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MongoDB holds just 1 percent of the massive enterprise database market

Dev Ittycheria · Fireside Chat: Dev Ittycheria (President & CEO, MongoDB) with Matt Turck (Partner, FirstMark) · Apr 27, 2021 · at 42:20

Dev Ittycheria, President and CEO of MongoDB, discusses MongoDB's total market share within the global enterprise database software sector.

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“Going after the database market is one of the largest markets enterprise software. And so, as I said, we only have one percent share, and I think we're doing quite well.”

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The claim, plainly

MongoDB holds a 1% market share in the enterprise database software market as of April 2021.

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Assessment

According to industry database market reports around April 2021, MongoDB's market share was approximately 1%. In FY 2021 (ended January 31, 2021), MongoDB generated $590.38 million in revenue, and its trailing twelve-month (TTM) revenue as of April 2021 was approximately $630 million to $650 million. Gartner estimated the global DBMS market size for 2020 at $64.8 to $65 billion, while IDC estimated it at $68 billion. Comparing MongoDB's TTM revenue as of April 2021 against Gartner's $65 billion figure yields a market share between 0.97% and 1.00% (or ~0.91% using FY 2021 revenue), confirming that MongoDB held approximately 1% market share as claimed.

MongoDB FY 2021 revenue was $590.38 million and TTM revenue as of April 2021 was ~$630 million to $650 million.
Gartner estimated the 2020 global DBMS market size at ~$65 billion, while IDC estimated it at $68 billion.
MongoDB's revenue represented between 0.91% and 1.00% of the market around April 2021, matching the claim of approximately 1%.

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Gartner "DBMS" market size 2020 65 billion MongoDB annual revenue FY 2021 FY 2022 Gartner database market size 2020 2021 Gartner database management system market size 2020 2021 billion "MongoDB" "1%" "database market" Gartner OR IDC 2021

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