Amazon DocumentDB

Amazon DocumentDB is ranked #43 of 74 in database software on The Geeks Club, made by Amazon DocumentDB. It runs on API, Web. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered.

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Serverless — Standard Not published 0.5 DCU starting capacity · 0.5 DCU capacity increments · Up to 15 read replicas aws.amazon.com · 22 Sept 2026

Serverless — I/O-Optimized Not published 0.5 DCU starting capacity · 0.5 DCU capacity increments · Up to 15 read replicas aws.amazon.com · 22 Sept 2026

Provisioned On-Demand — Standard Not published 10-minute minimum billing period · Up to 15 read replicas aws.amazon.com · 22 Sept 2026

Provisioned On-Demand — I/O-Optimized Not published 10-minute minimum billing period · Up to 15 read replicas aws.amazon.com · 22 Sept 2026

Amazon DocumentDB free trial Free Free for 30 days for eligible new users 750 hours/month of db.t3.medium · 30 million I/Os · 5 GB storage · 5 GB backup storage aws.amazon.com · 3 Oct 2026

Amazon DocumentDB Serverless (Standard) $0.08/mo $0.0822 per DCU-hour in the US East (N. Virginia) pricing example; capacity billed per second 0.5 DCU minimum · 0.5 DCU increments · compute example excludes storage and other costs aws.amazon.com · 3 Oct 2026

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Amazon DocumentDB

What it does: Amazon DocumentDB is a serverless, fully managed document database service compatible with MongoDB APIs.
Migration: It supports MongoDB APIs and drivers, so applications can typically migrate without code changes or downtime.
Serverless scaling: Serverless automatically scales database capacity to workload demand and supports Multi-AZ deployments and read replicas.
Storage limit: Storage automatically grows in 10 GiB increments up to a maximum of 4 PiB.
Read replicas: A cluster can have up to 15 read replicas, with a single endpoint for read queries.
Integrations: Native integrations include Amazon CloudWatch, AWS IAM, AWS Backup, and Amazon OpenSearch Service zero-ETL integration.
Encryption and monitoring: The pricing page says encryption at rest with AWS KMS, encryption in transit with TLS, and CloudWatch monitoring are available at no additional cost.
Compatibility limit: Amazon DocumentDB supports a vast majority of MongoDB APIs customers use, but not every MongoDB API.
Use cases: AWS lists content management, e-commerce, mobile and web applications, and generative and agentic AI applications as use cases.
Pricing dimensions: Standard pricing includes instances, database I/O, database storage, and backup storage; I/O-Optimized pricing includes instances, storage, and backup storage.
Trial restriction: The free trial is not available in AWS GovCloud (US) or China (Ningxia) regions.
AWS background: AWS says it launched in 2006 and is part of Amazon.
Founded: 2006

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Database Software in 2026#43 of 74
Best Document Databases in 2026#7 of 22

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