Hosting Comparison
MongoDB

Comparing Managed Services Providers

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Data Handling	Compose
Migration to other DBMS	Yes	No	No	No
Data browser	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Free data transfer	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Additional databases offered	Yes 10 DBs to choose from	No	No	Partial 3 DBs
Hosting	Compose	MongoDB Atlas	Mlab	Object Rocket
Zero-downtime auto-scaling	Yes	No	No	No
Vertical Scaling	Yes	No	Extra cost Available on Shared & Dedicated clusters only	No
Monitoring & Disaster Recovery	Compose	MongoDB Atlas	Mlab	Object Rocket
Free backups	Yes	No $2.50/mo per GB after 1 GB	Yes	Yes
Automated backup	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
On-demand backup	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Disk compression	Yes	Yes	No	No
Full-Stack Apps Hosting	Compose	MongoDB Atlas	Mlab	Object Rocket
Heroku	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Bluemix	Yes	No	No	No
Sysadmin API	Yes	Yes	No Data API only	No Data API only
Available Add-ons	Compose	MongoDB Atlas	Mlab	Object Rocket
syslog-ng	Yes	No	No	No
Telegraf	Yes	No	No	No
Oplog Access	Yes	No	No	No
Security	Compose	MongoDB Atlas	Mlab	Object Rocket
TLS/SSL	Yes	Yes	Extra cost	Yes
Encryption at Rest	Yes Standard on GCP.	Yes	Yes AWS and GCP	Yes AWS and GCP
Support	Compose	MongoDB Atlas	Mlab	Object Rocket
End-to-end MongoDB support	Yes	Extra cost	Yes	Yes

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Fully-Managed vs Cloud-Only Platforms

Ever thought about hosting your MongoDB instances in-house or on cloud platforms like AWS, GCP or Azure? It may seem cheaper, but in reality the cost of maintenance, performance tuning, and support can be quite high. It will take more time and effort to manage your data layer – expensive resources that could be invested in your core business of building apps. In a self-hosted scenario, you may very well end up incurring higher Total Cost of Ownership due to the complexity and unpredictable nature of workload requirements. Here’s a table that shows what you get from the two different hosting options:

Feature	Compose (Fully Managed Service)	Self-Hosted (Cloud Only Platforms)
Auto-scaling	Yes	No
Auto-backup & restore	Yes	No
One-click deployment	Yes	No
Server configuration	Yes	Manual
One-stop support	Yes Full service including server and database	No Separate vendors for databases, addon, servers, etc
24/7/365 support	Yes	Manual Extra cost
UI for common DB tasks	Yes	No
Patch management	Automatic	Manual
DB security	Yes	Manual
Data browser	Yes	Manual
DB health monitoring and alerts	Yes	Manual
DB addons	Yes	Manual
Automatic migration	Yes	No
High availability	Yes	Manual Extra cost
Multi-node replication	Yes	Manual Extra cost
Data center flexibility	Yes	No
Simplified pricing with clear Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)	Yes	No

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