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Overview

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MongoDB is a database management software that is designed for organizations in several industry segments, including media, healthcare, retail, hospitality, energy, and public services. It helps developers build applications and utilize the built-in tools to visualize, manipulate, and analyze data.

Write, beautify, analyze, and refactor your SQL code easily, and boost your productivity dramatically with the features included in SQL Complete.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

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Pricing

Starting from

57

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

129.95

/user

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.7

459

5

4

3

2

1

307

147

4

1

0

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  • Features
  • Customer support
99%
would recommend this app

4.7

52

5

4

3

2

1

40

9

3

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
94%
would recommend this app

Pros

I knew nothing about the Nosql, until I started with Mongodb, what I like the most about mongdb is the ease of use and the excellent customer support.
It is much perfect when we are integrating it with JavaScript backend. I recommend using MongoDB for all the web developers as it provides great developer experience.
Speed and scalability are better than other databases like MySQL. It is most suitable for the non-relational database.

Pros

It has been great, I would highly recommend to anyone wanting a great all around SQL bolton tool.
Automatic Joins for ON clause. If you use recommended naming convention for your SQL Server tables, SQL Complete is awesome.
It has a lot of good features that helps the development.

Cons

There are no functions available for Transaction. MongoDB's documentation is much confusing to the users.
It took me some time to get used to NoSQL development coming from a SQL background, but this shouldn't mean that the product is bad for others.
One wrong installation click can send you into hours of troubleshooting to discover that you did not install the software as a service (always running in the background).

Cons

Every damn time there's an upgrade some new problem appears,, it is a hazzle and I curse myself every time I decide to upgrade instead of ignoring the upgrade.
The auto-complete fails to trigger in a few rare instances, similar to the built-in auto-complete in SSMS. Nothing Earth-shattering.
IT gets stuck from time to time as it needs to update the tables from time to time if there are multiple administrators working on the database.
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Key features

  • Total features28
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Audit Management
  • Automatic Backup
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Charting
  • Collaborative Development
  • Continuous Integration
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Cleansing
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Dictionary Management
  • Data Discovery
  • Data Migration
  • Data Replication
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Virtualization
  • Data Visualization
  • Data Warehousing
  • Database Conversion
  • High Volume Processing
  • Multiple Programming Languages Supported
  • Performance Analysis
  • Real-Time Data
  • Relational Database Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • SSL Security
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Visual Analytics
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features11
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Audit Management
  • Automatic Backup
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Charting
  • Collaborative Development
  • Continuous Integration
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Cleansing
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Dictionary Management
  • Data Discovery
  • Data Migration
  • Data Replication
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Virtualization
  • Data Visualization
  • Data Warehousing
  • Database Conversion
  • High Volume Processing
  • Multiple Programming Languages Supported
  • Performance Analysis
  • Real-Time Data
  • Relational Database Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • SSL Security
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Visual Analytics
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations156
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Google Ads
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Sheets
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Instagram
  • Mailchimp
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Shopify
  • Slack
  • Snowflake
  • Tableau
  • Twitter/X
  • Xero
  • Zapier
  • Total integrations2
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Google Ads
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Sheets
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Instagram
  • Mailchimp
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Shopify
  • Slack
  • Snowflake
  • Tableau
  • Twitter/X
  • Xero
  • Zapier

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Doug S.

Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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MongoDB

Basic stable database solution

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

We never have to do any maintenance for MongoDB to run

Cons

Its different from SQL Server or MY-SQL - so you have to know how to manage it.

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Alexander C.

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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My go to NoSQL database!

Reviewed 6 years ago

I use MongoDB for a lot of my side projects. It is truly great!

Pros

MongoDB is so flexible. It allows me to create a schemaless database, something that wins me over the many other SQL databases. Not to mention the speed of the queries is great!

Cons

It is still not as fleshed out as other SQL options, thus support for some areas that SQL has support for are lacking.

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Mallikarjuna D.

Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend2/10

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Review on mongodb

Reviewed 4 years ago

I would strongly recommend it for others to implement their projects

Pros

Am using mongo db for my project and it’s no sql database it’s having documents and collections.we can use dynamic powerful as sql

Cons

It very sophisticated and faster access data and holding the data in the form for json .its rapidly using in big data and mobile and social infrastructure

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leonardo S.

Computer Software, 201-500 employees

Used monthly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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MongoDB

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

A lot easier to use compared to SQL Databases

Cons

It`s not so fast compared to SQL like databases

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E-Learning, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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MongoDB

Fast and scalable

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

MongoDB stores data in collections and it basically makes them a json docs that can be easliy tweaked by non-programmers.

Cons

Due to non-SQL nature, an app built on top of MongoDB needs extra steps if you need it to sync with other apps based on SQL databases.

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Nishantha B.

Computer Software, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Review of MongoDB

Reviewed 5 years ago

I'm using mongoDB for more than two years and It was great selection when I need to store documents which has unknown structure along with shared structures. That means, it's very easy to save a JSON in mongoDB. This is very helpful when creating embedded databases for java microservices projects using spring boot by adding dependencies via start.spring.io

Pros

MongoDB is a schema less database management system and it has a document based structure and can store collection values on documents. It is extremely faster than the relational database management systems and it is a light weight reliable application. And It is very easy to scale while the product is open sourced which is free of charge.

Cons

Database joins are not supported since this is a No-sql database.

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Financial Services, 10,001+ employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Excellent new way to manage data through objects!

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

MongoDB is quite different from normal database management that people are used to through SQL. It is great because you don't need to deal with something as stiff and structured as SQL and can just store objects.

Cons

It takes up a lot more space and memory than SQL

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Best NOSQL database that i use it everyday on every project

Reviewed 7 years ago

Highly scalable, free no sql database that i use in all my projects

Pros

Best performance, easy of ease, free and highly scalable, it has good ORM with Nodejs with mongoose, I use it in all my projects

Cons

There is no Joins like in other NoSQL database but thats understandable due to the technology limitations, they could release their own IDE like MYSQL does with mysql workbench

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Shalin P.

Machinery, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Review for Mongo DB

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

The best no sql database ever i have used. Meet all requirements and easy to scale.

Cons

It doesn't support some functions which are provided by SQL like indexing.

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Retail, 51-200 employees

Used monthly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Document DB

Reviewed 6 years ago

Structure can vary from document to document which is very useful for many applications

Pros

Big data management is made simple with document oriented db

Cons

Difficult to learn for beginners who have already had experience with sql

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Yashasvi J.

Used daily for 1-2 years

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MongoDB

A very good database option for quick development.

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

MongoDB is well suited for simple web applications. It fits superiorly with node, angular and express togetherly known as MEAN stack. Storing and retrieving data in MongoDB is extremely easy and it supports variety of features like fast text search, sharding, indexing and quick scalability.

Cons

Developers from SQL background may find it a little difficult to work with it as its schemaless, unlike SQL databases. Also if the database is not properly designed, the MongoDB can be slow.

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Olivier JM M.

Computer Software, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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The NoSQL database that just works and scales better

Reviewed 4 years ago

Being easier to setup, MongoDB has been helping to quickly prototype and build applications

Pros

MongoDB is very easy to setup on most platforms, it also runs fast, I have it as a database for different applications. Using it with MongoDB Atlas gives you a good managed database as a service at a cheap price but it also works great when it is self hosted.

Cons

If you are coming from a SQL background then it might take a while to understand the concept of the document based instead of tabular relational database. unlike SQL databases there is no support for transactions

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Aniket A.

Computer Software, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Simple and extremely powerful

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

MongoDB is an extremely powerful and intuitive to use No-SQL Database.

Cons

I am unable to identify any cons at this moment

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Nirmal G.

Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Best No SQL DataBase

Reviewed a year ago

Overall, I found Mongo to be a better alternative as compared to SQL based data.

Pros

While developing application using Node.js, using Mongo helps a lot since the JSON like data is really easy to query.

Cons

Since the data is non-tabular, sometimes applying joins using aggregation becomes complex.

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Wechuli P.

