AWS Marketplace Atlas

Parent: MongoDB Atlas AWS Networking · Published reference · snapshot 2026-10-02

Depth-first rabbithole dossier for AWS Marketplace Atlas; source-anchored research pack.

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Structure and components

In scope: how buying MongoDB Atlas through AWS Marketplace works. That covers the listings and their pricing models, how an AWS account gets linked to an Atlas organization, how usage is metered and billed, how private offers and contracts change the terms, how this spend draws down AWS commitments (EDP/PPA), and the limits on each part. [source]

How it works

26. When a buyer accepts a private offer, it becomes an agreement. One offer can target up to 25 AWS accounts. If the management account accepts, the offer can be shared across an AWS Organization, but member accounts that were already subscribed must accept it again. — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/buyerguide/buyer-private-offers.html 27. When a private offer agreement expires, the buyer moves to public pricing or loses the subscription, depending on product type. For SaaS contracts, renewal and upgrade offers replace the old terms with no service break. — https://docs.aws.am [source]
28. AWS's generic flow: the buyer subscribes, then AWS POSTs `x-amzn-marketplace-token` to the seller. The seller calls `ResolveCustomer` to get the buyer's AWS account ID and product code, plus a `LicenseArn` for newer integrations. — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/userguide/saas-product-customer-setup.html `[1/4]` 29. AWS meters records only after the seller receives a `License Updated` event. "Records that you send before this event aren't metered." — same `[1/4]` 30. AWS requires the seller to reject duplicate AWS account IDs, which implies one seller account per AWS accoun [source]
31. A review of the public AWS MP reviews for the pay-as-you-go listing found no billing, linking, or cancellation complaints. Pricing was criticized only in general terms ("pricing is an area where MongoDB Atlas could improve", 2025-11-04). This is weak evidence: no complaints is not evidence that the flow is reliable. https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/reviews/reviews-list/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 [source]
- https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ - https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/ - https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/invoice-breakdown/ - https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/government/billing/ - https://www.mongodb.com/company/blog/product-release-announcements/introducing-pay-as-you-go-mongodb-atlas-aws-marketplace - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-zfief2k5r54q4 - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/reviews/reviews-list/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 - https://aws.amazon.com/abo [source]
1. MongoDB made Atlas available through AWS Marketplace in late 2017. The stated purpose was to let enterprise customers buy Atlas through AWS procurement and billing. — https://diginomica.com/mongodb-launches-atlas-aws-marketplace-hopes-woo-cloud-buyers (Derek du Preez, 2017-11-30) 2. MongoDB's own filings date that announcement to "December 2017", describing it as "making it easier for the more than 160,000 existing AWS customers to buy and consume MongoDB Atlas." — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441816/000144181618000019/mdb-013118xex991xearningsr.htm (8-K Ex 99.1, 2018-03-13) 3. [source]
- **Launch date.** Diginomica reported the launch on 2017-11-30. MongoDB's SEC filings say "December 2017". The likely cause is a re:Invent-week announcement reported before MongoDB's fiscal phrasing. This is unverified. Both dates are kept. - **What the 2017 listing was.** The 2017 sources describe "buy through Marketplace" but give no pricing model. The self-serve AWS-billing-account linking only shipped on 2021-12-15. No primary source found here says whether the 2017 offer was contract/private-offer-only or an earlier pay-as-you-go form. - **EDP "free against commit".** The parent claims A [source]
11. Generic AWS flow: after a buyer subscribes, AWS POSTs an opaque `x-amzn-marketplace-token` to the seller's registration URL. The seller resolves it with `ResolveCustomer` to get the buyer's AWS account ID, the product code, and, for new integrations, a `LicenseArn`. — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/userguide/saas-product-customer-setup.html 12. The registration token expires after a 4-hour window. AWS advises sellers to resolve it immediately because "it may expire after approximately one hour." This is an intra-document inconsistency in AWS's own docs. — https://docs.aws.a [source]
8. A private offer is negotiated pricing and EULA terms that the seller issues to a buyer-designated AWS account; accepting it creates an agreement. — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/buyerguide/buyer-private-offers.html 9. One private offer can target up to 25 AWS accounts; if accepted from an AWS Organizations management account it can be shared with member accounts, but previously subscribed member accounts must also accept it to get the price. — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/buyerguide/buyer-private-offers.html 10. A SaaS contract private offer runs 1 month t [source]

