MongoDB, Inc. has announced the general availability of MongoDB 8.0, the best-performing version of MongoDB, the world’s most popular document database.
Millions of developers and more than 50,000 customers—including 70% of the Fortune 100 and leading global enterprises—rely on MongoDB as a trusted operational database for applications across a wide range of use cases. MongoDB 8.0 provides significant performance improvements, reduced scaling costs, and additional scalability, resilience, and data security capabilities.
MongoDB 8.0 is now generally available on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure through MongoDB Atlas, on MongoDB Enterprise Advanced for on-premises and hybrid deployments, and as a free download with MongoDB Community Edition.
Customers across industries tell us how critical it is for their core operational database to perform well, no matter the scale,” said Jim Scharf, Chief Technology Officer at MongoDB. “Developers have long loved building with MongoDB, so we’ve ensured that 8.0 kept the bar extremely high for developer usability. MongoDB 8.0 was also built to exceed our customers’ most stringent security, resiliency, availability, and performance requirements, and is the most impressive version of MongoDB yet. MongoDB 8.0 gives customers the strongest possible foundation for building a wide range of applications, now and in the future.”
Many customers primarily interact with organizations through applications, and they expect reliable, responsive experiences when doing so. Likewise, organizations need to know that their applications are secure, robust, performant, and will operate efficiently under all situations. Because of its ease of use, scalability, high performance, industry-leading security capabilities, and its ability to flexibly store and process virtually any type of data, MongoDB is an ideal solution for developers building applications and the customers who use them alike. Built for the needs of a wide variety of enterprise applications, MongoDB 8.0—the best version of MongoDB ever—empowers development teams to build innovative, customer-focused applications.
As a MongoDB customer since 2022, we’ve loved building with MongoDB. The flexibility of the document model, MongoDB’s ability to store both structured and unstructured data, and its robust scalability has made MongoDB an ideal database solution for Metaphor,” said Mars Lans, co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Metaphor. “We’re really excited about the capabilities that MongoDB 8.0 brings, and we look forward to building mission-critical applications with it.”
As a company dedicated to unlocking the full potential of forests through data-driven climate projects, leveraging the right technology is paramount to our mission,” said Felix Horvat, Chief Technology Officer at OCELL. “With MongoDB 8.0, we have seen an incredible boost in performance, with some of our queries running twice as fast as before. This improvement not only enhances our data processing capabilities but also aligns perfectly with our commitment to resource efficiency. By optimizing our backend operations, we can be more effective in our climate initiatives while conserving resources—a true reflection of our dedication to sustainable solutions.”
With an emphasis on enterprise-grade security, durability, availability, and performance—including more than 45 architectural improvements and new features—MongoDB 8.0’s capabilities provide:
Optimized performance for a wide variety of applications. As the data applications generate and use grows, inefficiencies can lead to increased infrastructure costs and decreased performance. Because many customers primarily interact with businesses through their applications, poor or inconsistent application performance can lead to customer unhappiness, lost opportunities, and lost revenue. It’s therefore imperative for organizations to ensure that their applications perform consistently well.
MongoDB 8.0 improves performance by allowing applications to quickly query and transform data. Architectural optimizations in MongoDB 8.0 have significantly reduced memory usage and query times, and MongoDB 8.0 has more efficient batch processing capabilities than previous versions.
Specifically, MongoDB 8.0 features:
32% better throughput
56% faster bulk writes
20% faster concurrent writes during data replication
In addition, MongoDB 8.0 can handle higher volumes of time series data and can perform complex aggregations more than 200% faster—with lower resource usage and costs.
