# MLab

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This article is about the defunct American software company. Not to be confused with **MLAB**.

**mLab** (originally **MongoLab**) was a [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco)-based[1] [cloud](/source/Cloud_computing) [database service](/source/Data_as_a_service) which hosted fully-managed [MongoDB](/source/MongoDB) databases. mLab ran on cloud providers such as [Amazon Web Services](/source/Amazon_Web_Services), [Google Cloud](/source/Google_Cloud_Platform), [Microsoft Azure](/source/Microsoft_Azure), as well as various [platform-as-a-service](/source/Platform_as_a_service) providers.

## History

In May 2011, MongoLab secured $3 million in first-round funding from [Foundry Group, Baseline Ventures](/source/Baseline_Ventures), [Upfront Ventures](/source/Upfront_Ventures), [Freestyle Capital](/source/Freestyle_Capital), and David Cohen.[2]

In October 2012, MongoLab received a follow-on investment of $5 million[3] and shortly thereafter, mLab was named by *[Network World](/source/Network_World)*[4] as one of the 10 most useful cloud databases along with [Amazon Web Services](/source/Amazon_Web_Services), Google Cloud SQL, [Microsoft Azure](/source/Microsoft_Azure), Rackspace, and others.

In June 2014, [MongoDB Inc.](/source/MongoDB_Inc.) announced a fully managed MongoDB-as-a-Service add-on offering on the [Microsoft Azure](/source/Microsoft_Azure) store, delivered in collaboration with [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft) and MongoLab.[5]

In February 2016, MongoLab changed its name to mLab.[6]

In October 2018, mLab announced that it would be acquired by [MongoDB Inc.](/source/MongoDB_Inc.)[1] All engineers at mLab were invited to join MongoDB Inc and existing customers will be transitioned to MongoDB Atlas instances. The acquisition closed on January 31, 2019.[7]

## Data centers

### Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

- [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](/source/Amazon_Web_Services)
- [Google Cloud Platform](/source/Google_Cloud_Platform)
- [Microsoft Azure](/source/Microsoft_Azure)

### Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

- [Heroku](/source/Heroku)

## References

1. ["MongoDB Strengthens Global Cloud Database with Acquisition of mLab"](https://www.mongodb.com/press/mongodb-strengthens-global-cloud-database-with-acquisition-of-mlab). *MongoDB*. Retrieved 2023-10-29.

1. [Cloud Database Provider MongoLab Raises $3 Million From Foundry, Baseline, And Others – TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2011/05/18/cloud-database-provider-mongolab-raises-3-million-from-foundry-baseline-and-others/)

1. [MongoLab explains why everyone loves MongoDB (and raises $5M) – Gigaom](https://archive.today/20131025040855/http://gigaom.com/2012/10/31/mongolab-explains-why-everyone-loves-mongodb-and-raises-5m/)

1. ["10 of the most useful cloud databases"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185514/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/121912-cloud-databases-265224.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/121912-cloud-databases-265224.html) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-11-07. 10 of the most useful cloud databases

1. ["MongoDB Announces Fully-Managed Service on Microsoft Azure | MongoDB"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140630210918/http://www.mongodb.com/press/mongodb-announces-fully-managed-service-microsoft-azure). Archived from [the original](http://www.mongodb.com/press/mongodb-announces-fully-managed-service-microsoft-azure) on 2014-06-30. Retrieved 2014-06-29. MongoDB announces fully managed service on Microsoft Azure

1. [MongoLab Changes Its Name To mLab As It looks Beyond Database Management](https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/29/mongolab-is-now-mlab/)

1. Sawers, Paul (10 October 2018). ["MongoDB to acquire cloud database provider MLab for $68 million"](https://venturebeat.com/business/mongodb-to-acquire-cloud-database-provider-mlab-for-68-million/). *VentureBeat*. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

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