Is Amazon DocumentDB same as MongoDB?

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Amazon DocumentDB is a NoSQL JSON document database service with a limited degree of compatibility with MongoDB. DocumentDB is not based on the MongoDB server. Rather it emulates the MongoDB API, and runs on top of Amazon's Aurora backend platform.

Is DocumentDB compatible with MongoDB?

Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is a fast, scalable, highly-available, and fully managed document database service that supports MongoDB workloads. Amazon DocumentDB is compatible with the MongoDB 3.6 and 4.0 APIs.

Does Amazon use MongoDB?

No. Amazon DocumentDB does not utilize any MongoDB SSPL code and thus is not restricted by this license. Instead, Amazon DocumentDB interacts with the Apache 2.0 open-source MongoDB 3.6 and 4.0 APIs. We will continue to listen and work backward from our customers to deliver the capabilities that they need.

What is AWS DocumentDB?

Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is a database service that is purpose-built for JSON data management at scale, fully managed and integrated with AWS, and enterprise-ready with high durability. Amazon DocumentDB added support for role-based access control (RBAC) with user-defined roles.

Is DocumentDB faster than MongoDB?

MongoDB Atlas outperformed DocumentDB on all workloads tested except the 95% reads / 5% writes with low numbers of threads. As the number of threads rose, Atlas' performance outpaced DocumentDB even in this case.

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