MongoDB
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CommentsWhat is MongoDB?
MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.
MongoDB is a tool in the Databases category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Flexible data model, expressive query language, secondary indexes, replication, auto-sharding, in-place updates, aggregation, GridFS
MongoDB Pros & Cons
Pros of MongoDB
- ✓Document-oriented storage
- ✓No sql
- ✓Ease of use
- ✓Fast
- ✓High performance
- ✓Free
- ✓Open source
- ✓Flexible
- ✓Replication & high availability
- ✓Easy to maintain
Cons of MongoDB
- ✗Very slowly for connected models that require joins
- ✗Not acid compliant
- ✗Proprietary query language
MongoDB Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to MongoDB?
MySQL
The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions.
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft® SQL Server is a database management and analysis system for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.