Computer Software, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Go-to Non Relational DB

Reviewed 4 years ago

Decent alternative to SQL database. Works super well if your model doesn't depend heavily on relations.

Pros

- Easy to use and get started with - Good documentation of the API - Official client libraries exist for popular programming languages - Large community and availability of tutorials to get up to speed

Cons

- Doesn't work so well once you start having relationships in your model - The aggregation framework could be better - The free text search could also be better

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Andras S.

Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

Used other for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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Nice to work with

Reviewed 4 years ago
Pros

- It is practical to use a non-SQL Framework like MondoDB is - good performance

Cons

- the syntax is not the easiest to understand

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Román Josué d.

Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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No SQL? Then MongoDB!

Reviewed 6 years ago

A great place to start in the world of No-SQL if you come from relational databases!

Pros

Having worked with relational databases during many years, my first contact with no relational databases is with MongoDB. I must say that it's possible the best No-SQL DB if you have a similar background. It's easy to understand the concepts, and easy to work with MongoDB. In addition, if you already know Javascript and manage JSON, MongoDB will be easier to learn and manage. Understanding collections and records takes almost no time. And you will easily work with the equivalent to the CRUD operations.

Cons

The integration with some programming languages is not at its best.

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Dilraj S.

Computer Software, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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MongoDB

Awesome NoSQL database

Reviewed 4 years ago

MongoDB provides most of the features of SQL databases, if not more, like aggregation, clustering, replication, compound indexes etc. Once configured properly, it lets you quickly start saving and fetching data very easily and efficiently.

Pros

Mongo comes as an alternative to SQL databases and provides vast number of features and flexibilty as compared to SQL databases. It can be used for storing huge amounts of data as JSONs and it provides seamless integration with tech stack using Node.js.

Cons

Even though Mongo allows you to build your application without a rigid schema, it still needs to be configured and architectured properly to make sure the performance is up to the mark when data size starts increasing.

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James G.

Computer Software, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Great enterprise level NoSQL database

Reviewed 6 years ago

Fantastic, my first choice for NoSQL databases.

Pros

As a frontend developer, MongoDB is of course a great resource. The setup has always been easy because there are great supporting products for hosting and viewing data such as mLab and Mongo Compass. Backend libraries, such as Mongoose, are well supported and work fairly well.

Cons

Executing complicated queries can be very difficult to learn, even in comparison to a typical SQL language.

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Sreehari D.

Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Good No SQL DB for most of the use cases

Reviewed 2 years ago
Pros

Good No SQL DB for most of the use cases. Easy to onboard and ramp up

Cons

There some limitations in terms of handling data and processing times

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Siddharth ..

Computer Software, 10,001+ employees

Used monthly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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MongoDB

Mongo db

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

It's best part is it is No sql based db so it's not having any structures to maintain

Cons

It part I liked least is that we can't make relations between our data as it is no sql database

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Computer Software, 11-50 employees

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MongoDB

Next generation database

Reviewed 2 years ago

Overall, it is the best database ever. I worked with Graph Database, and SQL Database. But I most like MongoDB.

Pros

Unlike, SQL databases, we can store direct JSON object in MongoDB. Also, can store mapping values in one collection. e.g. we can store all property related to a user in one document.

Cons

Nothing for dislike. In MongoDB, We can not be mapped with 2 collections.

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Tareq A.

Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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MongoDB

Best nosql js based database

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

* Scalable. Can use in both small and large projects * No SQL database * MongoDB is free and open-source

Cons

Less flexibility with query as it doesn't support joins.

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Raul M.

Telecommunications, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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MongoDB

The best free and open-source database server.

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

MongoDB brings a lot of functionalities and high performance. It is a free and open source cross platform database program.

Cons

MongoDB is a NoSQL database which means for some SQL database developers this change could take some extra time.

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Juan Rodrigo V.

Program Development, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Best No SQL

Reviewed 6 years ago

Many projects where a no SQL DB was needed, I tried the certificate in 2016, but for personal issues couldn't finish it.

Pros

The easy implementation in J's, great documentation, and the certificate for different users makes it easier to focus and what role you in.

Cons

It would be easier if there was no need to include third party plugins to make the work easy.