How-to and procedures

Run date: 2026-10-02. Concept: buying and paying for MongoDB Atlas through AWS Marketplace. [source]

Measurements and reference values

1. Atlas has three AWS Marketplace listings: pay-as-you-go, Enterprise (contract), and Atlas for Government. — https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 ; https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-zfief2k5r54q4 ; https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-h6zbkyntjvu3a `[mechanism lists all 3]` 2. The pay-as-you-go listing is SaaS sold by "MongoDB, Inc". It has one dimension, "MongoDB Atlas Credits used", at $1.00 per unit, and no minimum. — https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 `[4/4]` 3. Pay-as-you-go: "Subscriptions have no end date and may [source]
1. Atlas has two distinct AWS MP listings. "MongoDB Atlas (pay-as-you-go)" is usage-priced: one dimension, "MongoDB Atlas Credits used", at $1.00 per unit. It has no minimum, and "Subscriptions have no end date and may be canceled any time." https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 2. "MongoDB Atlas Enterprise" is a contract listing: a 12-month contract with $0.00 upfront and $1.00/unit overage, billed in one "MongoDB Atlas Enterprise" unit dimension. https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-zfief2k5r54q4 3. The Enterprise listing adds a separate charge: "additional c [source]
1. MongoDB, Inc. sells "MongoDB Atlas (pay-as-you-go)" as a SaaS listing. It has no end date and the buyer can cancel at any time. — https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 2. The pay-as-you-go listing has one pricing dimension, "MongoDB Atlas Credits used", at $1.00 per unit. The charge follows actual consumption: cluster tier and type, storage, data transfer, backups, and add-ons. — https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 3. A separate "MongoDB Atlas Enterprise" listing uses a 12-month contract. The contract line shows $0.00, and usage costs $1.00 pe [source]
- **Merge pass:** about 132 report claims collapsed to 75 unique claims. About 43% were duplicates across reports. Every report holds unique claims: mechanism has the AWS metering rules, history has the SEC timeline, edge cases has the multi-cloud support routing, and practice has the buyer-FAQ eligibility line. - **Verdict: BUDGET_EXHAUSTED (soft stop), not SATURATED-DEPTH.** No report had two passes in a row under 5%. - **Evidence it is close to saturated on public sources:** all four reports independently ended on the same open questions (X5, X10, the undocumented contract linking, X3). - * [source]
23. Since 2025-05-05, AWS MP accepts SaaS products from any deployment location. It labels products that are "100% deployed on AWS infrastructure" with a "Deployed on AWS" badge, which "may qualify for additional AWS customer benefits". https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/05/aws-marketplace-saas-products-deployment-locations/ 24. Third-party analysis says that since early 2025 an MP purchase retires PPA/EDP commitment only if "the service you purchase must itself run entirely on AWS". Professional services are excluded. https://www.duckbillhq.com/blog/what-to-do-when-underwater-on- [source]
| Pass | Focus | New claims | Rate | |---|---|---|---| | 0 | Atlas billing docs, PAYG announcement | 12 | 100% | | 1 | AWS MP listings, AWS What's New, invoice breakdown | 10 | 45% | | 2 | AWS private-offer buyer guide, EDP analyses | 7 | 24% | | 3 | AtlasGov billing, second EDP analysis, reviews | 2 | 6% | [source]
Verdict: BUDGET_EXHAUSTED (soft stop). The rate is falling but has not dropped below 5% for two passes in a row. One more pass on the Atlas Enterprise EULA and AWS PPA seller-side docs would probably still add claims. [source]
| Pass | Focus | New claims | Cumulative | Rate | |---|---|---|---|---| | 0 | Atlas billing docs, listing, cached changelog | 12 | 12 | 100% | | 1 | 2017 launch press, MongoDB product page | 5 | 17 | 29% | | 2 | SEC EDGAR filings 2018–2026, 2022 SCA, award | 8 | 25 | 32% | | 3 | Private-offer mechanics; EDP disconfirmation search | 3 | 28 | 11% | | 4 | EDP/commit AWS docs (404s), ISV Accelerate quote check | 0 | 28 | 0% | [source]
35. From 2022, Marketplace spend counts toward an EDP/PPA at 100% of spend, but only up to 25% of the annual commitment. — https://www.duckbillhq.com/blog/new-aws-marketplace-rules/ 36. Since 2025-05-01, only SaaS products "hosted entirely on AWS" (badge "Deployed on AWS") retire commitments. Before that date, partial AWS hosting was enough. — https://www.duckbillhq.com/blog/new-aws-marketplace-rules/ ; https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/awsmarketplace/aws-marketplace-announces-upcoming-expansion-to-saas-product-catalog/ 37. Eligibility follows the invoice date only. Invoices dated on or after 2025- [source]
| Pass | Focus | New claims | Total | Rate | |---|---|---|---|---| | 0 | MongoDB docs + PAYG listing | 12 | 12 | 100% | | 1 | AWS private-offer mechanics, Atlas subscriptions/billing | 12 | 24 | 50% | | 2 | EDP/PPA drawdown, May-2025 rule | 8 | 32 | 25% | | 3 | Badge verification, Gov listing, pro-services exclusion | 2 | 34 | 6% | [source]
The new-information rate fell but did not reach two passes in a row under 5%. **Verdict: BUDGET_EXHAUSTED (soft stop).** One or two more passes would likely still pay off, chiefly on the multi-cloud drawdown question and a primary AWS source for the cap. [source]
- Independent hosts used: mongodb.com (docs, press, blog), aws.amazon.com (listings, ISV Accelerate), docs.aws.amazon.com (buyer guide), nops.io, suger.io, duckbillhq.com, bytes.co.uk. That is 7 hosts; the gate of ≥3 is **met**. - Disconfirming sources were sought and found: claims 27, 29–31, and 34 contradict the parent's "free" framing. - Gap: the 25% cap has only secondary sources; no AWS primary statement was retrieved. - Tooling: Firecrawl and Bash were denied in this non-interactive run, so research used WebFetch and WebSearch only. No shared-cache page except ISV Accelerate was relevant [source]
**Verdict: BUDGET_EXHAUSTED (soft stop), not SATURATED-DEPTH.** The rate is declining, but it never had two consecutive passes under 5%. One or two more passes look likely to pay off on D2 (multi-cloud eligibility) and on the AWS primary statement of the cap (D3). [source]

