Multiple users report significant performance slowdowns with large collections
What happened
An SDET at a mid-market company reports that MongoDB Compass performance slows down significantly with very large collections and consumes a noticeable amount of memory, hindering efficiency. Another mid-market user confirms performance issues with larger collection sizes, highlighting a recurring problem across different users.
Source
From the reviews
- 4.5 of 5
“Performance can slow down when working with very large collections. It consumes a noticeable amount of memory compared to lighter database clients.”
Mohit K., SDETJul 6, 2026View
- 5 of 5
“It has performance issue with larger collection size and each entry in the collection has the maximum size limit of 16mb.”
Verified User in Information Technology and Services, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)Jul 6, 2026View
Extracted by Autobound
From the Signal API record- Signal
- Reliability issues
What this signalsReview themes often show where customers may look for an alternative.
- Product
- MongoDB Compass
- Star rating
- 4.5 of 5
- Reviewer
- Mohit K.
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- Reviewer role
- SDET
Extraction
- Detected
- Jul 14, 2026
- signal_type
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ReliabilityIssues
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