MongoDB hosting
MongoDB hosting,
on a server you control.Add MongoDB to your project in one click and run it on a server we provision and maintain. Your document store sits next to your Node, Python, or other app, with no Mongo server to install, secure, or patch yourself.
Why babysit mongod on a VPS, when you can SelfHost it?
How it works
MongoDB, one click away.
Inside a server you own.
On SelfHost, MongoDB runs as a one-click database inside a Project, your own managed server, alongside the app that uses it. You do not stand up a Mongo server or manage a separate host: create a project, add MongoDB, and point your app at the connection string.
In 5 steps
One click to a database.
No server to set up.
From zero to a running MongoDB in a few clicks, with the server handled for you.
Create a Project
Name it and SelfHost provisions a dedicated server for you in minutes.
Add MongoDB in one click
Pick MongoDB from the add-service screen. It comes up as a managed database inside your project.
Read the connection string
Copy the Mongo connection URI and set it in your app, for example as MONGODB_URI.
Deploy your app beside it
Run your Node, Python, or other app in the same project so it talks to MongoDB on the same server.
Watch it live
Live metrics and logs for the project, all in one place.
What it is good for
MongoDB, where it fits.
Store flexible, nested documents for content, catalogs, and event data without rigid schemas.
The M in MERN. Run an Express or Next.js API with MongoDB in the same project.
A schema-flexible store is handy when your data model is still moving fast.
Capture semi-structured logs and events alongside the app that produces them.
What you get
MongoDB, the easy way.
On a server you control.
No manual install, no config, no host to patch. MongoDB is added to your project and runs on a server we maintain.
App and MongoDB share one project server, so queries stay on the same box.
Live metrics and logs on a dedicated server you own.
Billed with the project server by the hour, from around $0.02/hr, paused at a zero balance.
Add MongoDB and manage the project from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client with 150+ tools.
MongoDB runs on your project server with your other services, not a multi-tenant cluster you cannot see.
A Project database, not a separate instance
MongoDB on SelfHost runs as a one-click database inside a Project, alongside your app, rather than a standalone managed instance. PostgreSQL is the engine offered as a dedicated managed instance with PITR, pooling, and Multi-AZ. For a document store next to your code, the Project database is the right fit.