MongoDB Atlas: Managed Cloud Database

MongoDB Atlas

MongoDB Atlas is the official managed cloud database service from MongoDB, Inc. It handles provisioning, patching, backups, monitoring, and scaling — you focus on building your application, not managing servers.

• Free tier (M0) — 512 MB shared cluster, perfect for learning and side projects
• Atlas Search — full-text search powered by Lucene, integrated into the aggregation pipeline
• Atlas Data API — query your database over HTTP without a driver
• Atlas Charts — visual dashboards built directly on your collections
• Automated backups — point-in-time recovery on paid tiers
• Global clusters — distribute data across regions for low-latency global apps

// .env
// MONGODB_URI=mongodb+srv://<user>:<password>@cluster0.abcde.mongodb.net/school?retryWrites=true&w=majority

// Connect in a Next.js API route (singleton pattern)
let cached = global._mongoClient;

if (!cached) {
  cached = global._mongoClient = new MongoClient(process.env.MONGODB_URI);
  await cached.connect();
}

export default cached;