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Google Cloud Bigtable vs MongoDB comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 3, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud Bigtable
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
8th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MongoDB
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
79
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (5th), NoSQL Databases (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Managed NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Google Cloud Bigtable is 5.2%, down from 9.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MongoDB is 5.5%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Aakash Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Great for streaming data and being a managed service is an advantage
Our primary use case is for analytics, analyzing the data sets and curing Bigtable is very user-friendly where streaming data is required. I think it's relatively easier to use than Ascentra. The fact that it's a managed service is an advantage.   The cost of this product is too expensive.…
Uzair Faruqi - PeerSpot reviewer
Transforms data flow with adaptable schema and smooth public cloud deployment
One of our business units uses MongoDB, and we developed an ETL pipeline that extracts data from MongoDB and transfers it into our data warehouse MongoDB is a NoSQL database that is similar to a document database. It offers flexibility in schema adaptation, allowing us to change the schema and…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Bigtable is faster than other competitors in the market. It helps us collate all the data, and the security features are great. The latency is low, and the computation speed is fantastic. Bigtable is also a managed service, so you don't have to worry about anything aside from analyzing the data ingested."
"The most valuable feature is the backup and replication service."
"Stability-wise, it is a simple solution. I rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten."
"It's very user-friendly where streaming data is required."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The solution is very convenient."
"Migrating to MongoDB upgrades the IT environment and puts users in the NoSQL environment, which is faster."
"The solution has good flexibility and very fast performance for searching data."
"We can define security rules at the database level or the cluster level to grant or deny access to particular users."
"I like that MongoDB has a free version. You can also buy the enterprise edition, which is cheaper than Oracle."
"Easier to maintain the data with its document-based storage."
"MongoDB is fast and efficient."
"It is very fast - faster than an SQL or MySQL Server."
"The integration capabilities of MongoDB are fine for the solutions that we use in our company."
 

Cons

"The cost of this product is too expensive."
"When it comes to complex queries, a user can't get any help from a drop-down box and pick columns. It would be great if some improvements could be made in the aforementioned area concerning the solution."
"Improvement should be made as per customer recommended and requirements."
"The lagging problem of the product I face is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"This product needs better security and transparency, and the price should be reduced."
"I've used Bigtable for about three or four years."
"The stability could be better."
"More stable indexes would be helpful in a future release. That's been an issue for some time. I don't know if it's been fixed now but we transitioned to it because we needed a search index to be able to search for things and if that goes or starts disappearing, we have to move away from that solution. I don't know if they fixed it, last time I had this issue was three years ago so they might have solved it."
"Simplifying the aggregation framework would be an improvement."
"I rate the support from MongoDB a four out of five."
"I don't see a lot of areas that need improvement."
"It should have GUI for managing clusters. MongoDB needs a more powerful GUI to manage clusters and make switchovers. Currently, there is no good, free tool to check the replication to find out if there is a gap."
"I would like to see the scalability and security improved."
"We'd like information about client onboarding experience and success stories. It would help to have something to show to internal stakeholders."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There is an annual subscription for the use of this solution."
"This is an open-source solution."
"The pricing is favorable if you opt to install MongoDB on an Amazon EC2 instance as you won't have to pay for the extra Atlas services and can instead manage the scaling yourself. This allows for a cost-effective solution and using MongoDB on a small scale, I have been able to utilize it for free."
"MongoDB is an open-source product."
"MongoDB has a free version. You can also buy the enterprise edition, which is cheaper than Oracle."
"We use the open-source version, which is available to use free of charge."
"The pricing is normal. Price-wise, the product is not too much expensive."
"It's open-source."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
University
13%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
15%
University
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Cloud Bigtable?
Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
What needs improvement with Google Cloud Bigtable?
The lagging problem of the product I face is an area of concern where improvements are required. In general, the performance of the product needs improvement.
What is your primary use case for Google Cloud Bigtable?
When a client gives our organization a project where they need a dashboard for their company, they provide us with some data from their database, which is usually presented in Google Cloud Bigtable...
What do you like most about MongoDB?
MongoDB's approach to handling data in documents rather than traditional tables has been particularly beneficial.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MongoDB?
We use the free version of MongoDB, so there are no licensing costs.
What needs improvement with MongoDB?
There is room for improvement in integrating MongoDB with agentive AI solutions. While solutions for other databases like SQL or PostgreSQL ( /products/postgresql-reviews ) already exist, MongoDB r...
 

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