer different plans for support. It is up to us to select what plan we need from them. For example, there are entry level plans, mid-level plans, premium plans, golden plans, etc...
If I need to manage something, if I have any problem, and I want a MongoDB consultant to help me online to fix my problem, so I should opt to have a premium plan. Whenever we are stuck with some problem, we raise a ticket to the cloud service provider and we explain to them the problem we are facing. They analyze the problem and they help us in terms of suggestions and recommendation for how they would repair all those things. As far as the support goes, it's good.
The kind of support plan category you opt for from the cloud service provider is only design KPI and actually they provide the support. For example, if I choose the silver level entry plan, then the SLA will be from when I put my question inquiry until they answer it in 24 hours.
You need to understand, that's why I have recently opted for the silver plan. If I opted for the platinum plan, I will be able to get the answer within five minutes of the moment I log my ticket. That is called the platinum service. If I pay as a platinum service, I will get the response in five minutes. But if I get a service with a 24-hour response, that means I understood that I'm okay getting it then because I cannot pay or invest so much money on the support side.
My product selection is based on the customer's requirements. Every project has its own requirements. It's not that I don't like Oracle or the Microsoft SQL Server. But when I choose the database, it's based on the customer's needs only.
It's a software as a service, so you don't do any kind of installation. You just add the services in your application and you are good to go. You just need to buy an account, that's it.
You don't know where this database is being deployed and you don't know where the storage is. When we are working on the cloud, we don't know where exactly the service provider is storing the data. The only agreement we have with the service provider is for the security, the reliability, and the availability of our data, and that's it. But whatever is inside the data, that is our responsibility.
If you understand cloud computing, there is nothing called licensing. They call it a service - we are getting software as a service. We are not getting any licenses for that. If you need a service today, you use that service today, and if you don't require it tomorrow, you will discontinue with it. So you will not incur any costs from the licensing side. You will just pay as you go, that's it.
I would recommend MongoDB Atlas to be used by other people, because this is the current technology which everyone should use.
I am still new with it, but since I mentioned that I'm using this product for only the last six months and my experience with this product is good thus far, on a scale of one to ten, I would give MongoDB Atlas a six.
