MongoDB goes serverless with latest Atlas release MongoDB goes serverless with latest Atlas release The NoSQL database specialist is making its managed Atlas service available on a serverless basis, and has announced a host of updates to version 5.0 of its core product. Popular NoSQL database provider MongoDB is jumping on the serverless computing bandwagon by offering the MongoDB Atlas database-as-a-service (DBaaS) option on a serverless basis for preview customers from today. Serverless is an emerging cloud architecture which sees third-party providers dynamically allocate the compute and storage resources needed to execute a particular function, meaning developers no longer have to provision or manage their own servers and they only pay for when their functions execute.