MongoDB Atlas vs Amazon RDS Pricing (2026)
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MongoDB Atlas vs Amazon RDS

Database as a Service pricing comparison · 2026

MongoDB Atlas pricing ranges from $0–$56.94/varies, while Amazon RDS uses custom pricing.

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MongoDB Atlas
MongoDB Atlas pricing is entirely custom-quoted — all plans require contacting sales direc
verified 9w ago
$8.7K $17K
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Amazon RDS
Amazon RDS pricing is custom-quoted through AWS sales.
verified 10w ago
$8.7K $17K
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Estimated license cost
at 25 seats
List price × seats. Click a tier below to lock it.
Dedicated
$17K/yr
year 1 license · $57/seat
Pricing model unknown
Pricing model unknown
no public list price found
What buyers actually pay
median, annual
Vendr deal-flow data. The real benchmark, not list price.
No Vendr data
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Not in Vendr's deal flow
Median annual
$8.7K/yr
Vendr · n=4 · limited data
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Sources & confidence

Every dollar amount and contract clause below traces back to a sourced fact. We don't manufacture composite scores.

Where this data comes from
Vendr · TrustRadius · Reddit · BBB · official docs
Sources 12 sourced facts
9 hidden-cost · 1 contract · 2 review platforms
Last verified 2mo ago
Confidence Limited confidence
Sources 19 sourced facts
16 hidden-cost · Vendr median · 2 review platforms
Last verified 2mo ago
Confidence Limited confidence
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Hidden costs

Each cost is severity-ranked, with the dollar range quoted from its source (Vendr, Reddit, TrustRadius, BBB, official docs) — never our estimate.

Beyond the sticker
Severity-ranked, sourced
5 documented
  • Data Transfer and Egress Fees
    $500–$5,000+ per month
    1 source
  • Backup Storage
    10–20% to total storage expenses
    1 source
  • Premium Support
    20% of the total bill
    1 source
  • Non-Linear Instance Tier Pricing
    6-8x jump in monthly spend
    1 source
  • Cross-Region Replication and High Availability Premiums
    roughly double cluster costs for each additional region
    1 source
5 documented
  • Over-provisioned Instances
    $1,500/month
    1 source
  • I/O Operations
    $0.10 per provisioned IOPS-month
    1 source
  • Backup and Snapshot Storage
    $0.095/GB-month
    1 source
  • Data Transfer
    $0.09 per GB
    1 source
  • Multi-AZ Deployments
    $1,476/year
    1 source
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What users say

Aggregated, with sample sizes. We use whichever review platform has data.

User reviews
TrustRadius · Trustpilot · G2
TrustRadius
8.4out of 5 (67)
G2
4.5out of 5 (899)
Best for
Learning and exploring MongoDB in a cloud environment
Watch out
Expensive and Unclear Pricing
TrustRadius
9out of 5 (306)
G2
4.5out of 5 (908)
Best for
See website for current tier pricing — will auto-populate on next extraction
Watch out
High Costs
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Database as a Service

MongoDB Atlas

$0–$56.94
/varies
4 plans · Free tier
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Database as a Service

Amazon RDS

Custom pricing
/varies
1 plan
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MongoDB Atlas and Amazon RDS both operate in the database as a service category. This page compares their list pricing.

Plan-by-Plan Pricing

Plan MongoDB Atlas Amazon RDS
Free Free /user/month Custom
Flex $8 /user/month —
Dedicated $56.94 /user/month —
Enterprise Advanced Custom —

What Users Say

MongoDB Atlas

G2
4.5out of 5 (899)
TrustRadius
8.4out of 10 (67)
Top complaints
  • Expensive and Unclear Pricing
  • High Memory Usage
  • Latency Issues

Amazon RDS

G2
4.5out of 5 (908)
TrustRadius
9out of 10 (306)
Top complaints
  • High Costs
  • Limited Control and Customization
  • Complexity

Hidden Costs

Beyond the sticker price — what catches buyers off guard.

MongoDB Atlas 9 hidden costs

high
Data Transfer and Egress Fees $500–$5,000+ per month
medium
Backup Storage 10–20% to total storage expenses
high
Premium Support 20% of the total bill
high
Non-Linear Instance Tier Pricing 6-8x jump in monthly spend
high
Cross-Region Replication and High Availability Premiums roughly double cluster costs for each additional region
See all MongoDB Atlas hidden costs →

Amazon RDS 16 hidden costs

high
Over-provisioned Instances $1,500/month
medium
I/O Operations $0.10 per provisioned IOPS-month
medium
Backup and Snapshot Storage $0.095/GB-month
high
Data Transfer $0.09 per GB
high
Multi-AZ Deployments $1,476/year
See all Amazon RDS hidden costs →

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