MongoDB Atlas and Heroku
Hi guys,
I need your advice. I am building a saas and need to choose MongoDB Atlas and Heroku plans. I looked at MongoDB Atlas and could not get their pricing right. What do they mean by Storage? Is this storage for monthly use or? In general, what is best MongoDB Atlas and Heroku plan for medium size saas?
Best,
Ali
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I personally use Mlab.com for my MongoDB needs. They have been acquired by MongoDb. Storage can get pricey. I use MongoDb to store and stream cleaned pricing data. "This plan is $15 per GB per month, pro-rated by the day and metered by the byte after 1 GB ".Depending on the activity of the exchange the data can pile up. I'm only interested in the most current pricing and I have a python script that deletes all data accept the most current week. I imagine MongoDb Atlas operates on a similar type metered plan for storage. If you don't delete data daily expect the bill to increase every month.
MongoDB Atlas' pricing tiers are based on machine's CPU/RAM/disk size. The good news is that you can always upgrade/downgrade with no downtime through the UI. So when you start hitting size/performance limits, you can just bump your tier up. Every tier pretty much doubles availability of all resources.
TLDR: If you don’t know what database to choose, then choose a relational database (MySQL or PostgreSQL). In the majority of cases that would be the right decision, in the remaining few cases you can migrate to MongoDB later.
This is your questions more detailed answer// https://www.inconceptlabs.com/blog/when-not-to-use-mongodb