Managed Mongodb: Atlas vs DigitalOcean vs ObjectRocket

What is Managed Mongodb

Managed MongoDB is a cloud-based database service that provides everything you need to run MongoDB without having to worry about the infrastructure, database engine, management tools, or licensing¹. It automates tasks such as provisioning, scaling, updating, backing up, and securing your MongoDB clusters, so you can focus on building your applications². Some of the benefits of using managed MongoDB are:

Benefits of Managed Mongodb

You can save time and resources by letting the service provider handle the low-level operations and maintenance of your database.
You can access the latest features and updates of MongoDB without having to manually upgrade or patch your database.
You can ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of your database by leveraging the cloud infrastructure and tools provided by the service provider.
You can secure your data with encryption, authentication, authorization, and firewall rules that are configured by the service provider.
You can monitor and optimize your database performance with web-based user interfaces and dashboards that show key metrics and alerts.

Managed Mongodb providers

Provider	Price	Features
DigitalOcean	Starts at $15/mo	Fully managed MongoDB clusters on-demand. They handle the provisioning, scaling, updates, backups, and security of your MongoDB clusters so you can focus on building awesome apps².
ObjectRocket	Starts at $45/mo	Fully-managed MongoDB hosting with proactive database administration built with intelligent automation. Quickly build and scale apps with sharding, performance, monitoring, and high availability backed by DBAs and database production experts¹.
MongoDB Atlas	Starts at $9/mo	A cloud database service for deploying fully managed MongoDB across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, and guarantees availability, scalability, and compliance with most demanding data security environments using best-in-class automation.

Mongodb Serverless vs Dedicated(Managed)

Cost efficiency: You only pay for the resources that you use based on your workload demand.
Automated scalability: You don't need to worry about choosing a cluster size or configuration, as the database will scale up and down automatically and instantly.
Smoother operations: You don't need to manage servers, clusters, backups, patches, and other infrastructure tasks that can be tedious and error-prone.