MongoDB shines with broad programming language support, SQL-like queries, and out-of-the-box scaling. Check the InfoWorld Review score card to see how MongoDB stacks up among NoSQL data stores.

MongoDB is often the first NoSQL database developers will try because it’s so easy to learn. Will Shulman, CEO of MongoLab (a MongoDB-as-a-service provider), says it this way: ...

It's not so much a black and white, SQL vs. NoSQL situation, of course: TokBox still kept SQL databases around. That's where his team fed portions of Hadoop output for analysts to query more easily.

In previous columns, we've noted that the SQL language is in the ascendant. New SQL native databases such as CockroachDB and Yugabyte are showing robust adoption, while non-relational (NoSQL) ...

The name might be short for Not Only SQL, but to be a proper database that can be used by normal enterprises and not just by hyperscalers with their fleets of PhDs, any database, whether it is a ...

Find out the differences between MySQL, an SQL database, and MongoDB, a NoSQL database.

Indeed while MongoDB is popular, as I reported from the Visual Studio Live! conference in May in Chicago, there's no shortage of NoSQL databases, depending on your requirements.

MongoDB’s Leadership in the NoSQL Database World Does Not Warrant an Economic Moat Luke Yang May 6, 2025 Stock Analyst Note ...

MongoDB is currently the fifth-most-widely used database system in the world after Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server and PostgreSQL, according to a ranking system maintained on DB-Engines.com.

We are transferring coverage of MongoDB and maintaining the company’s no-moat rating. Despite its leadership in the NoSQL database market, we believe MongoDB’s focus on agile development can ...