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MongoDB Atlas vs Redis comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 14, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.5
MongoDB Atlas offers cost savings and efficiency but requires effective management to counter support costs impacting financial benefits.
Sentiment score
6.5
Implementing Redis improved transaction efficiency, reduced costs, enhanced performance, increased developer effectiveness, and supported scalability for organizations.
I find it easy to use.
IT Manager at a government with 11-50 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
MongoDB Atlas customer service is efficient with premium plans, but experiences vary in consistency and cost-effectiveness.
Sentiment score
1.0
Users rarely contact Redis support, but those who do find it knowledgeable, with satisfaction levels ranging from moderate to excellent.
The features of MongoDB Atlas fall short, resulting in an average rating due to higher-expectation features still lacking in its offerings.
DB Architect / Consultant at Virtusa Global
I have used them sometimes, even recently, and found the feedback to be spot on our needs.
Partner at Red software systems
For premium support, I would rate the support of MongoDB Atlas a nine.
General Manager at Kaleyra
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
MongoDB Atlas provides scalable management from small to large environments but may need technical adjustments during configuration or migration.
Sentiment score
7.7
Redis excels in scalability, efficiently handling large datasets with ease, making it ideal for enterprise-level operations and demands.
It's very much scalable, and I would rate scalability a nine.
General Manager at Kaleyra
MongoDB Atlas offers sharding as a scalability feature, although it does not perform as well as Oracle.
DB Architect / Consultant at Virtusa Global
Data migration and changes to application-side configurations are challenging due to the lack of automatic migration tools in a non-clustered legacy system.
Data Engineer at a photography company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
MongoDB Atlas is praised for stability, reliability, and features, though some encounter occasional UI issues.
Sentiment score
7.7
Redis is stable, reliable under heavy loads, supports high availability, and user ratings reflect strong performance, needing load improvements.
When it comes to OLTP transactions, its performance declines.
DB Architect / Consultant at Virtusa Global
The stability of the product is very high.
General Manager at Kaleyra
Redis is fairly stable.
Data Engineer at a photography company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Room For Improvement

MongoDB Atlas needs UI improvements, cost reduction, enhanced integration, better query performance, security, scalability, and data handling support.
Enhancements in documentation, user-friendliness, scalability, security, cloud integration, and support are desired improvements for Redis.
MongoDB Atlas should support containerization.
General Manager at Kaleyra
In terms of scalability, it handles system growth without failure, but it has experienced some outages that could affect uptime.
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
Enhancing vector processing for AI capabilities would also be critical.
DB Architect / Consultant at Virtusa Global
Data persistence and recovery face issues with compatibility across major versions, making upgrades possible but downgrades not active.
Data Engineer at a photography company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users generally find MongoDB Atlas cost-effective, appreciating its pay-as-you-go model despite some concerns about support expenses.
Redis's open-source core is cost-effective, but enterprise features require a license; managed services start at $5/month.
The free tier is M0 for $0, which is suitable for basic applications.
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
The price of MongoDB Atlas is reasonable, which is why many organizations, including mine, are opting for it.
DB Architect / Consultant at Virtusa Global
For our service, it was around 300 to 600 euros per month, which was acceptable for our customers.
Partner at Red software systems
Since we use an open-source version of Redis, we do not experience any setup costs or licensing expenses.
Data Engineer at a photography company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

MongoDB Atlas offers speed, scalability, user-friendly cloud features, strong security, seamless integration, and flexible pay-as-you-go pricing.
Redis provides fast data access with caching, geolocation, JSON, and supports scalability, high availability, and efficient event-driven applications.
The delivery speed has increased, and I have reduced the delivery cycle by 30 to 50 percent.
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
I find MongoDB Atlas highly scalable and easy to use, with very good support.
Partner at Red software systems
MongoDB Atlas's encryption capabilities help ensure data confidentiality and integrity.
IT Manager at a government with 11-50 employees
It functions similarly to a foundational building block in a larger system, enabling native integration and high functionality in core data processes.
Data Engineer at a photography company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

MongoDB Atlas
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
3rd
Ranking in AI Software Development
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (3rd), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (3rd)
Redis
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
8th
Ranking in AI Software Development
16th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
NoSQL Databases (5th), In-Memory Data Store Services (1st), Vector Databases (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Managed NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of MongoDB Atlas is 12.6%, up from 3.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Redis is 4.0%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed NoSQL Databases Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
MongoDB Atlas12.6%
Redis4.0%
Other83.4%
Managed NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Pranay Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
Cloud database has supported charity platform growth and has improved team delivery speed
Setting up MongoDB Atlas is very easy, as I simply select the cluster and the size I want. There are free clusters available for testing real applications, and it is a NoSQL-based database that works well for both web and mobile applications, providing real-time analytics-driven solutions where flexible schema is the main priority.The best feature MongoDB Atlas offers is the flexible database schema that I can easily set up. It is easy to set up, has no server setup cost, requires no manual setting, and has no downtime. The platform automatically handles traffic spikes and includes built-in features such as storage, auto-scaling, automatic backup, and point-in-time recovery. Auto-scaling and backups have been instrumental in my project using MongoDB Atlas, especially when I moved from UAT to production. My customer base of more than 10 lakhs increased, and the system automatically scaled to handle those requests, ensuring the database could respond in time. MongoDB Atlas has an aggregation framework that handles complex analytics without requiring any extra tools. It also provides real-time updates and streaming capabilities. MongoDB Atlas has positively impacted my organization by reducing operational costs, as I do not need database administrators or server maintenance. It follows a pay-as-you-go strategy, allowing me to increase cluster size by simply paying more, which results in faster development and deployment processes. High availability is also provided through built-in replications and automatic failovers. My team consists of 18 people, and our uptime has improved to 99.9% and above. The delivery speed has increased, and I have reduced the delivery cycle by 30 to 50 percent.
KG
Database Admin and Architect at D-EDGE Hospitality Solutions
Performance shines with seamless session caching and minimal configuration
The best features of Redis, from my personal perspective, are the performance, which is very quick, and it's very simple to implement. Since I started using Redis, I feel that the product is saving me some performance tuning time. It's very easy, I have few parameters to tune, and it seems to have performance without a lot of working on the performance, compared to Cassandra, where you have to configure the memory and many other settings. The integration capability of Redis is excellent. Redis is very affordable because it's free.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
7%
University
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise20
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

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?
I have no idea about the pricing or setup cost with MongoDB Atlas.
What needs improvement with MongoDB Atlas?
I would say pricing is an area where MongoDB Atlas could improve.
What do you like most about Redis?
Redis is better tested and is used by large companies. I haven't found a direct alternative to what Redis offers. Plus, there are a lot of support and learning resources available, which help you u...
What needs improvement with Redis?
The disadvantage of Redis is that it's a little bit hard to have too many clusters or too many nodes and create the clusters. The sync between the nodes is easier to implement with Couchbase, for e...
What is your primary use case for Redis?
Redis is used for a part of a booking engine for travel, specifically for the front part to get some sessions and information about the sessions. If a customer or user is using the sites in differe...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Atlas, MongoDB Atlas (pay-as-you-go)
Redis Enterprise
 

Overview

 

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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