Problems, failure modes and limitations

50. A private offer carries negotiated price and EULA terms for named buyer accounts. When the buyer accepts it, it becomes an agreement. — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/buyerguide/buyer-private-offers.html `[2/4]` 51. One offer can target at most 25 AWS accounts. If the management account accepts, the offer can be shared across an AWS Organization, but member accounts that were already subscribed must accept it themselves. — same `[4/4]` 52. A SaaS contract private offer can run from 1 to 144 months. It is paid upfront or on a flexible schedule, and it can include negotiated [source]
19. An expired private offer cannot be accepted. The seller must extend the expiry date or issue a new offer. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/buyerguide/buyer-private-offers.html 20. If a buyer accepts a renewal or upgrade private offer, the new terms take effect immediately. "Any previous terms or remaining scheduled payments are cancelled and replaced". https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/buyerguide/buyer-private-offers.html 21. When an agreement expires, the buyer either moves to public pricing or loses the subscription, depending on product type. Contract-to-PAYG [source]
36. While linked, you cannot add a backup credit card, and Atlas disables the Payment Method Edit button. — https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ `[4/4]` 37. The only way to remove the Marketplace payment method is to unlink the AWS billing account. — same `[2/4]` 38. All projects in an org share one payment method, so an org is either fully billed through Marketplace or not at all. — https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/ `[1/4]` 39. Cross-org billing and a self-serve Marketplace subscription cannot coexist. The paying org and linked orgs "Can't configure [source]
41. Under AWS's rules, the seller meters all usage on a SaaS subscription, but only usage above the entitlement on a SaaS contract. — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/userguide/metering-for-usage.html `[1/4]` 42. `BatchMeterUsage` deduplicates per product, customer, hour and dimension. If a retry sends a different quantity, AWS bills the original. A record cannot be amended. — same `[1/4]` 43. Records can be backdated up to 24 hours while the buyer is subscribed. After an unsubscribe the seller has 1 hour to send the rest. Month-end records must arrive before 06:00 UTC on the 1st [source]
61. Cancelling in AWS (Your Marketplace Software → Cancel Subscription) only unlinks billing. It "does not delete your resources or data", and the org "will continue to incur charges". **Cancelling does not stop costs.** — https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ `[4/4]` 62. When a subscription expires, Atlas charges the org's configured payment method. If none is configured, a declined charge puts the account at risk of suspension, and paid support bought with the subscription reverts to Basic. — https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/subscriptions/ `[1/4]` ( [source]
64. AWS's buyer FAQ says products count toward committed spend only "if the products are eligible", and that "products deployed on AWS typically qualify". **This is the only AWS primary statement found.** — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/buyerguide/multi-product-solutions-buyer-faq.html `[1/4]` (the history report found no AWS source, see X7) 65. AWS "What's New" (2025-05) says Marketplace now accepts SaaS from any deployment location. It badges products "100% deployed on AWS infrastructure", which "may qualify for additional AWS customer benefits". — https://aws.amazon.com/abo [source]
20. MongoDB's procedure covers "AWS Marketplace Subscriptions and not AWS Marketplace Contracts." Contract or committed purchases follow a separate, undocumented path. — https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ 21. To link, the customer subscribes on the listing, chooses "Set Up Your Account", selects an Atlas organization, and waits for AWS to sync. All outstanding or failed Atlas invoices must be resolved first. — https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ 22. While an AWS Marketplace subscription is active, Atlas blocks a backup cred [source]
