Self-managed solutions

Learn more about Enterprise Advanced and Community Edition, self-managed MongoDB solutions that drive innovation for your applications.

Enterprise Advanced

MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is ideal for running self-managed applications in production environments. It combines MongoDB Enterprise Server with a suite of tools and services to help with automation, operations, and security. Run your application anywhere—on-premises and various public and private clouds.

Gain visibility and control over MongoDB operations
Protect data and meet security and compliance standards

Get enterprise-grade support for critical workloads

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Community Edition

MongoDB Community Edition is a source-available, free-to-use version of MongoDB’s document database. It’s ideal for getting started with self-managed applications hosted locally or in the cloud. Enjoy the flexibility to learn, experiment, and build.

Develop with the latest version of MongoDB’s core database
Explore, learn, and evaluate MongoDB with Community Edition

Available for Windows, MacOS, and Linux distributions

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Atlas CLI

Get started with the Atlas CLI and enjoy a streamlined developer experience. Create and manage Atlas clusters locally or in the cloud straight from your terminal with a unified command line interface.

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FAQ

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What is the difference between MongoDB Community Edition and MongoDB Enterprise Server?

MongoDB Enterprise Server provides several capabilities not available in the MongoDB Community Edition, such as in-memory storage engine for self-managed deployments, auditing self-managed deployments, and Kerberos authentication on self-managed deployments.

Core server capabilities are generally the same in the two editions, however a MongoDB Enterprise Advanced subscription includes additional operational and management tools, a commercial license, as well as access to 24/7/365 technical support.

What is the difference between MongoDB Atlas and Enterprise Advanced or Community Edition?

MongoDB Atlas includes a fully managed cloud database and associated data services. This means backups, patches, upgrades, and other operational tasks are automated and handled for you.

MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is a self-managed comprehensive suite of products and services designed to develop and support mission-critical deployments. Ops Manager enables you to automate operations including deploying, monitoring, backups, scaling, and upgrades.

You can download MongoDB Enterprise Server or Community Edition to develop locally, however, you will not have access to Atlas-specific features such as auto-scaling, Atlas Vector Search, Atlas Stream Processing, Atlas Online Archive, Atlas Charts, and Atlas Data Federation.

Is the MongoDB Community Edition free?

MongoDB Community Edition is the source-available and free-to-use edition of MongoDB available under the Server Side Public License.

An Enterprise Advanced subscription includes MongoDB Enterprise Server, tools, technical support for your self-managed deployment, and a commercial license.

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