Migrating to a multi-cloud database is easier than ever

The Atlas Live Migration Service can migrate your data from your existing environment — whether it's on AWS, Azure, GCP, your data center, or a third-party database-as-a-service provider — to MongoDB Atlas, the global cloud database for MongoDB, with minimal impact to your app.

Join the thousands of teams that have already migrated to MongoDB Atlas

How It Works

The Live Migration Service is a free service that we host and operate to make it simple to migrate your database to MongoDB Atlas. This service works by making an initial copy of the data from your source database, and watching for any changes so that it stays in sync until you are ready to cut over. During this process, your application can continue to read and write from your source database. When you are ready, change the connection string in your application from your source database to your Atlas cluster, and the migration is complete.

What do I get from switching to Atlas?

Database

A multi-cloud database service built for resilience, scale, data privacy, and security.

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Search

Build fast, relevance-based search experiences without the need for a bolt-on search engine.

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Charts

Bring your data to life and get real-time insights with embeddable dashboards and visualizations.

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Data Lake (Preview)

Run high-performance analytics with a cost-effective fully managed storage solution.

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Atlas CLI

Create and manage your MongoDB Atlas database from the command line.

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Data Federation

Seamlessly query, transform, and aggregate data from one or more Atlas databases and AWS S3 buckets.

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APIs, Triggers, Functions

Build apps, integrate services, and connect to your data without operational overhead.

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Device Sync

Keep your data up-to-date across devices, users, and your backend.

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Online Archive

Archive data from Atlas clusters to fully managed object storage and query it through a single endpoint.

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How do I migrate?

Deploy your new cluster
Live migrate the data
Cutover in seconds when ready

  • The Live Migration Service is a free service that we host and operate to make it simple to migrate your database to MongoDB Atlas.

  • This service works by making an initial copy of the data from your source database, and watching for any changes so that it stays in sync until you are ready to cut over.

  • During this process, your application can continue to read and write from your source database.

  • When you are ready, change the connection string in your application from your source database to your Atlas cluster, and the migration is complete.

Step-by-Step Guide for Migrating Your Database to MongoDB Atlas Using the Live Migration Service

Our step-by-step guide will walk you through the process of migrating your data to MongoDB Atlas with minimal downtime from any source environment.

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Need help with your migration? Engage MongoDB’s consulting team.

MongoDB's consulting team can help you smoothly migrate your self-managed MongoDB deployment to Atlas and maximize your Atlas investment right from the start. Our Atlas Cluster Migration consulting package provides:

  • Migration Planning and Testing support to ensure an optimal migration approach tailored to your application's requirements and constraints, getting you up and running on Atlas in minimal time

  • Integration assistance to help your team ensure that your Atlas deployment is fully integrated with existing systems for database management and security

  • Performance Evaluation and Tuning expertise to optimize the performance, scalability, and efficiency of your Atlas deployment

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Get started with Atlas today

Get started in seconds. Our free clusters come with 512 MB of storage so you can play around with sample data and get oriented with our platform.