18. You cannot add a credit card as a backup payment method. — https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ 19. Atlas disables the Payment Method Edit button. The only way to remove the Marketplace payment method is to unlink the AWS billing account. — https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ 20. The Atlas self-serve AWS Marketplace procedures "cover AWS Marketplace Subscriptions and not AWS Marketplace Contracts." Contracts and private offers follow a separate, sales-led path. — https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-m [source]
23. For SaaS subscriptions, the seller meters all usage. For SaaS contracts, the seller meters only usage beyond the contract entitlement. — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/userguide/metering-for-usage.html 24. Sellers must report usage with `BatchMeterUsage`. AWS deduplicates per product, customer, hour, and dimension. If a retry sends a different quantity, AWS bills the original quantity. A reported record cannot be amended. — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/userguide/metering-for-usage.html 25. A record can be backdated up to 24 hours while the buyer is subscri [source]
17. Setup flow: subscribe on the listing → "Set Up Your Account" → sign in to Atlas → pick an Atlas organization → "Link" → wait for the AWS sync. — https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ 18. Atlas requires all outstanding or failed invoices in the organization to be resolved before it can be linked. — https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ 19. After linking, the payment method shows "AWS Marketplace Subscription", the Edit button is disabled, and you cannot add a credit card as a backup. — https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billi [source]
23. Cancelling the AWS subscription unlinks billing but does not delete Atlas resources or data, and those resources keep accruing charges. Cancelling is therefore not a cost stop. — https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ 24. Cross-organization billing is incompatible with a self-serve marketplace subscription: paying and linked orgs cannot have one active and cannot configure one. — https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/ 25. If a subscription expires, Atlas charges the org's configured payment method. If no method is configured, the account risks suspensio [source]
27. **C-EDP.** AWS states that products are usable for committed-spend (EDP/PPA) drawdown only "if the products are eligible"; "products deployed on AWS typically qualify." Eligibility is per product. — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/buyerguide/multi-product-solutions-buyer-faq.html 28. The Atlas pay-as-you-go listing shows "Deployed on AWS: Yes" (checked 2026-10-02). The listing itself makes no statement about EDP/PPA eligibility. — https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 29. Since 2025-05-01, only SaaS products hosted entirely on AWS retire PPA commitment [source]
- Confirm that the listing still shows "Deployed on AWS: Yes" at signing and at each invoice date (claims 28–30). - Model the 25% Marketplace cap against the total annual commit before you size an Atlas private offer (claim 31). - Ask MongoDB whether Atlas clusters on Azure or GCP in the linked org affect eligibility (see Disagreement D2). - Do not plan to stop costs by cancelling the subscription. Terminate clusters in Atlas (claim 23). - Keep a fallback payment method on the org before any contract ends (claim 25). - Choose between self-serve Marketplace and cross-org billing; you cannot hav [source]
28. An AWS SaaS contract can be upgraded mid-term to a higher value, with a prorated credit. It cannot be reduced until renewal. — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/userguide/saas-contracts.html 29. When a contract ends, AWS sends `entitlement-updated` and the Entitlement Service returns an empty response. The seller has 1 hour to meter any remaining usage. — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/userguide/saas-contracts.html 30. A buyer can ask AWS Support to cancel a SaaS contract and get a refund, but must ask within 48 hours. — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/ [source]

