# What is MongoDB and its advantages?

What is MongoDB and its advantages?

##### Post Metadata
- Posted at: about 3 years ago
- Author title: Pinned by G2 as a common question



## Comments
### Comment 1

Mongodb is nosql database. Which doesn't follow relational model , It is based on documents collection.Documents basically follows BSON i.e. binary JSON. 

Adwantages- It gives you more control over your data.High availability, scalability,Good perormance

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: over 2 years ago
- Author title: MTS | Python | Java | MySQL | PostgreSQL




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[MongoDB](https://www.g2.com/products/mongodb/reviews)

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