3 nodes
Replica set with automatic failover by default
DatabasesFrom $29/app/month
Managed MongoDB Hosting
Document-oriented NoSQL database
What is MongoDB on ManageStacks?
MongoDB on ManageStacks is production-grade MongoDB Community deployed to your own AWS, Azure, or GCP region — priced flat at $29 per database per month regardless of storage size, with a 3-node replica set, oplog-based PITR, automatic failover, and tested upgrades. Materially cheaper than MongoDB Atlas for typical mid-sized workloads, and your document data stays in your cloud. Also supports FerretDB (Postgres-backed Mongo-wire-compatible) if you want a fully OSI-approved alternative to MongoDB's SSPL licence.
MongoDB on ManageStacks is production-grade MongoDB Community deployed to your own AWS, Azure, or GCP region — priced flat at $29 per database per month regardless of storage size, with a 3-node replica set, oplog-based PITR, automatic failover, and tested upgrades. Materially cheaper than MongoDB Atlas for typical mid-sized workloads, and your document data stays in your cloud. Also supports FerretDB (Postgres-backed Mongo-wire-compatible) if you want a fully OSI-approved alternative to MongoDB's SSPL licence.
About MongoDB
What MongoDB does, and why teams deploy it.
MongoDB is the leading document-oriented NoSQL database. It stores data in BSON documents with dynamic schemas, making it a natural fit for applications with evolving data models — content platforms, e-commerce catalogs, IoT event ingestion, real-time analytics, and metadata-heavy SaaS.
MongoDB's query language is rich (find + aggregate framework), indexing is flexible (compound, text, geospatial, wildcard, hashed), and horizontal scaling via sharding is native. Replica sets provide HA with automatic failover; change streams give you a real-time subscription to database changes for CDC and event-driven architectures.
Running production MongoDB yourself means running 3+ mongod processes as a replica set, sizing WiredTiger cache correctly, configuring oplog size for your retention needs, setting up TLS between nodes and clients, and testing major upgrades (each version changes the wire protocol and feature compatibility level). ManageStacks handles all of that — and gives you the option of running FerretDB as a fully OSI-approved drop-in if MongoDB's SSPL licence is a concern.
DIY vs ManageStacks
What running MongoDB yourself looks like — and what it looks like with us.
DIY self-hosting
- Provision 3 VMs, install mongod, configure a replica set by hand
- Size WiredTiger cache, configure oplog window, enable TLS between nodes
- Set up mongodump-based backup schedules; verify restores work
- Test major-version upgrades in staging; run rolling upgrade across the set
- Build alerting on replica-set health, oplog lag, and connection saturation
On ManageStacks
- Subscribe through your AWS, Azure, or GCP marketplace
- MongoDB (or FerretDB) comes up as a 3-node replica set with TLS and monitoring
- Daily encrypted snapshots + oplog retention give you PITR to any minute
- Rolling upgrades keep the database available during major-version bumps
- Grafana dashboards ship for operations, connections, replication, index hit ratio
MongoDB on ManageStacks — key numbers
$29/mo
Flat per database, standard tier
PITR
Oplog-based recovery to any minute
SSPL or Apache-2.0
MongoDB or FerretDB — your choice of licence posture
Key features
Everything MongoDB ships with, running on our stack.
- Flexible BSON document model with dynamic schemas
- Rich query language + aggregation framework (pipelines, $lookup, $group)
- 3-node replica set with automatic failover on standard plans
- Horizontal scaling via sharding on Enterprise plans
- Compound, text, geospatial, wildcard, hashed, and vector indexes
- Change streams for real-time CDC and event-driven architectures
- Oplog-based point-in-time recovery
- TLS between nodes and clients by default
- Prometheus-exporter metrics + Grafana dashboards included
- FerretDB (Postgres-backed) drop-in option — fully OSI-approved licence
How it deploys
From subscribe to live in minutes.
Subscribe
Subscribe to ManageStacks through your AWS, Azure, or GCP marketplace.
Choose engine
Pick MongoDB Community (SSPL) or FerretDB (Apache-2.0, Postgres-backed, Mongo-wire-compatible).
Provision
3-node replica set spins up with WiredTiger, TLS, oplog, and Grafana monitoring — typically 3-5 minutes.
Connect
Point your driver at the replica-set connection string. Standard read/write concerns and driver options work as documented.
Who this is for
Built for teams that want MongoDB to just work.
Content and metadata platforms
Product catalogs, user profiles, CMS content, IoT events — MongoDB's schemaless model fits schema-evolving workloads. ManageStacks makes it flat-priced.
Node.js / TypeScript backends
Mongoose is still the default ORM for Node apps. If your app is Mongoose-native, use MongoDB — ManageStacks handles the ops.
Teams wanting SSPL-free document stores
FerretDB on ManageStacks gives you the MongoDB wire protocol with Postgres underneath and Apache-2.0 licensing. Ideal for regulated environments or organisations with strict OSI-only policies.
Compliance & compatibility
What we handle, what MongoDB runs on.