Comparisons and alternatives

- **X1: 2017 launch date.** diginomica reported it on 2017-11-30. MongoDB's 8-K and 10-Q say "December 2017". A likely cause is re:Invent week, but that is unverified. - **X2: Pay-as-you-go launch date.** The press release (2021-11-30) announced it "for launch in calendar Q1 2022". The blog and the changelog date the billing-account linking to 2021-12-15. Both are MongoDB sources. Whether the release shipped early or a later GA followed is unresolved. - **X3: Metering cadence.** The history report quotes the listing as metering credits hourly. MongoDB's blog says resources are "charged daily" [source]
7. The Atlas self-serve procedures "cover AWS Marketplace Subscriptions and not AWS Marketplace Contracts". The documented link/unlink flow does not apply to contract or private-offer purchases. https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ 8. Linking is blocked until the org has no unpaid invoices: "You must resolve all outstanding or failed invoices in your Atlas organization before linking it". https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ 9. With an AWS MP subscription, "You cannot add a credit card as a backup payment", and Atlas disables [source]
- **Multi-cloud Atlas usage versus the "Deployed on AWS" rule.** The Atlas listings carry the badge (claim 7). But one Atlas org can run clusters on Azure and GCP, and AWS's rule requires 100% AWS hosting (claim 36). No source says whether Azure or GCP cluster credits billed through AWS Marketplace retire an AWS commitment. Duckbill says how AWS handles multi-cloud SaaS is "unclear" (https://www.duckbillhq.com/blog/new-aws-marketplace-rules/). This is open. - **The 25% cap rests on one source.** Only Duckbill states it (https://www.duckbillhq.com/blog/new-aws-marketplace-rules/). Suger (https: [source]
- **D1 — "Atlas spend is free against the EDP" (inherited parent claim) vs. the limits.** The parent extract calls Marketplace Atlas spend "free" against existing AWS commitments. AWS conditions drawdown on product eligibility (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/buyerguide/multi-product-solutions-buyer-faq.html), and secondary sources cap it at 25% of the commit (https://www.nops.io/blog/ultimate-guide-aws-edp/). The spend still costs money. It only retires a commitment the customer already has, up to the cap. Treat the parent wording as overstated. - **D2 — Multi-cloud Atlas vs. " [source]
- **Cap: fixed 25% or negotiable?** Duckbill and nOps state a 25% cap (claims 25–26). Redress Compliance frames eligibility as a negotiable lever (claim 28). AWS publishes no public primary source for EDP/PPA terms. Both positions stand. - **Does the EDP/PPA discount apply to MP purchases?** None of the three analyses answers this explicitly. It is unresolved. - **Badge vs multi-cloud Atlas.** Both listings carry "Deployed on AWS" (claim 4), yet Atlas can run clusters on Azure and GCP. Atlas docs route non-AWS support charges directly under an AWS MP commitment (claim 16). No source says wheth [source]

