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| wdt_ID | Overview | ScaleGrid | mLab | ObjectRocket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Bring Your Own Cloud (AWS and Azure) Deploy deployments of all sizes in your own AWS and Azure account | Yes | No Must host through their plans | No Must host through their plans |
| 17 | MongoDB® Database Admin Access Keep full admin access to the underlying MongoDB® servers | Yes | No | No |
| 18 | SSH Access To The Underlying Machine Keep root access to the underlying machines, and install custom software agents | Yes | No | No |
| 19 | Local SSD Disk Support on AWS Use local SSD disks for high disk read/write performance | Yes | Yes | No |
| 20 | On-Premise DBaaS Support Manage databases on-premise or in a private cloud | Yes Enterprise On-Premise plans | No | No |
| 21 | Single Console Management for Multiple Databases Support for MySQL™, PostgreSQL®, MongoDB®, and Redis® | Yes MySQL™, PostgreSQL®, MongoDB®, Redis® | No | Yes MongoDB®, Redis® |
| 22 | Cross-Datacenter Configurations Distribute your MongoDB® replica sets across different data centers | Yes | No | No |
| 23 | Extra Data Transfer Costs Pay an additional fee for all data transfers, including same region, different regions and internet transfers | No | No | No |
| 24 | Connection Limits Connection limits depending on cluster size | No | No | No |
| 25 | Fully Customizable RAM, Disk Size & Instance Type Customize RAM, disk size, IOPS and instance type at any size for free | Yes | No | No |
| 26 | Custom Replica Set Configurations Customize your replica set size as per your needs | Yes | No | No |
| 27 | Live Migration Support Use live migration to migrate data from your existing setup | Yes | No | No |
| 28 | DigitalOcean Support Deploy your MongoDB® clusters on DigitalOcean with dedicated hosting | Yes | No | No |
| 29 | Sharding Support Distribute your data across different nodes for horizontal scalability | Yes | Yes Dependent on cloud platform | Yes |
| 30 | Pricing Granularity Daily or hourly pricing model | Yes Per hour | Yes Per day | Yes Per day |
| wdt_ID | Backup | ScaleGrid | mLab | ObjectRocket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Extra Cost for Backups Pay an additional per GB monthly fee for each backup | No | No | No |
| 28 | Custom Schedule For Backups Set a custom schedule to automatically backup your data | Yes | Yes | No |
| 29 | Selective Restores Restore only a portion of your data backup | Yes | No | No |
| 30 | Automated Restore of a Backup Quickly recover your MongoDB® data with one-click restore of a backup | Yes | No | No |
| wdt_ID | Security | ScaleGrid | mLab | ObjectRocket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Control Access With Security Groups Lock down access without having to deal with IP whitelists | Yes | Yes | No |
| 33 | Encryption at Rest Disk encryption to protect your stored data against potential attacks | Yes | Yes Dependent on plan | Yes Only with certain plans and datacenters |
| wdt_ID | Support | ScaleGrid | mLab | ObjectRocket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 24x7 Support, 1 Hour Response SLA 24x7 support from database experts included free in your MongoDB® hosting plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 36 | Performance Debugging Support & Proactive Monitoring Get help debugging performance issues stay proactive with customizable monitoring alerts | Yes | Yes | No |
| 37 | Forced MongoDB® Version Upgrades Upgrade on your schedule - not ours. We support your MongoDB® version until you decide to upgrade | No | No | No |
| wdt_ID | Monitoring & Management | ScaleGrid | mLab | ObjectRocket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | Monitoring Console with OS & MongoDB® Metrics Access a detailed dashboard of all your OS MongoDB® metrics to monitor deployment performance | Yes | Yes | No |
| 39 | Monthly Reports Get detailed monthly reports on MongoDB® performance, usage and growth | Yes | Yes | No |
| 40 | On-Demand Slow Query Analysis Generate heatmaps of your slow queries and analyze problem queries across different time ranges | Yes | Yes Schedule and time range cannot be customized | No |
