{{Short description|American software company, 2011–2019}} {{About-distinguish|the defunct American software company|MLAB|M-Labs}} {{Lowercase title}} {{Infobox company | name = mLab | former_name = MongoLab (2011–2016) | logo = MLab_company_logo.svg | logo_size = 225px | products = {{Unbulleted list|MongoDB (as a service)}} | area_served = Worldwide | founded = 2011 | fate = Acquired by MongoDB Inc. | defunct = {{End date|2019|01|31}} | owner = MongoDB Inc. | founder = {{plainlist| * Will Shulman * Jared Cottrell * Angela Kung Shulman }} | location = San Francisco, California | industry = {{Unbulleted list|Database software}} | website = {{URL|https://mlab.com/}} }}
'''mLab''' (originally '''MongoLab''') was a San Francisco-based<ref name="mongodb"/> cloud database service which hosted fully-managed MongoDB databases. mLab ran on cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, as well as various platform-as-a-service providers.
==History== In May 2011, MongoLab secured $3 million in first-round funding from Foundry Group, Baseline Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Freestyle Capital, and David Cohen.<ref>[https://techcrunch.com/2011/05/18/cloud-database-provider-mongolab-raises-3-million-from-foundry-baseline-and-others/ Cloud Database Provider MongoLab Raises $3 Million From Foundry, Baseline, And Others – TechCrunch]</ref>
In October 2012, MongoLab received a follow-on investment of $5 million<ref>[https://archive.today/20131025040855/http://gigaom.com/2012/10/31/mongolab-explains-why-everyone-loves-mongodb-and-raises-5m/ MongoLab explains why everyone loves MongoDB (and raises $5M) – Gigaom]</ref> and shortly thereafter, mLab was named by ''Network World''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/121912-cloud-databases-265224.html|title=10 of the most useful cloud databases|access-date=2013-11-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185514/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/121912-cloud-databases-265224.html|archive-date=2013-10-29}} 10 of the most useful cloud databases</ref> as one of the 10 most useful cloud databases along with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud SQL, Microsoft Azure, Rackspace, and others.
In June 2014, MongoDB Inc. announced a fully managed MongoDB-as-a-Service add-on offering on the Microsoft Azure store, delivered in collaboration with Microsoft and MongoLab.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mongodb.com/press/mongodb-announces-fully-managed-service-microsoft-azure|title=MongoDB Announces Fully-Managed Service on Microsoft Azure | MongoDB|access-date=2014-06-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630210918/http://www.mongodb.com/press/mongodb-announces-fully-managed-service-microsoft-azure|archive-date=2014-06-30}} MongoDB announces fully managed service on Microsoft Azure</ref>
In February 2016, MongoLab changed its name to mLab.<ref>[https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/29/mongolab-is-now-mlab/ MongoLab Changes Its Name To mLab As It looks Beyond Database Management]</ref>
In October 2018, mLab announced that it would be acquired by MongoDB Inc.<ref name="mongodb">{{Cite web|title=MongoDB Strengthens Global Cloud Database with Acquisition of mLab|url=https://www.mongodb.com/press/mongodb-strengthens-global-cloud-database-with-acquisition-of-mlab|access-date=2023-10-29|website=MongoDB|language=en-us}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sawers |first1=Paul |title=MongoDB to acquire cloud database provider MLab for $68 million |url=https://venturebeat.com/business/mongodb-to-acquire-cloud-database-provider-mlab-for-68-million/ |website=VentureBeat |access-date=4 March 2024 |date=10 October 2018}}</ref>
==Data centers== [[File:Mongolab serviced map.png|thumb|upright=2.0|mLab serviced 25 data centers across the world]]
===Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)=== * Amazon Web Services (AWS) * Google Cloud Platform * Microsoft Azure
===Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)=== * Heroku
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
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