Facts and statements

**Scope.** In scope: buying and billing Atlas through AWS Marketplace. That covers the listings, linking, metering, private offers and contracts, cancellation and expiry, and how this spend draws down an EDP/PPA commitment. Out of scope: networking, KMS, EventBridge, CloudFormation, ISV Accelerate co-sell, and the Azure and GCP marketplaces. The parent's claims (listed on Marketplace, consolidated billing, EDP credits apply, commit-and-consume, ISV co-sell) are inherited and not repeated here. Everything below is a child-only delta or a correction. `[n/4]` shows how many of the four reports re [source]
16. MongoDB launched Atlas on AWS Marketplace in late 2017. The stated purpose was buying through AWS procurement and billing. — https://diginomica.com/mongodb-launches-atlas-aws-marketplace-hopes-woo-cloud-buyers `[1/4]` (the date is disputed, see X1) 17. MongoDB's filings framed the launch as "making it easier for the more than 160,000 existing AWS customers to buy and consume MongoDB Atlas." — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441816/000144181618000019/mdb-013118xex991xearningsr.htm `[1/4]` 18. The Q1 FY2019 10-Q places the launch in the Atlas growth strategy, beside "over 4,400 cust [source]
**Handoffs to concept-family-explorer (not chased here):** - Atlas on the Azure Marketplace - Atlas on the GCP Marketplace - Atlas cross-org billing - AWS PPA/EDP negotiation mechanics - AWS Marketplace Concurrent Agreements and the `LicenseArn` migration - AWS ISV Workload Migration Program credits - Voyage AI on AWS Marketplace - MongoDB Enterprise Advanced on the Intelligence Community Marketplace [source]
- IN: buying and paying for MongoDB Atlas through AWS Marketplace (AWS MP). This covers the pay-as-you-go listing, the Atlas Enterprise contract listing, private offers, linking and unlinking an Atlas org, how charges route, and how AWS MP spend relates to AWS EDP/PPA commitments. - OUT: VPC peering, PrivateLink, KMS, EventBridge, CloudFormation/CDK, ISV Accelerate co-sell mechanics, and Azure/GCP marketplaces. Those are sibling or parent concepts. Azure/GCP pages appear here only where Atlas docs state shared marketplace rules. - Tooling note: Bash and Firecrawl were denied in this session. R [source]
Sibling handoffs for concept-family-explorer: AWS ISV Accelerate co-sell; Atlas on Azure Marketplace; Atlas on Google Cloud Marketplace; Atlas cross-org billing. [source]
In scope: how MongoDB Atlas is sold and billed through AWS Marketplace. This covers the 2017 launch, the December 2021 self-serve pay-as-you-go linking, how the listing is metered, how subscribing and cancelling work, private offers, and dated partnership milestones that name the Marketplace channel. [source]
Out of scope: Atlas networking (VPC peering, PrivateLink), Azure and GCP marketplaces, the general ISV Accelerate programme, and other MongoDB products listed on AWS Marketplace (Voyage AI models, Enterprise Advanced). Those appear below only as boundary notes. [source]
Inherited parent claims, not repeated as findings: Atlas is purchasable on AWS Marketplace with consolidated billing; EDP credits apply; commit-and-consume; ISV Accelerate co-sell. [source]
15. The public listing is titled "MongoDB Atlas (pay-as-you-go)", and the seller is "MongoDB, Inc". — https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 16. The listing has one pricing dimension: "MongoDB Atlas Credits used" at $1.00 per unit. There are no minimums or upfront commitment. — https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 17. Atlas meters credits hourly against actual consumption: cluster tier, storage, data transfer, backups and add-ons. — https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 18. Listing terms: "Subscriptions have no end date and m [source]
28. Voyage AI models stay on AWS Marketplace after the acquisition (8-K, 2025-02-24). MongoDB Enterprise Advanced is listed in the AWS Marketplace for the U.S. Intelligence Community (Q2 FY2026, 2025-08-26). These are separate listings, not Atlas. — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441816/000144181625000040/mdb-odysseypr.htm ; https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441816/000144181625000176/mdb-73125xex991xrelease.htm [source]
Handoffs for concept-family-explorer (not pursued): Azure Marketplace Atlas pay-as-you-go (2022-12); GCP Marketplace Atlas; AWS EDP / private pricing commitment rules for Marketplace spend; Voyage AI on AWS Marketplace; MongoDB Enterprise Advanced on the IC Marketplace. [source]
