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Amazon Timestream vs MongoDB Atlas comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 11, 2026

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

Amazon Timestream
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
7th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MongoDB Atlas
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (3rd), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (3rd), AI Software Development (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Managed NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Amazon Timestream is 5.2%, down from 8.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MongoDB Atlas is 13.9%, up from 6.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed NoSQL Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MongoDB Atlas13.9%
Amazon Timestream5.2%
Other80.9%
Managed NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Sushil Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at Tiger Analytics
It is helpful to get telemetry data from the devices in real-time
It is an easily scalable solution. When it comes to the retention period, if someone wants to change, they have to define it at the start. Later on, if users want to change it again, like, or increase the retention policy, then they have to create the table again and do so, and if it is not done, then we face problems. It will increase the retention, but when you try to insert a record or an older record that is not included in the range of your retention period, then you can face some problems and, like, it will throw some errors. The tool is scalable, but it should be defined at the start as to how much retention you want. For scalability, I rate the tool a six or seven out of ten.
Varuns Ug - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Developer at NIT
Flexible document workflows have accelerated schema changes and simplified evolving data models
MongoDB Atlas currently has almost all the features we require, but there are some points where I see certain improvements. One area is cost visibility and optimization. Since pricing is largely based on storage and cluster size, it can sometimes be difficult to predict or optimize cost without deeper insights. More granular cost breakdowns or recommendations would be helpful. Another area I can mention is performance tuning transparency. While MongoDB Atlas provides monitoring and suggestions, debugging deeper issues like slow queries, index efficiency, or shard imbalance can sometimes require more control or visibility. Cost optimization, deeper performance insight, and easier scaling decisions would make MongoDB Atlas even more powerful. A couple of additional areas where MongoDB Atlas could improve are integrations and developer experience. For integrations, while MongoDB Atlas supports major cloud providers and tools, deeper and more seamless integration with observability patterns would make troubleshooting distributed systems easier. On the documentation side, while it is generally good, some advanced topics like sharding strategies, performance tuning, and real-world scaling patterns could benefit from more practical guidance. Additionally, a better local-to-cloud development experience, making it easier to replicate production-like MongoDB Atlas environments locally, would help developers test performance and scaling scenarios more efficiently.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best things about Amazon Timestream are it's maintenance-free, customizable, and has no lag issues. It's always real-time."
"You can quickly aggregate data from the last ten years with Amazon Timestream."
"What I like best is that the tool is easy to collect and store data and is fast and scalable. The fully managed database is easy to understand."
"If you drop a message, the solution's technical support will definitely reply."
"Using Amazon Timestream has been seamless due to its integration within the AWS ecosystem and ease of use for the engineering team."
"What I found most valuable in MongoDB Atlas is its Elasticsearch feature. It also has high availability, so it's stable."
"As a tester, it was easy to validate data, access data, make active run queries against it, and retrieve data from it."
"The scalability is very high, the performance is very high, and the cost is lower as compared to the traditional database for cloud."
"The product is simple to use and enterprise-ready. It is also open-source."
"MongoDB Atlas is our primary database, and we prefer this because of the reliability of MongoDB Atlas."
"The product allows us to easily set up and store large amounts of unstructured data."
"MongoDB Atlas is very easy to use and user-friendly, and you get what you're paying for."
"The auto-scaling feature is the most valuable aspect."
 

Cons

"Arranging the database schema is a bit challenging."
"There are disadvantages when it comes to time series databases since you can't delete anything from Amazon Timestream data."
"The solution could be improved by making it easier for new graduates like me to use. Better explanations of queries and how to use them with other AWS services would help."
"There are certain features that we would like to see added and we are collaborating with the product teams on these areas."
"The tool could be improved by increasing the batch size from one hundred records to five hundred or a thousand to speed up indexing."
"The tool's implementation should be made easier."
"The administration is not very interactive. It's not very friendly for developers."
"The UI is not currently designed in a manner to make it possible for a non-technical person or a layman to update the database easily."
"I would say pricing is an area where MongoDB Atlas could improve."
"A few areas that we have noticed as being problematic with the MongoDB Atlas include user access to the platform. Currently, it is difficult to restrict and control what actions a user can perform within the solution, which poses a challenge from an internal auditing perspective."
"I would like a better dashboard. It could be made a bit more user friendly."
"One improvement that I would like to see is a feature to export changes made in the environment, such as creating a new user."
"MongoDB Atlas is effective for unstructured and semi-structured data, but when it comes to OLTP transactions, its performance declines."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For 1GB of data, the solution charges $ 0.01 in the US region."
"We don't see high costs with Amazon Timestream, which may vary by company."
"Amazon Timestream's pricing seems manageable to me."
"We pay over $10 million a year to Amazon."
"The price of MongoDB Atlas is highly affordable."
"The tool is free since it's an open-source product."
"I have seen the cost, and it was pretty cheap."
"We pay for the license on a monthly basis. It's not cheap or expensive. For smaller companies, it's definitely expensive."
"MongoDB Atlas is not expensive, and since it's a cloud-based solution, you pay by usage."
"It is an open-source platform."
"The pricing and licensing is great."
"The solution is fairly priced. I rate the pricing a seven out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business25
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise20
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon Timestream?
We are working on a few open change requests with the engineering teams on AWS's side. There are certain features that we would like to see added and we are collaborating with the product teams on ...
What is your primary use case for Amazon Timestream?
We use Amazon Timestream as a data historian for IT data. It stores all individual measurements of our customers' IoT devices for a certain period of time, allowing them to perform time-series-base...
What do you like most about MongoDB Atlas?
There are many valuable features, but scalability stands out. It can scale across zones. You can define multiple nodes. They have also partnered with AWS, offering great service with multiple featu...
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 currently has almost all the features we require, but there are some points where I see certain improvements. One area is cost visibility and optimization. Since pricing is largely ba...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Atlas, MongoDB Atlas (pay-as-you-go)
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
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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