Compliance & operations
- TLS-encrypted connections + inter-node communication
- Daily encrypted snapshots + oplog retention in a separate region
- Point-in-time recovery within the retention window
- OS-level and MongoDB security patches applied during your maintenance window
- GDPR data-residency — replica set stays in your chosen cloud region
- Field-level encryption supported (MongoDB CSFLE / QE)
Compatibility
- Version
- MongoDB Community 6.0, 7.0, or 8.0 (LTS versions supported)
- Runtime
- mongod on containerised infrastructure; FerretDB on Postgres backend
- Dependencies
- TLS certs, object storage for snapshots + oplog archives
- Min. resources
- 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM (dedicated) per node in the replica set
How ManageStacks helps
We handle the parts you shouldn't be writing yourself.
ManageStacks deploys MongoDB Community as a 3-node replica set with WiredTiger cache tuned to your instance, oplog-based PITR, TLS everywhere, and automatic failover. We handle rolling version upgrades, oplog + snapshot backups, and Grafana dashboards for operations counters, connection pools, replication lag, and query performance.
How it compares
MongoDB on ManageStacks vs the alternatives.
How MongoDB on ManageStacks compares to MongoDB Atlas, hyperscaler document databases, and running MongoDB yourself.
| Property | MongoDB on ManageStacksUs | MongoDB Atlas | AWS DocumentDB | Self-hosted on your VM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Managed on your AWS, Azure, or GCP | Vendor-hosted (multi-cloud) | AWS-managed | You provision + operate |
| Data residency | Your cloud region | Vendor region choice | AWS region | Your cloud region |
| Pricing basis | Flat per database | Per replica-set-hour + storage + xfer | Per instance-hour + storage + IO | Your compute cost |
| License | SSPL or Apache-2.0 (FerretDB) | SSPL (hosted) | Amazon's Mongo-compatible impl | SSPL (Community) |
| PITR | Oplog PITR | Continuous backup | Included | You configure oplog + snapshots |
| Search / vector | Add pgvector or Qdrant alongside | Atlas Search + Vector Search included | Not built-in | You add search alongside |
Comparison focuses on architectural properties (deployment model, pricing basis, open-source status) that don't change with vendor pricing pages. Verify current pricing on each vendor's own site.
FAQ
Common questions about MongoDB on ManageStacks.
How does this compare to MongoDB Atlas?
MongoDB Atlas is priced per replica-set-hour + storage + backup storage + data transfer, and dedicated tiers get expensive fast. ManageStacks is a flat $29 per database at standard tier. For small-to-medium databases (< 500 GB), self-hosted on ManageStacks is materially cheaper. Atlas is worth it if you specifically need MongoDB's search index (Lucene-based), Realm Sync, or serverless offerings — features that don't exist in the Community open-source binary.
MongoDB or FerretDB — which should I pick?
MongoDB Community is now SSPL-licensed (source-available, restricts cloud reselling). FerretDB is a fully OSI-approved (Apache 2.0) drop-in that speaks the MongoDB wire protocol but stores data in Postgres. If your application is stable on MongoDB and you're comfortable with SSPL, use MongoDB. If you want licence purity, or you want to consolidate onto Postgres, use FerretDB — most Mongo drivers work unchanged.
Does ManageStacks configure MongoDB replica sets?
Yes. A 3-node replica set (1 primary + 2 secondaries) is standard on all plans. Automatic election-based failover happens within seconds if the primary goes down. Sharded clusters (multiple replica sets sharing data by shard key) are available on Enterprise for horizontal write scaling.
Can I migrate my existing MongoDB data to ManageStacks?
Yes. mongodump / mongorestore for smaller databases, or live replica-set replication for zero-downtime migration (we join your existing set as a secondary, sync, then you cut over to us as the new primary). We help with the migration as part of onboarding.
Does ManageStacks handle MongoDB version upgrades?
Yes. Major upgrades (6.0 → 7.0 → 8.0) are tested on a clone of your data first. Rolling upgrades across replica-set members keep the database available throughout — clients don't reconnect. Feature-compatibility-version (FCV) changes are coordinated with you before rollout.
Is oplog-based point-in-time recovery included?
Yes. The oplog is retained per your configured window (default 24-72 hours; extendable on Business+ for longer PITR). Combined with daily encrypted snapshots, you can restore to any moment within the retention window through the ManageStacks dashboard.
Can I use MongoDB Atlas Search / Vector Search alternatives?
MongoDB Atlas Search (Lucene-based) is Atlas-only — not in the Community binary. For text search on self-hosted, use the built-in text indexes (basic) or run Elasticsearch/Meilisearch alongside. For vector search, MongoDB 7.0+ supports Atlas Vector Search only in Atlas; on ManageStacks Community, use pgvector on Postgres or Qdrant as a dedicated vector database.
What happens if I want to migrate off ManageStacks?
mongodump / mongorestore or replica-set-based replication to your target. MongoDB Community binary is portable. FerretDB deployments export as a Postgres dump. Migration off is a supported operation.
Deploy MongoDB in under 5 minutes.
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