- https://diginomica.com/mongodb-launches-atlas-aws-marketplace-hopes-woo-cloud-buyers - https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441816/000144181618000019/mdb-013118xex991xearningsr.htm - https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441816/000144181618000053/mdb-043018x10q.htm - https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441816/000144181622000105/mdb-43022xex991xrelease.htm - https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441816/000144181622000109/mdb-20220430.htm - https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441816/000144181623000023/mdb-013123xex991xrelease.htm - https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14 [source]
The parent already states four facts: Atlas is on Marketplace, EDP credits apply, commit-and-consume exists, and the spend counts toward the AWS commit. This report does not repeat them. It adds only deltas, corrections, and limits. [source]
9. MongoDB announced pay-as-you-go Atlas on AWS Marketplace on 2021-12-15. Before that, the Marketplace route required "upfront commitments", and privately negotiated offers were already supported. — https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/introducing-pay-as-you-go-mongodb-atlas-aws-marketplace 10. Under pay-as-you-go, MongoDB says resources are "charged daily", with "no payment minimum". Usage and support costs go together onto the AWS bill. — https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/introducing-pay-as-you-go-mongodb-atlas-aws-marketplace [source]
34. Cancelling the Atlas Marketplace subscription unlinks the AWS billing account but "does not delete your resources or data". The org "will continue to incur charges" after unlinking. — https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ [source]
Handoffs to CFE (not chased): AWS PPA/EDP negotiation mechanics; Atlas cross-organization billing; the AWS Marketplace Concurrent Agreements (`LicenseArn`) migration. [source]
- https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ - https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/ - https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/introducing-pay-as-you-go-mongodb-atlas-aws-marketplace - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-zfief2k5r54q4 - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-h6zbkyntjvu3a - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/userguide/saas-product-customer-setup.html - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/userguide/metering-for-usage.html - https://docs.aws.amazon [source]
- **In scope:** the Atlas listings on AWS Marketplace, the pay-as-you-go subscription mechanics, private offers and contracts, how charges reach the AWS bill, how Marketplace purchases of Atlas count against AWS spend commitments (EDP/PPA), and the operational limits of a Marketplace-linked Atlas organization. - **Out of scope:** Atlas networking on AWS (VPC peering, PrivateLink), Azure/GCP marketplaces, the ISV Accelerate program beyond its private-offer link, and general Atlas pricing. Those are separate frontier items. - **Inherited parent claims not repeated as findings:** Atlas is listed [source]
1. The public AWS Marketplace listing is "MongoDB Atlas (pay-as-you-go)", sold by MongoDB, Inc. and delivered as SaaS. — https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 2. The pay-as-you-go listing has one pricing dimension: "MongoDB Atlas Credits used" at $1.00 per unit, billed on actual usage. — https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 3. The pay-as-you-go subscription has no end date and can be cancelled any time; the listing offers no standard contract, but buyers can request a private offer for a custom quote. — https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodvi [source]
- Azure Marketplace and GCP Marketplace Atlas billing (sibling pages linked from https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/). - Atlas cross-organization billing. - AWS ISV Workload Migration Program credits (https://aws.amazon.com/partners/programs/isv-accelerate/). [source]
- https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ - https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/ - https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/subscriptions/ - https://www.mongodb.com/press/mongodb-announces-a-pay-as-you-go-offering-in-aws-marketplace - https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/introducing-pay-as-you-go-mongodb-atlas-aws-marketplace - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-h6zbkyntjvu3a - https://aws.amazon.com/partners/programs/isv-accelerate/ - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/b [source]
