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MongoDB Atlas vs Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

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) (4th), 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 (16th)
 

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 11.5%, down 14.5% compared to last year.
Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch, on the other hand, focuses on Indexing and Search, holds 1.4% mindshare.
Database as a Service (DBaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MongoDB Atlas11.5%
Amazon RDS12.6%
Microsoft Azure SQL Database9.2%
Other66.7%
Database as a Service (DBaaS)
Indexing and Search Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Pulse Elasticsearch and OpenSearch1.4%
Elastic Search9.8%
OpenText Knowledge Discovery (IDOL)6.4%
Other82.4%
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

"It is nice because our developers create tables whenever they need to sync data."
"The solution is easy to use, the console is user-friendly, and overall a well-designed solution. It takes a complex system and makes it easy to understand. Additionally, the solution is always advancing and they provide a roadmap into what is coming in the future."
"The features that I have found most valuable include the very easy integrations. The integrations are fantastic. I have not faced any challenges from the integration standpoint."
"The stability and performance are great. The high availability feature is great. Moreover, I am happy with the automated backup and restore functionality."
"The product is simple to use and enterprise-ready. It is also open-source."
"As a tester, it was easy to validate data, access data, make active run queries against it, and retrieve data from it."
"It's a very elastic solution for the purposes of our systems and the developers appreciate it for software development."
"The solution has a very intuitive user interface."
"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

"The speed when combining two documents is concerning."
"The initial setup is not too difficult but can be somewhat tricky."
"There are some features that could be useful for the customers I work with, which are related to migration from on-prem to the cloud."
"The web console isn't very intuitive, especially for large data."
"The installation was straightforward except for the network hardware because it was a little complicated to make the connection with our VPC on AWS."
"Querying a dataset is not very intuitive, so I think that it can be improved."
"From an improvement standpoint, MongoDB can improve security."
"The UI application for MongoDB crashes a lot, so we would have to use a third-party plugin to make it work."
"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."
"The pricing and licensing is great."
"For me, MongoDB is expensive, but I think it is not so expensive for customers."
"It is too expensive. They need to work on this."
"The pricing is not that expensive, but it can be, especially when we have deployed it across multiple zones."
"In my previous company, the product allowed use to build a database in a highly regulated environment with the ability to get distributed storage. We used MongoDB as a distributed storage to set up this environment for a critical business application with millions of dollars."
"The solution is fairly priced. I rate the pricing a seven out of ten."
"It is an open-source platform."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
11%
Computer Software Company
6%
Construction Company
31%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Healthcare Company
11%
Government
6%
 

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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