Plan overview
Cloud Databases offers two plans for MongoDB: IBM Cloud® Databases for MongoDB Standard and IBM Cloud® Databases for MongoDB Enterprise. Both plans provide managed MongoDB deployments with built-in high availability, scaling, and security.
The choice between the two depends on your specific needs, security requirements, and budget.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Standard plan | Enterprise plan |
|---|---|---|
| Edition | Fully managed MongoDB Community Edition | Fully managed MongoDB Enterprise Edition |
| Hosting model | Available on Shared or Isolated compute | Available only on Isolated compute |
| Ops Manager | Not included | Included. Provides monitoring, configuration, backup, automation, and security tooling |
| Backups | Daily automated snapshots for disaster recovery. Manual, on-demand backups also supported | Continuous, incremental backups with Point-in-Time Recovery for up to 7 days. |
| Restores | Standard restore from backups | Faster restore performance from incremental snapshots and PITR |
| Monitoring | Basic host and database metrics (CPU, memory, ops/sec) through IBM Cloud® Monitoring integration | Ops Manager dashboards with real-time and historical views, query profiler, automated index recommendations, custom alerts, plus IBM Cloud® Monitoring integration |
| Auditing | Event auditing through IBM Cloud Activity Tracker | IBM Cloud Activity Tracker plus granular auditing of schema changes, authentication events, and CRUD operations via Ops Manager |
Choosing a plan
- Choose the Standard plan for general-purpose workloads that need managed MongoDB with automated backups and a flexible hosting model.
- Choose the Enterprise plan for workloads that require Ops Manager, Point-in-Time Recovery, advanced monitoring, or detailed auditing to meet compliance and regulatory needs.