**MongoDB origin** - https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/aws-self-serve-marketplace/ - https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/ - https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/subscriptions/ - https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/invoice-breakdown/ - https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/government/billing/ - https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/release-notes/changelog/ - https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/introducing-pay-as-you-go-mongodb-atlas-aws-marketplace - https://www.mongodb.com/company/blog/product-release-announcements/introducing-pay-as-you-go-mongodb-atlas-aws-marketplace - [source]
**AWS origin** (listing text is written by MongoDB; badges and docs are AWS's) - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-zfief2k5r54q4 - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-h6zbkyntjvu3a - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/reviews/reviews-list/prodview-pp445qepfdy34 - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/05/aws-marketplace-saas-products-deployment-locations/ - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/awsmarketplace/aws-marketplace-announces-upcoming-expansion-to-saas-product-catalog/ - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs [source]
15. Atlas splits support charges across cloud providers in proportion to usage, for example 50/30/20 AWS/Google Cloud/Azure. Each provider gets its own support line item. https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/invoice-breakdown/ 16. With an AWS MP commitment plus direct payment for other usage, Atlas sends AWS support charges to AWS MP and charges Google Cloud and Azure support directly. A multi-cloud Atlas org on an AWS MP commitment can therefore receive two bills. https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/billing/invoice-breakdown/ 17. Atlas computes the support minimum monthly per org, not pe [source]
29. Atlas for Government can be bought through AWS MP, Google Cloud MP, or MongoDB Sales. Credit card and PayPal are not allowed. https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/government/billing/ 30. For AtlasGov, Atlas applies the activation code from the AWS MP invitation to the first org the user creates. Creating a scratch org first can misplace the subscription. https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/government/billing/ [source]
Run: /rabbithole, 2026-10-02. Parent: MongoDB Atlas AWS Networking. [source]
The quality gate is met: there are 5 independent hosts (mongodb.com, aws.amazon.com and docs.aws.amazon.com, duckbillhq.com, bytes.co.uk, suger.io). The disconfirming evidence (claims 35–37) limits the parent's claim that Atlas spend is "free against existing AWS commitments". The shared parent cache was not counted toward the gate. [source]
**Origins for the three-source gate.** I counted organisations, not hostnames: - MongoDB: mongodb.com, plus its own SEC filings on sec.gov. - AWS: aws.amazon.com and docs.aws.amazon.com together. Listing text is written by MongoDB. The "Deployed on AWS" badge is AWS's own statement. - diginomica, Duckbill, Bytes, nOps, Suger and Redress Compliance. [source]
That makes **8 independent origins, so the gate is met.** The shared Firecrawl cache page for ISV Accelerate (`aws.amazon.com/partners/programs/isv-accelerate/`) is inherited. Practice claim 16, which cited it, is **excluded** and not counted. [source]
**Inherited (excluded from the gate):** https://aws.amazon.com/partners/programs/isv-accelerate/ [source]
Met. Six independent hosts: mongodb.com (docs and blog), aws.amazon.com (listings and What's New), docs.aws.amazon.com, duckbillhq.com, nops.io, redresscompliance.com. The search for disconfirming evidence succeeded: it falsifies the parent's "free against EDP" claim (claim 27). AWS EDP terms are not public, so EDP claims 24–28 rest on third-party analyses, not a primary source. [source]
Out of scope: VPC peering, PrivateLink, KMS, EventBridge, CloudFormation, ISV Accelerate co-sell mechanics, and the Azure and GCP marketplaces. Those are sibling or parent items. [source]

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