Amazon DocumentDB

Amazon DocumentDB Serverless

What is Amazon DocumentDB Serverless?

Amazon DocumentDB Serverless is an on-demand, auto scaling configuration for Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility). It automatically scales capacity up or down in fine-grained increments based on your application's demand, offering up to 90% cost savings compared to provisioning for peak capacity. For applications with variable workloads, Amazon DocumentDB Serverless offers simplified resource management, with no upfront commitments or additional costs, so you only pay for the database capacity used. Amazon DocumentDB Serverless provides the same MongoDB compatible-APIs and capabilities as Amazon DocumentDB, including read replicas, Performance Insights, and I/O-Optimized storage. It is ideal for a broad set of applications with variable and multi-tenant workloads. Amazon DocumentDB Serverless is available starting with Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 for both new and existing clusters.

Benefits

Simplified capacity management

Free yourself from manual capacity management and focus instead on innovation.

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Cost savings

Automatically scale capacity up or down in fine-grained increments based on your application's demand, for up to 90% cost savings compared to provisioning for peak capacity.

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Use cases

Variable workloads

For highly variable or unpredictable workloads, you no longer need to over-provision for peak capacity and avoid overspending on resources you don't constantly use. You can avoid provisioning to average capacity, which can cause performance problems and a poor user experience. This is suitable for use cases such as auditing, seasonal promotions, surges during peak business hours, or agentic workflows that are invoked at unpredictable times.

Multi-tenant applications

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications vendors no longer need to manage capacity for individual customers as Amazon DocumentDB Serverless can manage capacity across multi-tenant clusters or enterprise-wide database fleets.

New applications

For deploying new applications where instance sizing is not yet determined, you can set up clusters with one or many instances and Amazon DocumentDB Serverless will autoscale to the capacity your application needs.

AccelByte

AccelByte is a game development platform that supports cross-platform, storage, monetization, social, matchmaking, and more.

“Amazon DocumentDB Serverless is exactly what our team needs to adapt to dramatic shifts in player usage, ensuring we can deliver reliable, cost-effective scaling to meet the needs of our customers and provide a delightful experience to millions of players worldwide."

Tony Fu, Vice president of Engineering - AccelByte

Greenway Health

Greenway Health (Greenway) develops electronic health record (EHR) solutions for ambulatory medical practices, such as doctors’ offices and other outpatient services, so they can securely store vast amounts of sensitive patient data.

“As we explore Amazon DocumentDB serverless for our core data pipeline that powers agentic AI initiatives, we're excited about the potential to further improve operational efficiencies while maintaining our focus on improving patient care outcomes in collaboration with the AWS healthcare team."

Philip Nick, Vice President and Distinguished Engineer - Greenway Health

Kaltura

Kaltura provides AI-infused, video-first customer and employee digital experiences that skyrocket engagement, boost collaboration and drive business results.

“As a beta customer, we ran Amazon DocumentDB Serverless against the dynamic traffic waves of Kaltura’s large virtual events. The service scaled up when attendance spiked, contracted when sessions ended, and kept latency consistent throughout."

Omri Ceisler, DevOps Manager - Kaltura

Rippling

Rippling is a workforce management system that eliminates the friction of running a business, combining HR, IT, and Finance apps on a unified data platform.

“As we look to integrate agents throughout our platform, serverless databases give us a flexible foundation to adapt to the evolving needs of this emerging technology."

Albert Strasheim, Chief Technology Officer - Rippling

Sportradar

Sportradar is a global sports technology company at the intersection between sports, media, and betting.

“As we expanded our product portfolio, we needed the ability to quickly respond to changing workload demands. Amazon DocumentDB Serverless has been a game-changer for scaling our data operations on the Sportradar data curation team. Switching from provisioned instances to serverless has been seamless for us, no downtime needed! The ease of use and instant scalability is invaluable. We can handle load spikes during peak sporting events without over-provisioning resources during quieter periods or off-seasons. Amazon DocumentDB Serverless has reduced our database costs by approximately 30% while eliminating the operational overhead of capacity planning, allowing our team to focus on delivering value rather than managing infrastructure.”

Mathew Stagg, Engineering Leader - Sportradar