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MongoDB Atlas vs Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 5, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

MongoDB Atlas
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (5th), Managed NoSQL Databases (3rd), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (7th), AI Software Development (14th)
Pulse Elasticsearch and Ope...
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Indexing and Search (15th)
 

Mindshare comparison

MongoDB Atlas and Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. MongoDB Atlas is designed for Database as a Service (DBaaS) and holds a mindshare of 10.3%, down 14.1% compared to last year.
Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch, on the other hand, focuses on Indexing and Search, holds 1.6% mindshare.
Database as a Service (DBaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MongoDB Atlas10.3%
Amazon RDS12.7%
Microsoft Azure SQL Database9.2%
Other67.8%
Database as a Service (DBaaS)
Indexing and Search Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch1.6%
Elastic Search9.4%
OpenText Knowledge Discovery (IDOL)6.4%
Other82.6%
Indexing and Search
 

Featured Reviews

Lintz Veloso - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a government with 11-50 employees
Developers have benefited from flexibility and performance but pricing has needed further attention
I am only familiar with databases and applications. I am from the development team and I am a user of database and cloud but I don't know the infrastructure. As a user, I deal with the Oracle Database. I know the organization has a license with the product. We don't utilize real-time analytics with MongoDB Atlas. I don't use MongoDB Atlas directly, so I don't know how it can be improved. I would place MongoDB Atlas at a medium level. I would rate it at a six or seven. I believe MongoDB Atlas can improve a little. My overall review rating for this product is six out of ten.
Rafayel Agamyan - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Search performance has transformed customer document access and continues to improve satisfaction
Customer satisfaction has significantly improved since switching to Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch from old legacy services, as many insights from customers indicate that latency has changed dramatically and the speed is significantly better now. For others looking into using Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch, it is definitely recommended to give it a try, especially if old legacy systems that are slow are currently being used. Lately, OpenSearch has come up with a new version that greatly enhances speed, so trying it is encouraged and it will be loved. A review rating of 9 reflects the overall satisfaction with Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"For security reasons, I prefer MongoDB Atlas. It supports role-based access control, so you have an entity for each individual."
"Administering the solution is easy."
"I am impressed with the tool's integrations."
"The product provides quick transaction service, high availability, and efficient scalability features."
"My company is interested in putting out products that are reliable for our customers, which we can monitor easily, and we also want them to be easy to install and deploy, which is why I am happy with this one."
"Object-based data storing capability and managing non-structured data capability are the most valuable features of MongoDB Atlas."
"The product is simple to use and enterprise-ready. It is also open-source."
"The integration and configuration of this product in our AWS environment were easy and straightforward."
"It is quite easy, and I think it was really great the way they offered the services."
"Customer satisfaction has significantly improved since switching to Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch from old legacy services, as many insights from customers indicate that latency has changed dramatically and the speed is significantly better now."
 

Cons

"One improvement that I would like to see is a feature to export changes made in the environment, such as creating a new user."
"Searching and browsing through the collection must be made easier."
"Based on its own habitat, it's not ACID compliant. If it had an ACID compliant option, it would be more useful for database administration."
"That is the only drawback that I find with MongoDB: creating the trigger."
"The installation was straightforward except for the network hardware because it was a little complicated to make the connection with our VPC on AWS."
"We had some bad trainers when we first came onboard and would rate them fairly low. They did not seem staffed properly to fulfill the training services that they offered."
"Going forward, we would like to have pure AWS Cloud (native) storage instead regular storage on the AWS integration side."
"I would like the solution to offer more integration capabilities since it is an area where the solution lacks."
"I think the way they support the ingesting service for Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch is not really great."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is fairly priced. I rate the pricing a seven out of ten."
"The price of MongoDB Atlas is highly expensive to use and maintain. They are taking advantage of the users with such a high price."
"For our service, it was around 300 to 600 euros per month, which was acceptable for our customers."
"The pricing is good. We originally chose it over DynamoDB because of the pricing."
"We pay for the license on a monthly basis. It's not cheap or expensive. For smaller companies, it's definitely expensive."
"We're currently using the Atlas for the night and don't require a license. However, it can be a problem if you want to use their enterprise environment. Then you need to purchase the license."
"MongoDB Atlas is more cost-effective than Amazon DocumentDB. It also has a pay-as-you-go pricing model. Apart from the standard licensing cost, you must also pay to get MongoDB Atlas technical support, which is expensive."
"The pricing is acceptable for enterprise tier."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Construction Company
28%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Healthcare Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise23
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MongoDB Atlas?
Pricing-wise, MongoDB Atlas has a pay-as-you-go strategy. The documentation for MongoDB is very good; I have learned multiple things through reading it. The free tier is M0 for $0, which is suitabl...
What needs improvement with MongoDB Atlas?
MongoDB Atlas can be improved in a few ways. While the platform is feature-rich, some advanced configuration and performance tuning options have a learning curve, especially for teams that are new ...
What is your primary use case for MongoDB Atlas?
My main use case for MongoDB Atlas is for storing and managing semi-structured or rapidly evolving data where schema flexibility is important. A good example of how I have used MongoDB Atlas for ma...
What is your primary use case for Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch?
My primary use case is powering up the search in the product.
What advice do you have for others considering Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch?
I have not used the SQL query support feature. I did assess the RESTful API support. I have not utilized Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch machine learning features, as there was no use case for m...
What needs improvement with Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch?
I think the way they support the ingesting service for Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch is not really great. If I got to attach a few more records, they don't support it. It's all rewrite every t...
 

Also Known As

Atlas, MongoDB Atlas (pay-as-you-go)
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Sample Customers

Wells Fargo, Forbes, Ulta Beauty, Bosch, Sanoma, Current (a Digital Bank), ASAP Log, SBB, Zebra Technologies, Radial, Kovai, Eni, Accuhit, Cognigy, and Payload.
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