Is MongoDB community is free to use ? even for industry or industries have to pay for that , I can’t get the clear picture of it by just reading the docs if anyone can help it would be great.
chris
(Chris Dellaway)
March 23, 2021, 12:10pm
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Welcome to the community @Durga_Prasad_Gembali !
The MongoDB Community Server is licensed under the Server Side Public License (SSPL) . As @chris mentioned, the Community Server is freely available and there are also paid options including MongoDB Enterprise (for self-hosted) and MongoDB Atlas (cloud managed).
There is a usage caveat on the SSPL which applies to publicly offering MongoDB as a service. For more information, please see the Server Side Public License FAQ .
There’s also a similar …
https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/search?q=sspl