MongoDB is a document database, which means it stores data in JSON-like documents. We believe this is the most natural way to think about data and is much more expressive and powerful than the traditional row/column model.

Rich JSON Documents

• The most natural and productive way to work with data.
• Supports arrays and nested objects as values.
• Allows for flexible and dynamic schemas.

Powerful Query Language

• Rich and expressive query language that allows you to filter and sort by any field, no matter how nested it may be within a document.
• Support for aggregations and other modern use-cases such as geo-based search, graph search, and text search.
• Queries are themselves JSON, and thus easily composable. No more concatenating strings to dynamically generate SQL Queries.

All the power of relational database and more

• Distributed multi-document ACID transactions with snapshot isolation.
• Support for joins in queries.
• Two types of relationships needed one: reference and embedded.