How much does MongoDB Atlas cost in 2026?

MongoDB Atlas charges $9.00 per month for the entry plan, per MongoDB's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: M0 shared cluster with 512 MB, always free. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.

Does MongoDB Atlas have a free tier?

Yes — M0 shared cluster with 512 MB, always free. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.

Are these MongoDB Atlas prices current?

They were checked against MongoDB's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

MongoDB Atlas pricing

The managed service from MongoDB itself, with a permanently free shared tier and dedicated clusters priced per instance size across three clouds.

List prices checked May 2026

By MongoDB · Managed databases

Rate card

What MongoDB charges, by billing axis.

Axis	Price	Applies to
Entry plan	$9.00/mo	Cheapest paid plan or typical entry configuration
Storage	$0.250/GB-mo	Standard or hot storage class
Free tier	Yes	M0 shared cluster with 512 MB, always free

Source: MongoDB pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

What it costs per month

MongoDB Atlas billed against three workload profiles, using the rates above. Every line shows its arithmetic.

Side project

A personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.

$14/mo

Entry plan at $9/month$9.00
20 GB at $0.25/GB-month$5.00

Growing SaaS

A funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.

$134/mo

Entry plan at $9/month$9.00
500 GB at $0.25/GB-month$125

Media-heavy site

A publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.

$509/mo

Entry plan at $9/month$9.00
2 TB at $0.25/GB-month$500

MongoDB Atlas vs the alternatives

The closest managed databases on price, with the difference on managed databases's headline axis.

Service	Entry plan	vs MongoDB Atlas	Compare
Google Cloud SQL	$9.37	1× dearer	Head to head
Turso	$8.25	1.1× cheaper	Head to head
Upstash Redis	$10.00	1.1× dearer	Head to head
AWS RDS for PostgreSQL	$12.40	1.4× dearer	Head to head
Azure Database for PostgreSQL	$12.41	1.4× dearer	Head to head
Scaleway Managed Database	$13.00	1.4× dearer	Head to head

Questions about pricing

How much does MongoDB Atlas cost in 2026?: MongoDB Atlas charges $9.00 per month for the entry plan, per MongoDB's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: M0 shared cluster with 512 MB, always free. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does MongoDB Atlas have a free tier?: Yes — M0 shared cluster with 512 MB, always free. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.
Are these MongoDB Atlas prices current?: They were checked against MongoDB's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

Rate card

What it costs per month

MongoDB Atlas vs the alternatives

Questions about pricing

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