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MongoDB Atlas vs PuppyGraph 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 (15th)
PuppyGraph
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
NoSQL Databases (23rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Databases solutions, they serve different purposes. MongoDB Atlas is designed for Database as a Service (DBaaS) and holds a mindshare of 10.6%, down 13.9% compared to last year.
PuppyGraph, on the other hand, focuses on NoSQL Databases, holds 0.0% mindshare.
Database as a Service (DBaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MongoDB Atlas10.6%
Amazon RDS12.8%
Microsoft Azure SQL Database9.1%
Other67.5%
Database as a Service (DBaaS)
NoSQL Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
PuppyGraph0.0%
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced12.7%
Cassandra8.3%
Other79.0%
NoSQL Databases
 

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.
reviewer2867994 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Virtual graph modeling has accelerated feature selection and now needs a path to a persistent graph
PuppyGraph is a virtual graph and not a real graph data model. However, at some point in time, once we freeze this as the graph and the graph data model, we would like to extend to a proper graph, mainly because some of the attributes in the source will change over a period of time. We would like to maintain the historical data. Therefore, once we build a virtual layer, we need a real concrete graph layer. PuppyGraph has not provided the concrete graph layer or a mechanism by which we can build our own concrete layer on top of the virtual layer. This functionality will be needed if we have to keep the investment on PuppyGraph after we discover what attributes we need. If we need to continue with PuppyGraph, we need a compelling reason. It has to be extended with a real graph database solution. PuppyGraph could be improved because at some point in time, it always connects to the source system, which means that the source system will always be overloaded because it is a virtual graph. At some point in time, we should be able to decide to bring in the data, but PuppyGraph does not have the support for it. It always depends on the source. The source systems are overloaded once we finalize the graph. PuppyGraph does not have a real native engine for a graph. It has to be extended with a native engine for a graph in the future.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"What I found most valuable in MongoDB Atlas is its Elasticsearch feature. It also has high availability, so it's stable."
"It is a solid product, very sustainable, and it takes minimal effort to solve a problem while being very easy to deploy."
"You can start quickly on projects which allow you to store many things."
"The most valuable feature is that it's all web-based. So one can browse collections just from the web. MongoDB Atlas is very accessible, quick to understand, and quick to learn. People who have never used CLI can hop into the web interface and browse the database."
"Object-based data storing capability and managing non-structured data capability are the most valuable features of MongoDB Atlas."
"It enables us to get work done quickly and get to our data."
"In my previous company, the product allowed us to build a database in a highly regulated environment with the ability to get distributed storage, and we used MongoDB as a distributed storage to set up this environment for a critical business application with millions of dollars."
"The initial setup is very simple and straightforward; it's not overly complex or difficult, and with AWS, implementation is not an issue anymore, so from the user's perspective you just create the database and it's as easy as that."
"PuppyGraph is the best answer."
 

Cons

"The UI application for MongoDB crashes a lot, so we would have to use a third-party plugin to make it work."
"MongoDB Atlas should improve its user experience by providing better explanations or a wizard for people working with its UI."
"Going forward, we would like to have pure AWS Cloud (native) storage instead regular storage on the AWS integration side."
"The solution is expensive overall."
"The biggest challenge we all have is an application layer level. One node is sitting in the APAC region, another node is sitting in the US and UK region. The seamless replication has to be lightning fast, but we haven't tested the scalability yet."
"It would be great if it were easier to integrate MongoDB Atlas with AWS services. Technical support for MongoDB Atlas could be better."
"MongoDB Atlas is effective for unstructured and semi-structured data, but when it comes to OLTP transactions, its performance declines."
"That is the only drawback that I find with MongoDB: creating the trigger."
"PuppyGraph is not a long-term solution as it is a virtual graph. Eventually, after we get the model right, we needed to move to Memgraph, another graph database."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an open-source platform."
"The pricing is not that expensive, but it can be, especially when we have deployed it across multiple zones."
"Pricing could always be better."
"I have seen the cost, and it was pretty cheap."
"It is too expensive. They need to work on this."
"For me, MongoDB is expensive, but I think it is not so expensive for customers."
"For our service, it was around 300 to 600 euros per month, which was acceptable for our customers."
"I am using the free version of the solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Construction Company
27%
Insurance Company
24%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
5%
 

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 needs improvement with PuppyGraph?
PuppyGraph is a virtual graph and not a real graph data model. However, at some point in time, once we freeze this as the graph and the graph data model, we would like to extend to a proper graph, ...
What is your primary use case for PuppyGraph?
The main use case for PuppyGraph is establishing a graph data model layer on top of our existing systems. We do not want to bring in a new product which is completely graph-oriented, mainly because...
What advice do you have for others considering PuppyGraph?
There are no concrete recommendations. The important thing is that if they have to choose PuppyGraph, they need to have the clarity that PuppyGraph is not a long-term solution. Only if they have a ...
 

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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