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  5. Compose vs MongoLab vs ScaleGrid

Compose vs MongoLab vs ScaleGrid

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Overview

Compose
Compose
Stacks258
Followers121
Votes206
MongoLab
MongoLab
Stacks438
Followers375
Votes216
ScaleGrid
ScaleGrid
Stacks8
Followers37
Votes0

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Detailed Comparison

Compose
Compose
MongoLab
MongoLab
ScaleGrid
ScaleGrid

Compose makes it easy to spin up multiple open source databases with just one click. Deploy MongoDB for production, take Redis out for a performance test drive, or spin up RethinkDB in development before rolling it out to production.

mLab is the largest cloud MongoDB service in the world, hosting over a half million deployments on AWS, Azure, and Google.

ScaleGrid is a fully managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution for MongoDB, Redis, MySQL, and PostgreSQL on AWS, Azure, DigitalOcean, VMware and OpenStack. Automate your database operations in the cloud so you can get back to product.

One click, production-ready, cloud hosted MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL and RethinkDB, with additional databases in beta. Every deployment features: database autoscaling based on data size usage; private VLAN, IP whitelisting, SSL, full-stack monitoring, custom alerts; HA and fault tolerance with automatic failover; enterprise-grade SSD; easy to add plugins including New Relic; daily, weekly and monthly backups at no additional cost; availability on multiple data centers; a global support team to troubleshoot problems quickly; dedicated servers available.
On-demand provisioning on the major clouds. Seamless, zero-downtime scaling and high availability via auto-failover on production-ready plans; Unlimited backups on Dedicated plans; free daily backup on other plans. Free and easy backup restores; Web GUI for editing documents, running queries (including saved searches), and viewing results in tabular format; Dedicated plans support encryption-at-rest, include SSL for free, and allow for custom firewalls as well as VPC peering
Bring your own cloud; Dedicated servers; High availability; AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) support; Azure Virtual Network (VNET) support; Shard support; Custom replica set configurations; SSH access to the underlying machine; Cross-data center configurations; Slow query analysis; Monitoring console with OS and database metrics; Custom alerts; Multiple database version support; Scheduled and on-demand backups; One-click restores; Monthly reports; EC2 EBS provisioned IOPS; EC2 local SSD; WiredTiger storage engine; Disk compression; Encryption at rest; Customizable RAM, disk size and instance type; Dynamic and automatic scaling; Free 24/7 support, Log rotations; OS patching; Free upgrades; Performance debugging; Reserved Instances support; Security Group support; High-performance clusters; Web-based shell management; Unlimited databases;
Statistics
Stacks
258
Stacks
438
Stacks
8
Followers
121
Followers
375
Followers
37
Votes
206
Votes
216
Votes
0
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 42
    Simple to set up
  • 32
    One-click mongodb
  • 29
    Automated Backups
  • 23
    Designed to scale
  • 21
    Easy interface
Pros
  • 61
    Development free tier
  • 46
    Easy setup
  • 38
    Scalable mongo hosting
  • 25
    Heroku plugin
  • 14
    REST API
Cons
  • 1
    Lab bought by MongoDB. Being replaced by Atlas
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Integrations
SoftLayer
SoftLayer
Heroku
Heroku
Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean
Heroku
Heroku
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure
Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
AppFog
AppFog
Rackspace Cloud Servers
Rackspace Cloud Servers
AppHarbor
AppHarbor
Engine Yard Cloud
Engine Yard Cloud
Joyent Cloud
Joyent Cloud
Nodejitsu
Nodejitsu
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2
New Relic
New Relic
MySQL
MySQL
Mongoose
Mongoose
PagerDuty
PagerDuty
Node.js
Node.js
Robo 3T
Robo 3T
WordPress
WordPress
Slack
Slack

What are some alternatives to Compose, MongoLab, ScaleGrid?

MongoDB Atlas

MongoDB Atlas

MongoDB Atlas is a global cloud database service built and run by the team behind MongoDB. Enjoy the flexibility and scalability of a document database, with the ease and automation of a fully managed service on your preferred cloud.

ObjectRocket

ObjectRocket

Fast, scalable, and reliably-managed Mongo DB, Redis, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, CockroachDB and TimescaleDB. An easy to use DBaaS (database as a service) platform on private or public cloud. Complete DB Management & Administration.

DigitalOcean Managed MongoDB

DigitalOcean Managed MongoDB

It is a fully managed, database as a service (DBaaS). Build scalable high-performance apps using MongoDB cloud service. It handles the provisioning, scaling, updates, backups, and security of your MongoDB clusters, so you can focus on your apps.

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